Professional Nursing roles
-Autonomy & Accountability
-Caregiver
-Advocate
-Educator
-Communicator
-Manager
Evidence based practice
(Best practice)
A systematic, problem-solving process that facilitates achievement of best practice
Steps to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
1. Ask the clinical question.
2. Collect the best evidence.
3. Critique the evidence.
4. Integrate the evidence.
5. Evaluate the practice decision or change.
6. Share the outcomes of EBP changes with others.
The 5 C's
-Caring
-Clinical Competence and Decision Making
-Communication
-Commitment to Professionalism
-Collaboration and Management of Care
Chain of infection
-Infectious agent
-reservoir
-portal of exit
-mode of transmission
-portal of entry
-host
Course of Infection
1)Incubation period
2)Prodromal Stage
3)Illness Stage
4)Convalescence
nosocomial infection
hospital acquired infection
Drug resistant pathogens
MRSA, VRE, C-diff
5 steps of the nursing process
1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Planning
4) Implementation
5) Evaluation
RACE
rescue, alarm, contain, extinguish
PULL
Pull pin, Aim at base, squeeze handle, sweep from side to side
Vertical evacuation
Downward movement of patients to a safe area at least two floors below the floor of the fire.
Geriatric Syndromes (SPICES)
S is for Sleep Disorders
P is for Problems with Eating or Feeding
I is for Incontinence
C is for Confusion
E is for Evidence of Falls
S is for Skin Breakdown
atelectasis
collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli