NR 224 Exam 1 CAS Notes

NR 224 Exam 1 CAS Notes. NR 224 Exam 1 CAS Notes/NR 224 Exam 1 CAS Notes. NUMBER 1 WAY TO PREVENT SPREAD OF INFECTION → HANDWASHING ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAILS: • FAKE NAILS HARBOR MICROORGANISMS AND BACTERIA C. DIFF PRECAUTIONS: • WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER • HAND SANITIZER DOES NOT REMOVE BACTERIA FROM HANDS PATIENT IS DIAGNOSED WITH TB: • PLACE PATIENT ON AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS VECTOR TRANSMISSION: • THROUGH BITE OF INFECTED INSECT - MOSQUITO PERISTALSIS: • SLOWS DURING PROLONGED PERIODS OF INACTIVITY SUCH AS BED REST PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA AND PREVENTION OF ATELECTASIS: • EXPANSION OF LUNG AND DIAPHRAGMATIC MUSCLES AND MOVEMENT OF SECRETIONS ARE VITAL TO PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA AND ATELECTASIS → PROLONGED BED REST TO PREVENT DIZZINESS IF PATIENT HAS BEEN ON BEDREST FOR SEVERAL DAYS OR POST OP: • PATIENT CAN DEVELOP ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION • FLUID SHIFT IN BODY → BLOOD PRESSURE DROPS • TO PREVENT THIS: HAVE PATIENT RISE SLOWLY AND DANGLE OVER SIDE OF THE BED • FLUIDS CAN STABILIZE AND CAN PREVENT ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION TED STOCKINGS • ANTI-EMBOLISM STOCKINGS TO PROMOTE VENOUS RETURN • AIDS IN PREVENTION OF BLOOD CLOT DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATIONS ARE ADMINISTERED DURING CHILDHOOD TO PROTECT PATIENT FROM DEVELOPING DISEASE PROCESS IF EXPOSED TO THEM PATIENTS AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION: • PATIENTS WHO ARE DEHYDRATED • PATIENTS WHO ARE IMMOBILE • PATIENT WHO HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS