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Nursing Board Exam Room Assignments December 2010 – Cebu City
Nursing Board Exam Room Assignments December 2010 – Legazpi City
Personality Disorders
Operating Room Team: Unsterile Members

Nursing Board Exam Room Assignments December 2010 – Cebu City

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:07 PM PST

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces the availability of the room assignments for the upcoming December 2010 Nursing Board Exam (NLE) in Cebu City.

First Timers

Cebu -

Repeaters

Cebu Repeaters –

Important Reminder:

Please be informed that the December 2010 Nursing Board Exam Results will be posted here in NursingCrib.com as soon as the PRC has released the official list of successful examinees. It is highly recommended to subscribe on our mailing list to get a copy of the result via email.

Nursing Board Exam Room Assignments December 2010 – Legazpi City

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:53 PM PST

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces the availability of the room assignments for the upcoming December 2010 Nursing Board Exam (NLE) in Legazpi City.

Legazpi -

Important Reminder:

Personality Disorders

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:11 PM PST

Personality disorder is defined as the totality of a person's unique biopsychosocial and spiritual traits that consistently influence behavior.

The following traits are likely in individuals with a personality disorder:

Interpersonal relations that ranges from distant to overprotective.
Suspiciousness
Social anxiety
Failure to conform to social norms.
Self-destructive behaviors
Manipulation and splitting.

Prognosis is poor, and clients experience long term disability and may have other psychiatric disorders.

Cluster A: The Eccentric and Mad group

Paranoid – suspicious, jealous, short tempered.
Schizotypal – superstitious, believes in magic, ideas of reference.
Schizoid – doesn't want to socialize, prefers to be alone, detached.

Cluster B: The Erratic and Bad group

Antisocial – irresponsible, display lack of guilt, good at manipulation.
Borderline – intense relationship, self-mutilation, impulsiveness.
Histrionic – attention-seeking, self-centered, seductive, dramatic.
Narcissistic – grandiose view of self lacks empathy for others.

Cluster C: The anxious and Sad group

Obsessive compulsive – preoccupied with perfection, conscious of rules, self-critical, controlling.
Avoidant – fearful of criticism and rejection, negative self-esteem, few social interactions.
Dependent – submissive, clinging to others, unable to make decision by self.

Signs and Symptoms

Inappropriate response to stress and inflexible approach to problem solving.
Long term difficulties in relating to others, in school and in work situations.
Demanding and manipulative.
Ability to cause others to react with extreme annoyance or irritability.
Poor interpersonal skills.
Anxiety
Depression
Anger and aggression
Difficulty with adherence to treatment.
Harm to self or others.

Nursing Diagnoses

Ineffective individual coping
Social isolation
Impaired social interaction
High risk for violence to self or others
Anxiety

Nursing Interventions

Work with the client to increase coping skills and identify need for improvement coping.
Respond to the client's specific symptoms and needs.
Keep communication clear and consistent.
Client may require physical restraints, seclusion/observation room, one to one supervision.
Keep the client involved in treatment planning.
Avoid becoming victim to the client's involvement in appropriate self-help groups.
Require the client take responsibility for his/her own behavior and the consequences for actions.
Discuss with the client and family the possible environment and situational causes, contributing factors, and triggers.

Operating Room Team: Unsterile Members

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:45 PM PST

Operating Room Team

Patients undergoing surgery will be taken care of the operating room team. Safety and privacy of patients in the OR is safeguarded by the operating room team members. Personnel inside the OR consist of the operating surgeon, assistants to the surgeon, a scrub person, an anesthesiologist and a circulating nurse. Each member of the OR team performs specific function in coordination with one another to create an atmosphere that best benefit the patient.

The team is divided into two divisions according to the function of its members.

Sterile OR team: operating surgeon, assistants to the surgeon and scrub person
Unsterile OR team: anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist, circulator and other OR members that might be needed in operating specialized machine or devices.

Unsterile Operating Room Team

The unsterile operating room members are not allowed to enter the sterile field to prevent contamination. The responsibilities of the members of this team are the following:

Handle supplies and equipments that are considered unsterile.
Touches unsterile surfaces only.
Keep the sterile team supplied with supplies handled aseptically.
Give direct patient care.
Assist the sterile team member's need with strict observation of avoiding contact to the sterile field.
Handles other requirements arising during the surgical procedure.

Unsterile Team Members

Anesthesiologist or Anesthetist

Difference between an anesthesiologist and anesthetist

An anesthesiologist is a medical practitioner who is certified by a certain institution while an anesthetist could either be a qualified and licensed nurse, dentist or a physician who administers anesthetics. The anesthetist works under the supervision of an anesthesiologist or a surgeon when administering a drug or gas.

Responsibilities of an anesthesiologist or anesthetist

Choice and application of appropriate agents.
Choice and application of suitable techniques of administration.
Monitoring of physiologic function.
Maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance.
Blood replacement.
Helps in minimizing the hazards of shock, fire and electrocution.
Use and interpret correctly a wide variety of monitoring devices.
Overseeing the positioning and movement of patients.
Oversee the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to provide resuscitative care until the patient has regained vital functions.

Circulator

A circulator is preferably a registered nurse. However, in some cases a surgical technologist can perform the role of a circulator with the direct supervision from a registered nurse.

Responsibilities of a circulator:

Monitor and coordinate all activities within the room.
Manage the care required for each patient.
Provides assistance to any member of the OR team with strict observation to avoid a break in sterility.
Creates and maintains a safe and comfortable environment for the patient through the implementation of aseptic technique.

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