SKILLS LECTURE 4 Flashcards
OXYGEN SATURATION
MEASURES THE % OF HEMOGLOBIN THAT IS SATURATED WITH OXYGEN
HOW IS OXYGEN DELIVERED TO THE PATIENT?
WALL OXYGEN
PORTABLE OXYGEN TANK
OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
NEBULIZED MIST TREATMENTS
DEVICES USED TO ADMINISTER NEBULIZER MIST TREATMENTS
WALL OXYGEN
CONCENTRATOR
NEBULIZER
HOW MANY LITERS PER MINUTE WOULD YOU SET OXYGEN FOR A NMT?
6-8L/MIN
WHAT DOES CPAP STAND FOR?
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
WHAT DOES BIPAP STAND FOR?
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
WHAT WILL REDUCE DATA ENTRY ERRORS?
DOCUMENTING PROMPTLY
what is one of the best defenses for legal claims
accuracy in documentation
What Clarifies treatment rendered?
Reimbursement
What Improves quality of care
auditing and monitoring
what helps anticipate care needed for the patient
education
what contributes to evidenced based practice
research
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
RULES OF HIPAA
The patient’s privacy must be protected from anyone not on the health care team
The patient has a right to his or her medical information
The patient must give permission for family/loved ones to have access to any medical data
Patient’s can give verbal permission for a family member at the bedside to get information while they are present on any occasion
You must ask if it is okay to speak in front of visitors before you begin doing anything with the patient
Treatment info can be shared so that insurance companies can examine charges appropriately
WHAT POSITION SHOULD YOU PUT PATIENT IN IF THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING?
FOWLERS OR TRIPOD
WHEN SHOULD OXYGEN BE APPLIED?
During acute disturbance in oxygen status
O2 sats lower than patient’s baseline
RR elevated >20 BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OBTAINING ALL GASSES AFFECTIVELY
SOB
accessory muscle use
Decreased mental status
WHAT DOES TITRATE MEAN
ADJUST OXYGEN
METHODS OF DOCUMENTATION
narrative charting
flow sheets
progress notes
charting by exception
NARRATIVE CHARTING
Recording of all patient information, assessment data, care, interventions, etc.
Traditional method, Story-like method
Free text entry
FLOW SHEETS
Graphic records, organized by body system
Facilitate documentation of routine, repetitive care
If there is a change in patient status, you must expand documentation of routine care and assessments
PROGRESS NOTE
Narrative charting that is used when additional information needs to be discussed in the chart from the flowsheet
CHARTING BY EXCEPTION
Includes standards of normal assessment findings and routine care
If there is an exception to the normal assessment finding, the nurse must discuss it in the attached narrative charting, in detail
WHAT WE USE IN NURSING SCHOOL
NARRATIVE NOTE
Writer freely documents information obtained from assessment, interventions performed, etc
FOCUSED CHARTING
D-A-R Format
Data
Action
Response