Lecture 1

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Nursing is

the basic care of others
Aims of nursing
- prevent illness
- promote health
- restore health
- facilitate coping with disability or death
Maslow heirarchy assessment of basic human needs:
- 1. physiological
- 2.safety
- 3. love and belonging
- 4.esteem
- 5. self-actualization
Major areas of risk factors for illness & injury
- Age:school aged children
- Genetics: family history of cancer
- Physiological Factors: Obesity
- Health Habits: smoking/poor nutrition
- Lifestyle: multiple sexual relations
- Enviorment: hazardous material
Fall reduction safety measures in acute care
- 1. communicate
- 2.thorough orentation of surroundings
- 3. observe for enviormental hazards
- 4. make sure bed and wheel chairs are locked
- 5.call bell
- 6. footwear
- 7. appropriate use of restraints and siderails.
R
A
C
E
- Rescue
- activate fire alarm
- confine the fire
- evacuate pt
P
A
S
S
- Pull the pin
- Aim at the base of the fire
- Squeeze handle
- Sweep base of fire
Infection:

a disease state that results from the presence of pathogens in or on the body
Pathogens:

disease-producing microorganisms
Bacteria

most significant and most observed infection-causing agents in health care institutions.
Aspesis

all activities to prevent infection or break the chain of infection
Medical Asepsis

involves procedures and practices that reduce the number and transfer or pathogens
Surgical Aspesis

practices used to render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms.
Transcient Bacteria
- - occur on hands of daily living
- -can be removed relatively easily by frequent and thorough handwashing.
Resident Bacteria
- -normally found in creases of the skin
- -considerable friction with a brush to remove them
- -less susceptible to antiseptics then are transient bacteria
nosocomial

a bacteria that has origenated form the hospital.
Teir 1 Standard precautions:
- hand hygiene
- wear gloves
- wear ppe
- follow respitatoy hygiene
- avoid recapping needles
- safe injection practices
- wear a face mask
- handle soiled equipment properly
Teir 2
Airborne Precautions
- use for patient that have infections that spread through the air
- place pt in private room
- wear a mask /respirator
- transport pt only out of room when neccesary
Teir 2 Droplet Precautions
- pt with an infection that is spread by large particle droplets
- private room
- wear ppe
- keep visitors 3 ft from the pt
Teir 2 Contact Precautions
- pt who is infected by multidrug ressistant organism
- pt in private room
- wear ppe; remove ppe before leaving the roomand wash hands
- avoid sharing pt equipment

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