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Nursing Assistant Fundamentals | Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) School Study Aid
Perioperative Care
5 Picmonics to Learn | 10 mins
Aseptic Technique
- Invasive Procedures
- Skin Integrity Broken
- Sterility
- Hands Up for Scrubbing
- Keep Objects in View
- Only Sterile Objects in Field
- Only Sterile Touches Sterile
- Contamination
- Edges of Sterile Field
- If Sterility Questioned
- If Wet or Prolonged Exposure to Air
- Considerations
- Never Leave Sterile Area
- PPE Order
2 mins
Preoperative Care
- Preop Education
- Surgical Procedure
- NPO
- Turn, Cough, Deep Breathe, Incentive Spirometer
- Lower Extremity Exercises
- Compression Stockings or SCD's
- Pain Management
- Safety
- Informed Consent
- Physical Preparation
- Preop Checklist
- Handoff to Surgery
- Universal Precautions
2 mins
Postoperative Care
- Head to Toe Assessment
- Complications
- Hemorrhage
- Clotting
- Pain
- Dehiscence or Evisceration
- Respiratory Complications
- Paralytic Ileus
- Infection
2 mins
Postoperative Fever
- 5 W's
- Wind (Days 1-3)
- Atelectasis
- Pneumonia
- Water (Days 3-5)
- Urinary Tract Infection from Catheter
- Walking (Days 4-6)
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Wound (Days 5-7)
- Infection
- Wonder Drugs (Days 7+)
- Drugs
2 mins
Hip Surgery
- Neurovascular Assessment
- No 90 Degree Hip Flexion
- No Adduction
- No Internal Rotation
- Avoid Turning on Affected Side
- Considerations
- Thromboembolism Prevention
2 mins
