Questions and Answers
Proper PPE for contact precaution [c.diff, wounds, etc] -
✔️Gown and gloves
Proper PPE for droplet precaution -
✔️Surgical mask within 3 ft of pt
Proper PPE for airborne precaution [TB] -
✔️respirator (N95) and negative pressure room
Illnesses requiring droplet precautions -
✔️Pertussis, influenza, diphtheria, pneumonia, bacterial meningitis
Illnesses requiring airborne precautions -
✔️Measles, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Varicella (chickenpox), and Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
How to remove a wound dressing? -
✔️From clean area to contaminated area
How to draw up urine sample from catheter? -
✔️swab collection port of catheter with antiseptic swab. Insert needle and aspirate urine in syringe.
Which insulin can be given IV: -
✔️Humulin R
Enoxaparin -
✔️(Lovenox)- anticoagulant
, Gas forming foods -
✔️peppers, cauliflower, legumes
(not salmon?)
Cleansing an ulcer -
✔️Cleanse from the innermost point then outwards
What should the nurse do if they give the wrong medication to a pt? -
✔️Notify PCP
Trough -
✔️the lowest level of a drug in the blood
Medication is given once a day, when should the nurse check trough levels? -
✔️just before the next she gives the next dose [??that what I chose]
Pt refused medication what should the nurse do first? -
✔️listen to why the patient refuses the medicine.
[one quizlet said document, that was not an option]
What should the nurse do if their pt has trouble falling asleep? -
✔️-warm bath [?]
-turn on tv [?]
-offer a glass of warm milk (WRONG)
Clinical manifestations for sleep apnea -
✔️snore loudly with apneic periods up to 60 sec, occurring at least 30 times a night, day time
somnolence, headache, depression, increase weight.
Where is the apical pulse located? -
✔️5th intercostal space, left mid-clavicular line