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Basic Nursing Skills

Subjects : certifications, health-sciences, nursing

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Afebrile
Without fever
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
The act of taking air into the lungs
Done to cure or control cancer

2. Stress
Inflammation of the vein
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails

3. Mental health
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
Inability to hear high frequency
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations

4. Scale
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
Body temp above the normal range
Device used to obtain a patients weight

5. Vertigo
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Dizziness
Without fever
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties

6. Gestational diabetes
Psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder defined by sadness - inactivity - difficulty in thinking and concentration - a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping; suicidal
Develops during pregnancy
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
99.6

7. Lesions
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults

8. Electronic thermometer
Inflammation of the vein
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Excessivly rapid breathing

9. Lithotomy Position
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults

10. Electrocardiograph (EKG)
12 - 20 breaths
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Device that is used for recording the electric activity of the heart
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound

11. Average diastolic blood pressure
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
60 - 90 mmHg
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body

12. Open reduction
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Lack of adult supervision - malnourishment - unsafe living environments - untreated chronic illness
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions

13. Cotton forceps
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed

14. Sarcomas
Elevated body temp
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally

15. Percussion
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity

16. Inhalation
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
The act of taking air into the lungs
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp

17. Average systolic blood pressure
90 - 150 mmHg - 40+ goes up to 160 mmHg
Without fever
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Water soluble agent capable of diminshing friction and making a surface slippery; used to lubricate the examiners gloved hand when performing rectal or vaginal assessments

18. Indications to use wheelchair
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Patient is ambulatory
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

19. Tachycardia
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Portion in which a patient is in a side lying position on either side - with the top leg flexed up toward the abdomen; used to assess the rectum and vagina

20. Passive exercises
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
98.6
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.

21. Diabetes
Inflammation of the vein
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body

22. Reduction
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
98.6
Using the sence of smell during physical examination

23. Embolus
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults

24. Infant pulse rate
Body temp below normal range
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
120 - 160 bpm
Stationary blood clot

25. Pressure point
120 - 160 bpm
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands

26. Tape meassure
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure

27. Anxiety
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
Skin should be smooth and dry
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress

28. Characteristics to ask and document when assessing pain
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Body temp above the normal range
Tumors that usually do not cause death

29. Auscultation
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Act of listening for sounds within the body
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational

30. Fiberglass
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
25 - 40 breaths
1400 to 1800
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects

31. Olfaction
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Long slender bulb - blue
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
Using the sence of smell during physical examination

32. Defense mechanisms
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
25 - 40 breaths
Being perplexed or disconcerted

33. Characteristics of respirations
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Dizziness
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound

34. Systolic pressure(top #)
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Body temp below normal range

35. Orthostatic hypotension
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
The act of taking air into the lungs

36. Cognitive disorders in elderly
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted

37. Conditions where oral temp assessment is contradicated
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational
90 - 150 mmHg - 40+ goes up to 160 mmHg
A weak and rapid pulse
Exercises performed by the patient

38. Confusion
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Skin should be smooth and dry
Being perplexed or disconcerted
One of several charts used in testing visual activity; letters - numbers - or symbols are arranged on the chart in decreasing size from top to bottom

39. Signs of neglect
Lack of adult supervision - malnourishment - unsafe living environments - untreated chronic illness
Water soluble agent capable of diminshing friction and making a surface slippery; used to lubricate the examiners gloved hand when performing rectal or vaginal assessments
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
98.6

40. Long term complications of paralysis
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions

41. Hyperthermia
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Body temp above the normal range
Act of listening for sounds within the body
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear

42. Respiration
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Chronic and acute

43. Dangling
97.6
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults

44. Closed reduction
60 - 90 mmHg
Without fever
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

45. Dorsal recumbent
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed
60 - 90 mmHg
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
Without fever

46. wWhere can pulse be found on body
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
Low blood sugar

47. Carcinomas
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
120 - 160 bpm
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue

48. Active exercises
Portion in which a patient is in a side lying position on either side - with the top leg flexed up toward the abdomen; used to assess the rectum and vagina
Exercises performed by the patient
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational

49. Tongue depressor
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
Short stubby bulb - red
A weak and rapid pulse

50. Main groups of malignant tumors
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol