Respiratory Pathway

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Across
  1. 4. On the pneumonia pathway, the use of alternative antibiotics or viral medication for therapy is based upon identification of a ______ or severe illness.
  2. 5. When using an MDI, you need to wait ______ seconds between each puff.
  3. 6. On the asthma pathway, a continuous nebulizer is used for children with a score of _______ or greater.
  4. 10. The respiratory score assessment is the _____ for treatment and plan of care for the patient on the pathway.
  5. 12. Signs of respiratory clinical ______ include drowsiness, confusion, change in level of consciousness, silent chest exam, progressive hypoxia, increasing oxygen demands, increasing respiratory score, cyanosis, and apnea.
  6. 13. A respiratory intervention may include but is not limited to _____, nebulizer treatment, and application or escalation in supplemental oxygen.
  7. 15. A patient on continuous albuterol needs to be assessed, scored, and documented every ______.
  8. 16. Scoring, assessments, albuterol treatments, and suctioning _____ are based upon the pre-intervention score.
Down
  1. 1. Most community acquired pneumonia in children is ______ in origin.
  2. 2. Patients on the pathways follow the score-________-score care management.
  3. 3. On the pneumonia pathway, moderately ill in patients are placed on the oral antibiotic ______ if tolerated.
  4. 5. On the asthma pathway, albuterol is weaned based upon a score of _____ or less.
  5. 7. Oral feeding should be held if there is clinical evidence of ______ which includes choking with feeds, gagging, and worsening tachypnea or if respiratory rate is sustained over upper limit of normal for age.
  6. 8. A nurse, a respiratory therapist, and/or a provider can _____ the patient.
  7. 9. Notify the ______ for failure to progress, need for escalation of therapy, weaning in therapy, and signs of clinical deterioration.
  8. 11. All other scores for asthma are treated with ______ treatments.
  9. 13. All MDI treatments should be given with a _____.
  10. 14. The asthma action plan is being renamed the ______ care plan and any patient going home on an inhaler will receive one.