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Treas, Karen L. Barnett Mable H. Smith 9780803676909 | All
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What is the Safety-Assessment Scale (SAS)? - ANSWER: an objective way to evaluate the dangers
incurred by people with memory and cognitive deficits who live alone at home

What is a home safety checklist? - ANSWER: a convenient way for clients to identify potential hazards.

What are restraints? - ANSWER: a device or method used for the purpose of restricting a patient's
freedom of movement or access to his body, with or without his permission.

What are SRE's? - ANSWER: Serious Reportable Events AKA never events

Pathogen - ANSWER: any microorganism capable of causing an illness

What are Medicare "never events"? - ANSWER: costly errors that cause serious injury or death and
that are mostly preventable (falls, injury from restraints)

What is the QSEN? - ANSWER: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

What is the ANA? - ANSWER: American Nurses Association

What are common problems of the mouth? - ANSWER: 1. dental caries (cavities)
2. plaque
3. peridontal disease
4. gingivitis
5. Halitosis
6. Stomatitis
7. Glossitis
8. Cheilosis
9. Oral malignancies

What are risk factors for oral problems? - ANSWER: 1. history of peridontal disease
2. lack of money or insurance
3. pregnancy
4. poor nutrition or eating habits
5. baby bottle tooth decay
6. medications
7. medical treatments
8. any situation that causes dry mouth
9. compromised self care abilities

What are common skin problems? - ANSWER: 1. protection
2. sensation
3. regulation
4. secretion/excretion
5. vitamin D formation

What are types of scheduled hygiene care? - ANSWER: 1. hourly rounds (comfort rounds or safety
rounds)

, 2. early morning care
3. A.M. (morning) care
4. P.M. (afternoon) care
5. H.S. (hour of sleep) care

Activity of Daily Living (ADL) - ANSWER: taking a bath or shower, washing hair, or brushing and
flossing teeth, improve self-image, and decrease infection and disease.

hygiene - ANSWER: describes activities involved in maintaining personal cleanliness and grooming

What are 5 key factors of washing your hands? - ANSWER: time, water, soap, friction, drying

What is medial asepsis? - ANSWER: procedures that decrease the potential for the spread of
infections.

What promotes wellness to support host defenses? - ANSWER: nutrition, hygiene, rest and sleep,
exercise and activity, stress reduction, immunizations

What is an important thing to remember about preventing infection? - ANSWER: Never mix the
bleach and water solution with other household cleaners

What observations focus specifically on infection? - ANSWER: general appearance, skin, lymph nodes,
temperature and pulse

What are 4 types of T cells that play a role in fighting infection? - ANSWER: cytotoxic (killer) Tcells,
helper Tcells, memory Tcells, suppressor Tcells

What are the secondary defenses against infection? - ANSWER: phagocytosis, complement cascade,
inflammation, fever

What are primary defenses against infection? - ANSWER: normal flora of the body, skin, respiratory
tree, eyes, mouth, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract and anus

What are different modes of transportation? - ANSWER: direct contact, indirect contact, droplet
transmission, airborne transmission, vector (mosquito)

What are characteristics of environments supportive to microbes? - ANSWER: nutrients, moisture,
temperature, oxygen, pH and electrolytes, light

What are the largest groups of pathogens? - ANSWER: bacteria, viruses, fungi

What are the 6 links in the chain of infection? - ANSWER: infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit,
mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host

Recommended for Standard precautions handwashing - ANSWER: perform hand hygiene after
touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, contaminated items; immediately after removing
gloves; between patient contact

How do you maintain a clean environment? - ANSWER: clean spills, remove pathogens through
chemical means, remove clutter, consider supplies brought to the client's room as contaminated,
consider items from client's home as contaminated

How is medical asepsis promoted? - ANSWER: maintaining a clean environment, maintaining clean
hands, following guidelines from the CDC

Medical Asepsis - ANSWER: a state of cleanliness that decreases the potential for the spread of
infections

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