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Ideally in what position is a patient placed before performing oropharyngeal suctioning?
Semisitting
What is a group of letters placed before a base word called?
A prefix. (Example: Patient. The prefix is Im-. So, if you add Im- to Patient, you get Impatient.)
Why does a person have to fast before a colostomy?
In order to empty and cleanse the bowel, the patient may be placed on a low residue diet for several days prior to surgery. A liquid diet may be ordered for at least the day before surgery, with nothing by mouth after midnight.
What is the purpose of neuromuscular blockers?
In surgery, they are used to prepare patients for intubation before being placed on a ventilator and to suppress the patient's spontaneous breathing once on a ventilator.
During a colonoscopy the patient should be placed in the Sim's position?
right
How is a patient positioned for a colpotomy?
The patient is placed in a supine position on the operating table with her legs in stirrups and the incision site is prepared.
How is the patient prepared for microsurgery?
The patient will be placed under general anesthesia for the duration of the procedure. The advantages to general anesthesia are that the patient remains unconscious and completely relaxed during the procedure
When would you placed a patient in trendelenburg position?
when your patients blood pressure is low.
Can a nurse be punished for giving a blood transfsion without a consent?
Yes, for any procedure a patient must give consent and understand the risks and benefits to the procedure. Typically the physician, PA, or APRN will discuss the risks and have the patient sign the consent. It is the nurse's responsibility to make sure that it is placed in the chart and if the patient seems to not comprehend the procedure or asks alarming questions to alert the primary care physician.
What is done with the living will?
once the patient is admitted, is placed in the patient's medical chart along with other documents such as the medical power of attorney declaration
Why is a intravenous bottle placed at height above the arm of a patient?
So that gravity may pull the solution down the tube and into the patient. It also helps doctors control the amount and speed at which a patient will receive it. (if it were placed below the arm the only way to administer the liquid would be to apply pressure to the bag)
When you have placed an aed on a patient and it delivered a shock what should you do next?
Resume CPR immediately.
