NURSE-3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Crash Cart, Physical Therapy, Medical Record
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Nursing actions planned in the previous step are carried out: assess before performing nursing actions, re-assess to determine patient response after performing nursing actions, revise your approach as indicated. If you don"t feel competent to do something, get help: that"s what your instructor is there for! Direct care intervention: treatment performed thru interaction with patient. The laying on of soapy hands plus teaching and counseling. Indirect care intervention: treatment performed away from patient but on behalf of patient. Activities usually performed in a normal day: bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, ambulation. Everything you do for yourself every day! Think about these as part of discharge planning. Communicating with other members of health care team. Supervision of other staff: including making assignments, delegation, direct supervision, follow-up, and evaluation. Patient/visitors: explain what you"re going to do. Equipment: anticipate what you need and get it. Environment: think safety and privacy, pull drapes, close door.
