Quality and Safety Vital Sign (Temperature) Vital Signs (Pulse) Vital Signs (Respirations) Vitals (Blood Pressure)
100
What is Hand Hygiene by washing with soap and water or use of antiseptic hand rubs
What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infectious agents?
100
What is 1. oral
2. temporal
3. rectal
4. axillary
5. tympanic
What are the 5 different locations to take temperatures?
100
What is 1. temporal
2. carotid
3. brachial
4. femoral
5. radial
6. ulnar
7. popliteal
8. posterior tibial
9. dorsalis pedis
What are the 9 total peripheral pulses?
100
What is
normal respirations- eupnea 12-20
increased respirations- tachypnea over 24
decreased respirations- bradypnea less than 10
What are the respiration rates?
100
What is blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood throughout the body
What is blood pressure?
200
1. Before touching a patient
2. Before a clean or aseptic procedure
3. After a body fluid risk
4. After touching a patient
5. After toughing a patient surroundings
What are the five moments for hand hygiene?
200
what is 98.6 and Afebrile
What is considered a normal temperature and what is the terminology called?
200
What is parasympathetic
Define the vagus nerve decrease heart rate?
200
What is
calculates the SP02 (pulse oxygen saturation) reliable estimate of arterial oxygen saturation
What is pulse oximetry? what does it do?
200
What is millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
What are the units for reading blood pressure?
300
What is
1. Handwashing
2. Gown
3. Mask
4. Goggles
5. Gloves
What are the steps for Donning PPE?
300
what is Pyrexia, Febrile, Hyperpyrexia (a dangerous condition)
What is having a fever called?
300
What is sympathetic
What increases the heart rate and increases the force of contraction?
300
What is 95%-100%
What is the normal rate of Sp02?
300
What is systolic over diastolic
What is the first and second sounds you hear when taking blood pressure?
400
What is
1. Gloves
2. Goggles
3. Gown
4. Mask
5. Handwashing
What are the steps for Doffing PPE?
400
loss of appetite, headache, hot, dry skin, flushed face, thirst, muscle aches, fatigue, **increased respiration and pulse rate***, fever blisters
What are some of the physical effects of a fever? There is one effect that is very important to know!
400
What is
normal heart rate 60-100
tachycardia over 100
bradycardia under 60
What are all the pulse rates? and their ranges?
400
What is the cerebral cortex
What is the part of the brain that allows voluntary control of breathing?
400
What is diastolic is when the sound completely disappears
define diastolic?
500
What is
1. No false nails
2. No gel polish
3. fingernails can not be longer than 1/4 inch
What are the 3 main BIG NO's for your nails?
500
What is determine the cause, treat the cause, patient comfort, prevent complications, medications
What is the way to treat a fever?
500
What is palpate and count the pulse for 1 minute
What is the right thing to do if the rate, rhythm, or amplitude of the pulse is abnormal in any way?
500
What is ventilation, diffusion and perfusion
What does respiration involve?
500
What is normal: less than 120 and less than 80
prehypertension: 120-139 and 80-89
hypertension stage 1: 140-159 and 90-99
hypertension stage 2: 160 or higher and 100 or higher
hypertension crisis: higher than 180 and higher than 110
blood pressure chart? please draw out the chart with the ranges!






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