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what are similar in hospital and long term care national patient safety goals? - ✔✔patient identification
proper procedure for fecal impactation removal? - ✔✔
Lube first two gloved fingers, insert into pt one at a time, in a scissor movement break down the stool
and remove little by little.
**Watch for fatigue, dispnea, heart palpitations
What is the proper sequence to give medication/feeds vi NG tube? - ✔✔Check placement, pull residual,
flush 30mL room temp water, push med/feed, flush 30mL room temp water.
Define SOAPIER, what is it used for? - ✔✔
S- subjective
O- objective
A- assessment
P- plan
I- intervention
E- evaluation
R- revision
Used for an acute situation, helps use clinical reasoning to assess, diagnose and treat a patient based on
provided information
Define professionalism - ✔✔Mix of knowledge and skills delivered in respect and with dignity.
Define ethics - ✔✔Values influencing a personal decisions of what's right from wrong
Examples of subjective data? - ✔✔
, what a patient SAYS
"I have a 8/10 pain"
"I've been puking for 2 weeks"
"I have diarrhea"
"My stomach pain is so severe"
Examples of objective data? - ✔✔objective=observed
Vital signs
Height and weight
I&O's
Define SBAR - ✔✔S- situation
B- background
A- assessment
R- recommendation
used to facilitate, promote and use appropriate communication
What is the ohio nurse practice act? - ✔✔Defines a nurses scope of practice.
LPN's cannot do IV push medications or write care plans. They can do oral narcotics and carry out a care
plan.
What is the proper sequence to remove PPE? - ✔✔Gloves
Goggles
Gown
Mask
(alphabetically)
What can you do to prevent injuries from heat and cold packs? - ✔✔Remove every 20 min, assess skin,
use a barrier