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What is before introducing yourself?

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hand hygeine

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PERRLA means

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pupils equally round, reactive to light and accomodating

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What is after PERRLA

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cardinal fields of gaze

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What equipment do you gather in advance?

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Stethoscope, BP cuff, pulse oximeter, penlite, thermometer, gloves.

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What is before hand hygeine?

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gather equipment

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What is after gather equipment?

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hand hygeine

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What is after introducing yourself?

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identify the patient

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Physical move 1:

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Aim a light at the side of their head, have them look at you, check pupils. Then pull back and make their eyes follow the light side to side

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After you look at eyess, what next?

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Light up their nose. Look at the septum, turbinates.

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After you look up their nose, then what? What’s involved?

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Light up their ears. Touch tragus.

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What is before nose lighting?

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Eye lighting.

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What is before ear lighting?

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Nose lighting.

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What is after ear lighting?

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Finger snapping.

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What is before finger snapping?

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Ear lighting.

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What is before identify the patient?

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introduce yourself

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What is after fingersnapping?

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Mouth lighting

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What is before mouth lighting?

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finger snapping

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What do you do while mouth lighting?

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Say AHHH. Stick out your tongue, move tongue left and right. Clench your teeth.

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What is after mouth lighting?

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Face touching. Forehead and cheek. Say :”Can you feel that? That? Shrug your shoulders.

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What is after identifying patient?

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verify allergies

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What’s before face touching?

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Mouth lighting

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What is after face touching?

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Neck touching

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What is before neck touching?

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Face touching

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What do you do when neck touching?

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Make a W with your fingers to see if trachea is aligned. Get behind them. Put hands over thyroid, say “swallow.”

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What do you assess for carotids?
feel pulse, listen for bruit
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What is before verifying allergies?
identify patient
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What is after verifying allergies?
assure privacy
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Where is the aortic pulse?
2nd R intercostal
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Where is pulmonic pulse?
2nd L intercostal
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Where is tricuspid pulse?
4th L intercostal at sternal border
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Where is apical pulse?
5th L intercostal space
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Where is Erb's point?
3rd L intercostal space
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Where is mitral pulse?
5th intercostal
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What is after neck touching?
Whipping out the stethoscope, palpate carotids and use bell to listen. Touch apical pulse for 1 minute, note if irregular, say take a deep breath and touch 4 lung lobe points on front, 6 on back.
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What's before whipping it out?
Neck touching.
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What's after whipping it out?
"Lie down and pull up your shirt." say "I am inspecting your abdomen." Listen to 4 quadrants. Palpate 4 places lightly and 4 places deeply.
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What's before Lie down?
Whipping it out.
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What's after lie die?
hands
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What's before feet?
hands
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What's after hands?
feet
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What's involved in face touching?
Forehead and cheek. Say :"Can you feel that? That? Shrug your shoulders.
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What is involved in whipping it out?
palpate carotids and use bell to listen. take apical pulse for 60 sec, note if irregular, say take a deep breath and touch 4 lung lobe points on front, 6 on back.
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What is involved in lie down etc?
"I am inspecting your abdomen." Listen to 4 quadrants. Palpate 4 places lightly and 4 places deeply. ASK appetite, N/V, last diarrhea/constipation, have you urinated today, any burning, unusual odor or other problems
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How do you do feet?
Check temp and color. Touch both pulses, tent skin. Push with your feet. Pull. Check capillary refill. Check sensation.
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What is before assure privacy?
verify allergies
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What is after verify allergies?
ensure privacy
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what do you explain about what is about to occur
checking heart, breathing, overall condition head to toe, it won't hurt, you'll stay dressed, at the end we will know more about your health
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what do you do before explain
ensure privacy
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What do you do after explain?
say, do you have any questions?
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What do you do before asking if they have questions?
explain the procedure
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What do you do after asking if they have any questions?
raise bed to working height
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What do you do before raising the bed to working height?
ask if they have any questions.
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What do you do after raising the bed to a comfortable working height?
don gloves if needed, if not, assess LOC and orientation
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How do you assess level of consciousness and orientation?
Date and time, place, what are you here for today.
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What do you do before assessing LOC and orientation?
raise bed to comfortable working height
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What do you do after assessing LOC and orientation?
count heart rate and respiration
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how do you count heart rate and respiration?
get pulse for 1 minute, get resp for 30 sec and multiply by 2
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What do you do before heart rate and respiration?
assess LOC and orientation
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What do you do after heart rate and respiration?
blood pressure
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What do you do before blood pressure?
heart rate and respiration
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how do you do B/P?
put on cuff, pump up to 30 above normal systolic, ease off pressure, listen for the first beat and the last beat
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What is after B/P?
O2 sat and temp
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What is before O2 sat and temp?
B/P
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What is after O2 sat and temp?
pain
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How do you assess pain?
intensity, duration, location, character aggravating, mitigating
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What is before pain?
O2 sat and temp
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What is after pain?
Head and neck- eyes first
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What does Lake Land have as a single item on head and neck that Lakeview lacks?
swallow assess
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What is after swallowing?
Whip it out.
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What is before squeeze my fingers?
abdomen
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What is after squeeze my finger?
hand temp and color
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What is before hand temp and color
squeeze my fingers
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What is after hand temp and color
radial pulse
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What is before radial pulsse?
temp and color
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What is after raidal pulse?
cap refill
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What is before cap refill
radial pulse
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What is after cap refill
sensation
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What is before sensation
cap refill
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What is after foot sensation
homan's sign, plantar push
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What is after plantar push
check IV
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What is before plantar push
Homan's sign
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What is before Homan's sign?
Foot sensation
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What do you check for IV?
solution, rate, site
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What do you check before IV?
plantar push
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What do you check after IV?
O2 settying and type
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What do you check after O2 setting and type?
catheter
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What do you check before catheter
O2 setting and type
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What do you check after catheter?
room saftey
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what doi you check before room safety
catheter
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What do you check after room safety
4 ps
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What are the 4 p's?
pain, potty, possessions, position
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What is before 4 p's?
room safety
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What is after 4 p's?
hand hygeine
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What is before closing hand hygeine?
4p's
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What is after hand hygeine and remove equipment?
document
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Document what?
B/P, resp, HR, O2 sat, pain, temp, orientation, hand and foot strength level, whether equal bilaterally, IV rate and site, unusual findings, PERRLA, HEENT WNL, cap refill
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what is after assure privacy?
EXPLAIN
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What is after head and neck?
swallow
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What is after abdomen/ lie down
hands
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What do you ask during abdominal assessment?
ASK appetite, N/V, last diarrhea/constipation, have you urinated today, any burning, unusual odor or other problems

Lake Land 2016 (9 decks)

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