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list 6 members of a health care team and 3 from a nursing department
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doctors
respirartory therapists speech therapists social workers dietitican clergy lpns rns cnas |
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what does the ANA do?
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American Nursing Ass.
promotes professional develop. works to improve standards of health care promotes intrest of nurses |
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what does NLN do?
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National Leaque for Nurses
accredits schools entirely volunteer promote nursing service |
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what is the nurse practice act
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nurse practice act
its the law...outlines scope of practice for nurses |
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what is nurse practice act again?
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says what a nurse can and cannot do. outlines scope of practise for nurses. what they can and cannont do.
its the nurse's job to know the state's practice act |
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what are the nursing standards? Codes?
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Nursing codes is about nursing ethics:
practices w/ respect & compassion nurses' primary concern is to the patient, community, etc nurse advocates for the patient nurse is responsible and accountable nurse owes same duties to self participates in improving the nursing enviroment etc. |
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list maslow's 5 pyramind?
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food&shelter
safety love,companionship esteem self actualization |
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why is it important to follow the rules, regulations, policies of a health agency. and to abide?
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law suits
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whose at risk to infection?
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those w/ lowered resistance
those involved w/ medical therapy old age or very young age nutritionally challanged stressed out heridity |
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what is the purpose of infection control?
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protect client
workers the public from disease |
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why are old people at risk w/ infection?
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thinner skin
decreased cardiac function dehydration dry mouth pH of stomach too high diaherra decreased cough reflex pneumonia UTI drug therapies increased exposure from being around hospitals, etc |
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the nature of infecton.
what is asympomatic signs mean? |
lack of clinical signs
colonization w/o apparent injury ex. indwelling cath injury to tissue immunsuppressed by drugs, age, disease |
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then there is nature of infection from symptomatic, whats that?
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local inflammatin ...this means you know about it, not hiddern
redness, pain, fever, vomiting, confusion, etc. |
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name 2 natural body defenses
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normal flora
organ defense system inflammatin (its good) |
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the chain of infection
agent reservior portal of exit mode of transmission portal of entry host so what? |
break the chain to stop the spread of diseas
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concerning the immune response, what is humoral immunity?
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natural immunity, once sick, lasts a lifetime
arifical immunity, vaccine, duration varies passive immunity, short duration etc |
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what is nosocimial infections
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didn't mean it disease from
long nails rings long hair not washing hands soiled clothes dirty on clean improper procedures |
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there is medical & surgical asepsis. whats the diff?
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medical is clean asepsis, clean technique. to minimize pathogens, prevent spread
surgical is sterile like for surgery, or, labor/delivery iv therapy, catherization, suctioning, surgical dressings |
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how do you control infectious agents w/ medical asepsis?
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cleaning
removing of foreign material from an object by friction and soap...proactive clothing disinfection by chemicals sterilization |
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there is critical semi and non critical categories . whats critical?
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needles, urinary cathetures, surgical stuff,
semi = respiratory suction tubing, GI endoscopes, non critical = bedpans, linens |
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you can control by reducing reservoirs. whats this?
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drain a pee bag
get rid of contaiminated stuff proper dressing changes clean rooom surfaces handling bottles correctly |
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what is control of portals of exit?
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coughing
disposable wipes & tissues wearing a mask careful handling of urine,feces wearing gloves, carefull w/ lab stuff |
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what is contol of transmission?
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dropletts, air, vectors, vehicles, etc
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how do you control portals of entry?
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wounds
reproductive muccous membanes proper wound care cover a cough |
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what itrhers tier one protection of host?
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blood
body fluids secretions excretions muccous membranes hand hygene sharp discarded correctly |
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there is a slide about airborne, droplet and contact. lists types of pathogens w/ each delivery system. what is co-hort?
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cohort means same. like same cohort disease . 2 guys have same disease.
,5 micro meters is airborne TB .5 micro meters is droplete, think strep, mumps, pneumonia direct contact think colonization, wound infections, you should wear a gown, gloves |
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whats an isolation barrior?
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private room
negative pressure personal protection knowledge of the disease dedicated use of equipment education |
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where is sterile technique practiced?
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O R
labor delivery majour diagnostic areas bedside |
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how do you prepare a patient for a procedure?
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pain management
elimination needs comfortable position |
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principles of surgical asepsis...like:
sterile touching sterile cool sterile touching non sterile not cool what else? |
sterile gloves touching questionable area, not cool
only sterile objects can touch sterile fields air can make a sterile nonsterile |
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whats one way to prevent the spread of disease by microorganisms?
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washing your hands
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what is standard precautions?
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contact precautions
droplette precautions airborne precautions just stategies to prevent infection transmission |
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what is the main principle of medical asepsis?
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this is the clean technique
prevent reduce spread of microbes wash hands b/f cooking |
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list principles of sterile technique?
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this is surgical asepsis
when doing anything invassive, use gloves, gowns, protect from blood totally eliminate all microbes from the area |
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feeding precautions:
why do a swallow evaluation? |
so you can properly administer nutrition to client
weak cough? weak voice? poor oral hygene? delayed cough? confusion? frail? no swallowing movements? drooling |
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what precautions do you take when feeding these people?
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sit upright
have oral suction near by use correct texture of food look for signs of aspirations |
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what are possible health complications related to swallow difficulties?
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loss of weight
aspiration of food |
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what does inhaling food into the trach, lungs cause?
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aspiration pneumonia
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our responsibliity is to prevent aspiriation , who's at risk?
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anyone w/ dysphagia
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who helps w/ dysphagia?
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speech therapist help
occupational therapist help w/ dietary equipment |
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what's most common cause of death in old people?
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pneumonia
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why feed elderly seperately from others ?
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its work to eat so they need to concentrate
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what is asepsis?
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absence of pathogens
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sroke people can't ?
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cough so they can't handle a choking episode.
they gag and gurgle, aspirate. |
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what are 3 liquid concentrations?
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nectar honey pudding
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