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3-4 pumps of soap for handwashing?
over a period of at least _____, scrub front/back of hands, between fingers, under
nails, around cuticles, & wrists.
20 seconds
*do NOT shake hands - use paper towel to dry & use barrier paper towel to turn
faucet on/off.
60-100 a normal resting heart rate for an adult is between _____ bpm.
how long are you required to measure the patient's pulse?
1 full minute *check pulse TWICE.
*record the measurements TWICE.
call light at the end of each skill, you should leave the _____ in the patient's hand.
black pen & measurement recording sheet supplies for measuring & recording radial pulse?
- ask the resident which wrist they what should you tell/ask the resident when performing the radial pulse skill?
preferyou to use
- tell the resident that their vitals
look great
& you're going to step away to record the
measurement
what do you tell the proctor when you're ready to start counting the residents's
start pulse?
1 respiration 1 inhalation & 1 exhalation = ?
15-20 breaths/min. what's the average respiration rate?
12-20 breaths/min. what's the normal respiration rate for an adult?
how long should you measure the patient's respiration rate?
1 full minute
*record the measurement once.
low position make sure the patient's bed is always left in the _____.
- ask the resident which wrist they what should you tell/ask the resident when measuring & recording a resident's
preferyou use (as if you're going to respiration?
measure their pulse)
- tell the resident that their vitals
look great
& you're going to step away to record
measurement
when you want the patient to adjust their position while lying in bed, ask them to
scoot toward, roll away _____ & _____.
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, - avoid fluffing linens when changing an occupied bed, what should you be aware of?
- don't let linens touch you, your
clothing,nor the floor (whether clean or
dirty) - never allow patient to lie directly on
the mattress
- avoid placing soiled linens
directly onoverbed table
bottom sheet, top sheet, & pillowcase supplies to change an occupied bed?
under when changing an occupied bed, clean sheets go _____ dirty sheets.
joints never hold/touch the patient by his/her _____.
it's important that there are no _____ in the sheets when changing an occupied bed,
wrinkles because they can shear the patient's skin.
because doing so can spread airborne why shouldn't you fluff the linens when changing an occupied bed?
pathogens
pillowcase, top sheet, then fitted sheet on from bottom to top, how should you stack your supplies on the overbed table when
top changing an occupied bed?
- ask the resident to roll onto their back & when changing an occupied bed, what should you ask the resident after you've
tell them that they will feel a bump secured the clean sheet under the dirty sheet on one side of the bed?
underneath them (once resident is
positioned safely on their back in middle of
bed, then it's okay to walk to the other side
to secure the rest of the clean sheet &
remove dirty sheet)
when changing an occupied bed & replacing the dirty top sheet, you should start at
the _____ & roll up the dirty top sheet while simultaneously unrolling the new top
sheet over the resident.
foot of the bed
*be sure to only expose small portions of the resident's skin at a time.
hospital corners (see youtube) when changing the top sheet, secure the top sheet with _____.
after securing the patient's top sheet with hospital corners, you should lift the top
sheet above the resident's feet & ask them what?
"do you have wiggle room for your toes?"
*top sheet should be placed loosely over resident reaching shoulder length.
cue them to lift the head on 1-2-3 & when changing an occupied bed & trying to change out the pillowcase, what should
remove the pillow you do?
when unrolling dirty pillowcase from pillow, it's important to?
avoid contact with your torso *after removing dirty pillowcase, roll clean one up to corners & secure corners over
pillow & gently unroll.
- supporting resident's head, cue when changing occupied bed & replacing the pillow with its clean pillowcase, what
residentto lift head on 1-2-3 should you do?
- state out loud I'm checking to see
if youhave any wrinkles beneath you
- replace pillow, so that it's
positionedbehind neck & head only
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