- Femoral artery
- Carotid artery
- Radial artery
- Brachial artery
Category: Clinical Practicum
- Minimal pain
- Clean, dry edges
- Redness, warmth, swelling, and purulent drainage
- Absence of discharge
- Clear the immediate area of other patients and potential weapons
- Confront the patient with a large group of staff
- Engage in a power struggle with the patient
- Lock the patient in a separate room
- Administer the next scheduled dose of the medication
- Stop the medication immediately and call for emergency medical assistance
- Monitor the patient for a few hours
- Give the patient a glass of water
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Provide complex written materials
- Use simple language, visual aids, and the "teach-back" method
- Speak quickly to cover all information
- Avoid asking questions to prevent embarrassment
- Leave the patient unattended to rest
- Document the reason for restraint and ongoing assessment, and release criteria
- Reassure the patient that they are being punished
- Apply restraints loosely to prevent injury
- Separation Anxiety Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Hyperkalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypercalcemia
- A stage 1 pressure injury
- A normal finding
- A fungal infection
- An allergic reaction
- Engage in a philosophical debate about the delusions
- Ensure the safety of the patient and others, and consider de-escalation or rapid tranquilization
- Encourage the patient to act on the hallucinations
- Ignore the delusions, as they are not real
- Clean technique
- Sterile technique
- Aseptic technique
- Non-touch technique
- Restrain the patient to prevent injury
- Insert an oral airway
- Protect the patient from injury, loosen clothing, and time the seizure
- Force objects into their mouth to prevent tongue biting
- "You're right, I don't."
- "Tell me more about what you mean by that, so I can better understand."
- "That's not true, I understand perfectly."
- "Perhaps you're not expressing yourself clearly."
- Apply physical restraints
- Lock all doors on the unit
- Identify triggers for wandering and provide alternative, safe activities or structured engagement
- Administer a sedative to keep them in bed
- Deltoid muscle
- Ventrogluteal muscle
- Vastus lateralis muscle
- Dorsogluteal muscle
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Hypertensive Crisis
- Dismiss their fears and tell them it's a routine surgery
- Acknowledge their anxiety, provide factual information, and offer relaxation techniques
- Tell them to pray and trust the doctors
- Advise them to cancel the surgery
- Inform the patient that you are fine
- Wash the exposed area thoroughly with soap and water, report the incident, and follow institutional post-exposure protocol
- Document the incident later in the day
- Cover the wound with a bandage and continue working
