Assessing Falls Fall Interventions General COPD Trivia Symptoms of COPD Were you paying attention?
100
Yellow
The national coding color for fall prevention is:
100
Hand rails in the bathroom, wearing closed toe shoes, adequate lighting, removing rugs
What are two home safety measures the pt. could use?
100
Increased
Persons with asthma are at an increased or decreased risk of COPD?
100
False
The symptoms of COPD develop quickly, true or false?
100
91 years old
How old was the pt.?
200
The definition of a fall.
Any unplanned landing on the floor, including a patient being assisted to the floor by the nursing staff.
200
Strength, balance, flexibillity, endurance
What elements should an exercise program target for patients who are at high fall risks?
200
Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema
Two main COPD lung conditions are:
200
Wheezing
What symptom of COPD did our patient manifest?
200
Leukocytosis or Possible Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
What was his admission diagnoses?
300
6-13 points
A patient is considered a moderate fall risk on the John Hopkins Fall risk score with a score of:
300
The pt. remained free from injury throughout hospitalization
The discharge outcome to be written in the plan of care.
300
Tobacco smoke
The number one cause of COPD:
300
Respiration rate >20 and o2 Saturation <95
What respiratory rate and 02 saturation would you expect to find in a patient with COPD?
300
A pack a day for 25 years
How long and how much did the pt. smoke for in the past?
400
>13 points
A patient is considered a high fall risk on the John Hopkins Fall risk score with a score of:
400
Risk for injury
The appropriate nursing diagnosis to add to the plan of care.
400
Bronchodialators
This type of drug widens the air passage?
400
Second-hand smoke and exposure to allergens
Name 2 risk factors for COPD besides smoking?
400
Both knees!
Which knee did the pt. have surgery on?
500
Unsteady gait, orthostatic hypotension, dizziness, polypharmacy, weakness, confusion, sensory deficits, prior fall within 6 months, tethering equipment, altered awareness, impulsive, altered awareness.
Name 5 risk factors for falls
500
Orient patient to enviornment, place call light within reach, show how to call for assistance, have close to nurses station, etc.
Five interventions for patients at high fall risk
500
Provide frequent breaks.
Name one modification to use for patients with COPD during exercise program.
500
Tissue damage due to chronic inflammation
What is the structural cause of COPD?
500
Risk for bleeding and Risk for infection
What other two "Risk for" nursing diagnoses did we have? (Hint it is not risk for falls)






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