NCLEX review flashcards

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Twenty NCLEX-style review flashcards: safety, priorities, medications, infection control and assessment.

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Airway, breathing, circulation is used to?: Set priorities.
Two patient identifiers before?: Every medicine, blood product, sample and procedure.
Rights of medication administration include?: Patient, drug, dose, route, time and documentation.
Check before giving digoxin?: Apical pulse for a full minute.
Hand hygiene with C. difficile?: Soap and water.
PPE donning order?: Gown, mask or respirator, eye protection, gloves.
Removing PPE: what comes off first?: Gloves (or gown and gloves together).
Normal adult potassium?: 3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L.
Hypoglycemia threshold?: Below 70 mg/dL.
Fall prevention basics?: Bed low, call light in reach, non-slip footwear.
Pressure injury stage with intact non-blanching redness?: Stage 1.
Blood transfusion: stay with the patient for?: The first 15 minutes.
Signs of transfusion reaction?: Fever, chills, hives, back pain, breathlessness, low blood pressure.
Insulin and potassium in DKA?: Check potassium before insulin.
Teach-back purpose?: Confirm the patient understood.
Suicide risk: first action?: Stay with the patient and get help.
Restraints: key rule?: Last resort, per order and policy, frequent checks.
Sterile field rule?: Sterile only touches sterile.
SBAR stands for?: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.
Delegation: what cannot be delegated to assistive staff?: Assessment, teaching and judgment.