Hondros Nurse 150 Final | 100% Correct
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What are the Hospital National Patient Safety Goals - ✔✔1. Identify pt's correctly 2. Improve staff
communication 3. Use Meds safely 4. Use alarms safely 5. Prevent Infection 6. ID pt safety risks 7.
Prevent mistakes in Surgery
What are the Long Term Care National Patient Safety Goals - ✔✔1. ID Residents correctly 2. Use meds
safely 3. Prevent Infection 3. Prevent residents from falling 4. Prevent bed sores
Procedure for fecal Impaction Removal - ✔✔1. Verify physician written order, Introduce self, hand
hygiene, ID patient, explain procedure and provide privacy.
Fecal impaction cont'd...after explaining procedure, what's next? - ✔✔Raise bed and lower side rail,
position pt to Sim's position
Fecal impaction cont'd...after putting pt in Sim's, what do you do next? - ✔✔Drape pt's trunk and lower
extremities with bath blankets, put waterproof pad under buttocks/hips. Place bedpan next to pt.
Fecal Impaction cont'd...after placing bedpan next to pt, what is next? - ✔✔Hand hygiene and don clean
gloves, lubricate gloved index finger and middle finger of dominant hand and tell pt to take deep, slow
breaths, in and out during procedure.
Fecal impaction cont'd... after instructing pt to breathe deeply, what is the next step? - ✔✔Insert gloved
index finger, gradually and gently, feel anus relax and insert middle finger. Move fingers gradually
towards wall of rectum towards umbilicus and loosen mass by moving fingers in a scissor like motion.
Work stool downward and remove small pieces of feces into bedpan.
Fecal impaction cont'd....what signs to observe during removal - ✔✔Pt response, heart rate, dyspnea or
heart palpitations
, fecal impaction cont'd...after observing pt response, what do u do next? - ✔✔Continue to clear feces and
allow pt to rest at intervals. Perineal hygiene and Inspect feces color and consistency. Properly dispose of
feces and gloves. Hand hygiene, position pt to comfortable position and call light within reach.
Sequence for med admin via NG tube... - ✔✔1. Check proper placement
2. Check residual
3. Flush 30 mL
4. Give med
5. Flush 30 mL
Define SOAPIER with examples - ✔✔Subjective-what pt says their pain is
Objective-facts u can measure like a temperature
Assessment-head to toe assessment
Plan-plan patient care
Intervention-implementation
Evaluation-reflecting on what was done
Revision-what would I have done differently
Define Professionalism - ✔✔Behavior and attitude patterns exhibiting standards and character marked
by pride in oneself and one's career, respect for the people served and commitment to the continued
development of skills in the pursuit of excellence.
Define ethics - ✔✔A principle of right or good behavior, a system of moral principles or values, a study of
moral philosophy, or the rules and standards of conduct governing the members of a profession.
Subjective data - ✔✔information perceived only by the affected person
objective data - ✔✔information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs that can be
measured
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