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NUR 1600 TEST 11. What is a critical indicator?
Answer
safety measures that every healthcare provider should perform every time with every patient
2. Examples of critical indicators.
Answer
- checking provider orders before entering the patient room
- introducing yourself when you enter a patients room
- washing/sanitizing hands when you enter and leave a patient's room
- identify the patient using 2 patient identifiers (name and DOB)
- asking the patient what they would like to be called (pronouns)
- asking the patient if they have any allergies
- explaining the procedure that is going to be done
- performing appropriate assessments according according to established guide- lines
3. Define Vital Signs
Answer
this is procedure that provides the nurse with vital (important) objective information (data) about
the patients' health and well - being. This is critical for accurate assessment and analysis of vital
sign results.
4. Temperature
Answer
thermoregulation
5. pulse
Answer
perfusion
6. respirations
Answer
, perfusion/oxygenation
7. O2 saturation
Answer
perfusion/oxygenation
8. blood pressure
Answer
perfusion
9. pain assessment
Answer
comfort
10. Numeric Pain Scale
Answer
0-10 pain scale with 10 being the worst pain you've ever been in. Take into consideration if the
patient is developmentally able to rank 1-10.
11. FACES Pain scale
Answer
used for developmentally appropriate used for non verbal patients, you will see FACES pain
skill on communication white boards in your patient rooms
12. How to assess pain
Answer
In order for nurses to assess pain they must use FACES and the numeric pain scale and both of
these are on a horizontal scale line that
13. NIPS pain scale
Answer
this is a tool that is used to asses six behavioral reactions (facial expressions, cry, breathing
pattern, arms, legs, state of arousal) to pain in preterm and full -term new borns
14. OUCHERS pain scale
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