HSC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stethoscope, Blood Pressure
28 Oct 2018
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Behavior of pt changed from normal to despondent/fearful. Ask person about their preferences, esp those influenced by culture. Recognizing hardship and having desire to help/relieve hardship. Condition/illness which pt is never going to recover from. Ensuring resident needs are met and rights are upheld. Older people can still learn things, but may take time. Family thinks resident is too old to use a tablet to email or play games. Put on gloves, sterile band aid/gauze, apply pressure, call for help if necessary. Wife of a home health client accidentally cuts herself while providing care to husband. Pull resident upper body toward you, spread legs for wide base of support, gently lower to ground. Resident begins to fall as cna assists with walking down the hall. Remove cuff completely, wait one minute, retry. Probe of rectal thermometer should not be inserted more than 1 inch into rectum. What about taking/recording vital signs is true.
