NF: How urgent is it scenarios

Front

Your patient is continuing to move slowly and steadily. Your response is:

Back

This is normal, you continue as usual.

Front

Your resident/patient has fallen down. What should you do?

Back

Stay with the patient, pull the emergency call light, begin assessing the patient/ resident to decide what to do next/ do not move the patient until the nurse is present.

Front

Your patient has redness and warmth in a joint, but no pain. What should you do? Options: This is normal, you continue as usual. You may finish your current task with this patient without moving the joint r, then report. Report ASAP, you may leave the room to do so. Stay with the patient, pull the emergency call light, begin assessing the patient/ resident to decide what to do next.

Back

You may finish your current task with this patient without moving the joint r, then report.

Front

Your patient has a temperature of 102. What should you do?

Back

Report ASAP, you may leave the room to do so.

Front

Your patient continues to have difficulty holding objects.

Back

This is normal, you continue as usual.

Front

Your patient is suddenly dragging one foot.

Back

Stay with the patient, pull the emergency call light, begin assessing the patient/assist to the nearest chair or their bed/ assess resident to decide what to do next.

Front

Your patient continues to have blurred vision. What should you do? Options: This is normal, you continue as usual. You may finish your current task with this patient or round of vital signs if you can finish within a half hour, then report. Report ASAP, you may leave the room to do so. Stay with the patient, pull the emergency call light, begin assessing the patient/ resident to decide what to do next.

Back

This is normal, you continue as usual.

Front

Your patient has pale, shiny fingers cool fingers extending from the cast. What should you do? Options: This is normal, you continue as usual. You may finish your current task with this patient or round of vital signs if you can finish within a half hour, then report. Report ASAP, you may leave the room to do so. Stay with the patient, pull the emergency call light, begin assessing the patient/ resident to decide what to do next.

Back

You may finish your current task with this patient or round of vital signs if you can finish within a half hour, then report.

Front

Your patient has bluish fingernails on both hands. Your response is?

Back

Stay with the patient, pull the emergency call light, put the head of the bed up, replace the oxygen cannula if it has fallen out, begin assessing the patient starting with a pulse and to decide what to do next

Front

The toes on your patients right foot are blue and cold. What should you do?

Back

Report ASAP, you may leave the room to do so.