- Attempt to convert the patient.
- Disregard the patient's spiritual needs.
- Respect the patient's non-belief and provide care that aligns with their personal values and preferences.
- Refer the patient to a chaplain.
No category found.
- Administering opioids.
- Applying heat or cold packs, distraction, or guided imagery.
- Sedating the patient.
- Ignoring the pain.
- Contamination from non-sterile objects.
- Patient discomfort.
- Airflow disruption.
- Difficulty in reaching instruments.
- Slight redness around the wound edge.
- Mild itching at the wound site.
- Increased pain, redness, swelling, purulent drainage, or fever.
- A small amount of clear drainage.
- Doing everything for the patient.
- Encouraging the patient to perform tasks they are able to, with assistance as needed.
- Leaving the patient to perform all care alone.
- Providing care only at the nurse's convenience.
- Clear airway
- Bronchospasm
- Fluid in the alveoli or small airways
- Upper airway obstruction
- Erase the entry and rewrite it.
- Use correction fluid to cover the error.
- Draw a single line through the error, write "error" and initial, then rewrite the correct entry.
- Tear out the page and rewrite it.
- Decrease pain.
- Prevent lipohypertrophy or lipoatrophy.
- Speed up absorption.
- Increase the dose of insulin administered.
- Caregiver
- Advocate
- Educator
- Researcher
- Give the medication early to avoid conflict.
- Withhold the medication.
- Assess the patient's pain thoroughly, explore alternative pain management strategies, and discuss concerns with the healthcare team to ensure appropriate pain relief while addressing potential misuse.
- Document the patient's frequent requests and ignore them.
- Administer the medication as ordered.
- Tell the patient they are mistaken.
- Withhold the medication and verify the allergy with the physician and patient's chart.
- Administer a small test dose.
- Color, odor, consistency, and amount of drainage (COCA).
- Patient comfort only.
- Adherence to the skin.
- Brand of dressing used.
- Collect the first stream of urine.
- Cleanse the perineal area, void a small amount into the toilet, then collect the midstream portion.
- Collect urine from the catheter bag.
- Collect urine after drinking a large amount of water.
- Administer a placebo.
- Trust the patient's verbal denial of pain.
- Explore non-verbal cues and objective signs of pain, and consider advocating for pain relief.
- Document "no pain."
- Pull the patient across the bed linens.
- Roll the patient using a draw sheet or slide sheet.
- Push the patient from one side to the other.
- Have the patient lift themselves.
- "Why are you quiet?"
- "You seem upset."
- "Go on…"
- "Are you feeling better?"
- Primary prevention.
- Secondary prevention.
- Tertiary prevention.
- Health promotion.
- Conscious and cooperative.
- Immunocompromised or have rectal surgery/bleeding.
- Experiencing fever.
- Able to tolerate oral intake.
- Taking the medication only when symptoms are severe.
- Discontinuing the medication once symptoms improve.
- Taking the medication for the full prescribed duration, even if symptoms subside.
- Sharing the medication with family members who have similar symptoms.
