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Patient Care Rad
Question | Answer |
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Drop in blood pressure-stand too quickly | Orthostatic hypotension postural hypotension |
Respondeat superior | employer is responsible for the employee action |
HIPPA stand for | Hospital insurance portability and acountability act |
Subjective, symptom | patient sees |
Objective sign | physician sees |
infective microbes begin to multiply | incubation period |
How many patient bill of rights are there | 12 |
Three criteria for patient consent | Legal age Sound mind consent freely adequately informed |
Veracity | Telling the truth |
Fidelity | Faithful |
Justice | Act with fairness |
Nonmaleficence | Do no harm |
Beneficence | bringing about good |
Fraud | intentional misprepresentation of facts -missed diagnosis -Study does not have optimal images -billing issues |
Tort | patient has been wronged sustained some sort of injury |
Ethical guidelines that are enforceable | Rules of ethics |
Ethical guidelines that are aspirationsal | Code of ethics |
Res ipsa loquitur | the thing speaks for itself Wrong surgery, cropping, changing EI values, |
Airborne | droplet <5um |
Examples of Airborne | Requires N95 mask TB, chicken pox, measles, Covid |
Negligence Litigation | Falls, Pregnencey identification, injuries during positioning |
Orthostatic hypotension | Drop in blood pressure |
Which side should all patient transfers be initiated | Strong side toward bed |
HIPAA stand for | Hospital Insurance Portability and accountability Act |
Subjective | Symptom-- Patient assessed |
Objective | Sign-- Physician assessed |
Period where infective microbes begin to multiply | incubation |
False imprisonment and assault | intentional tort |
Posting information on facebook, negative nature | Defamation |
Inanimate object has been in contact with an infectious microorganism | fomite |
Something capable of moving infectious pathogen | vehicle |
Isolation to protect the patient | Reverse isolation. |
Who would need reverse isolation | Chemo patients, burn victims, HIV |
living will AKA | advanced directive |
Examples of unintentional tort | imaging wrong patient patent fall if left alone no side rails imaging wrong anatomical structure |
Needs a living host | Virus |
Surgical asepsis | remove all pathogens |
Medical asepsis | Removing most pathogens |
Induced because of a medical intervention | iatrogenic infection |
what is diastolic pressure | relaxation phase of the heart cycle |
Most effective method of sterilization of tools | Autoclaving |
Antiseptic | Applied to the body |
Disinfectants | non-living surfaces |
Medical equipment used for blood pressure | sphygometer |
Where is blood pressure normally taken | Brachial Artery |
when handwashing is lotion fine? | yes |
Handwashing | Keep hands and forearms lower than elbows |
PPE needed for MRSA | Gown and Gloves, no mask unless pneumonia |
What does MRSA stand for | Methicillin Resistant Stapholyccocus Aureus |
Normal microorganisms in the human body | Normal Flora |
If normal flora moves to somewhere else in the body | result in infection called opportunistic |
Normal pulse rate for males | 68-75 beats per minute |
Normal adult respirations | 12-20 breath/minute |
Normal adult systolic pressure | 100-140mmHg |
Normal adult diastolic pressure | 60-90 mm Hg |
Pale cool skin, clammy, sweaty | Diaphoresis (Due to an underlying medical condition) |
Where is the popliteal vein | Behind the knee |
Where is the radial vein | Radius side of the wrist |
Brachial vein | On a child. inner upper arm |
Carotid Vein | Neck (where CPR) sid you are on |
Walking | Ambulatory |
Example of vector | mosquito, tick, rabid animal |
Keep patient safe because of compromised immune system | Protective isolation/ Reverse isolation |
Most common HAI | UTI |
Standard precautions | Act as though every patient has an illness, along with BBP |
how many compressions a minute CPR | 100-120 |
Adult CPR | 30 compressions, 2 breaths |
Chemical substances that are used to kill pathogenic bacteria | Germicides and disinfectants |
Antiseptics | stop the spread of pathogenics |
Sterilization | Term refers to killing of microorganisms and spores |
Normal creatinine range | 0.6-1.5 mg/100mL |