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PCT notes ch1, 2, 3
notes for Ch 1,2,3 of pct book
Question | Answer |
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What is the chain of Command? | timed written record of different individuals who have custody of a report from initial aquisition to the final disposition in a court as evidence. |
Define QA | Quality assurance |
What is appropriate documentation on a patients chart? | Signs, symptomes, and changes in the patients condition |
How do you properly correct a mistake on a patients chart? | By marking it through with a single line and initialing the change. |
What is subjective information? | something the patient or their family tells you |
What is objective information? | information collected by your own senses. |
What are signs? | Objective information |
What are symptomes? | Subjective information |
Where do you dispose of a used needle? | in a sharps container |
What hold a catheter in place? | a balloon of water at the end of the tube |
How do you know how much water the balloon at the end of a catheter will hold? | The amount is printed on the catheter When removing a Catheter |
what should you do if you meet resistance? | wait a few minutes and try again. |