![]() If you have tympanic temperature, it's easier if they're semi Fowlers. If you have respirations/pulse, again, leave them supine. ![]() If you have radial pulse, it's unnecessary. If you have BP, raise the head of the bed. This is where you have to think "what would i do in the real world". ![]() With vitals, it's more likely they'll be in bed. If your skill is foot care, chances are they'll be in a chair (that's how we were instructed) but if they're in bed, you will have to assist them to a sitting position. So you do the knock, wash, intro/explain, gather supplies, curtain, lock wheels if they're in bed. The basics are the same no matter how the client is positioned. Once you have the official candidate handbook you will be able to use it as you look at the videos. Your course should provide you with approved videos to watch. Beware youtube videos unless your instructor has actually approved them. In reality you should be able to perform foot care on someone who is actually in a bed or sitting.Īgain, get the official candidates handbook. Think about it.if you were a patient wouldn't you rather someone had cleaned their hands before they touch you? Even if it is just a wrist band. You learn it in the classroom but they don't want people having to bare their feet for other candidates during the exam. No one did foot care and they do not include it on our state's test. During the test they made everyone wash their hands once, properly, and then they have you verbalize it for every skill. In my test vitals were done with the patient (a fellow candidate) lying down. These may seem trivial, but it will help me alot if I can study them with advice! One other question-did you go to the patient and introduce yourself and check wrist band before the first skill (hand washing)? Or did you go do that and then do the introducing when you performed a skill that was interacting with them? Did you perform it with their hand on the bed and towels under basin, or did you set up on a bedside table and they sat in bed while you did it? Or were they in bed and you had to do footcare with them laying down? Same with hand care. Is this how you performed it? Or were they in bed? Also, for foot care were they laying in bed and you assisted them to sit at the edge and performed their foot care on the floor (naturally with nonskid footwear on one foot and towel under basin). On the videos the client is sitting in a chair when the candidate "enters the room" to perform all vitals. I have a couple questions though as I'm not sure how my patient will be positioned in some circumstances. I've been watching skills videos on youtube and practising everyday on my family. I'm hoping I could hear from others what their test was like for a few questions I have.
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