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Basic Nursing Skills

Subjects : certifications, health-sciences, nursing

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Continuous passive motion(cpm)
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Low blood sugar
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time

2. Febrile
With fever
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed
Long slender bulb - blue
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs

3. Vital signs
Tympanic - oral - rectal
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient
Carcinomas - sarcomas
99.6

4. Probes for electronic thermometer
Heat sensitive patch/tape
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension
Chronic and acute
Tympanic - oral - rectal

5. Phelbitis
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Inflammation of the vein
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity

6. Dyspnea
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Labored or difficult breathing
25 - 40 breaths
98.6

7. Tape meassure
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth
Absence of breathing
Lack of adult supervision - malnourishment - unsafe living environments - untreated chronic illness
Heat sensitive patch/tape

8. Tongue depressor
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Infection of the middle ear
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed

9. Exam gloves
Inability to hear high frequency
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region
60 - 100 bpm
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)

10. Gestational diabetes
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Lack of adult supervision - malnourishment - unsafe living environments - untreated chronic illness
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Develops during pregnancy

11. Average diastolic blood pressure
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
60 - 90 mmHg
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear

12. Stockinet
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Chronic and acute
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
120 - 160 bpm

13. Explorer
Instrument with sharp pointed end used for exploring the mouth which helps the examiner detect breaks in the enamel - check the severity of decay - and locate popcorn husks and toothpick fragments
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Without fever

14. Inhalation
Labored or difficult breathing
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
The act of taking air into the lungs

15. Stupor
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
Done to cure or control cancer
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
1400 to 1800

16. Thready pulse
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12
Pulse with irregular rhythm
A weak and rapid pulse
Long slender bulb - blue

17. Glaucoma
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Short stubby bulb - red
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally

18. Factors that decrease vital sign values
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Rest - depression - depressant drugs

19. Long term complications of paralysis
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue

20. Child resp rate
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
20 - 40 breaths
99.6

21. Delirium
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Body temp below normal range

22. Cataracts
Low blood sugar
Infection of the middle ear
Clouding of the lens
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone

23. Pressure ulcer
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time
99.6

24. Characteristics of respirations
Patient is ambulatory
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound

25. Passive exercises
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
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

26. 2 types of otitis media
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk
Chronic and acute
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision

27. Presbyopia
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands

28. Orthostatic hypotension
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body

29. Macular degenration
Develops during pregnancy
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
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear

30. Hypothermia
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Gives shape to a substance by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure; a stiff dressing made of bandages soaked in plaster
Body temp below normal range

31. Auscultation
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Infection of the middle ear
Act of listening for sounds within the body
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation

32. 3 common causes of hearing loss
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Inflammation of the vein
Chronic and acute
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel

33. Embolus
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
An unsually strong pulse
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing

34. Abnormal lung sounds
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Elevated body temp
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time

35. Thrombophlebitis
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea

36. Symptoms of illness in infants
25 - 40 breaths
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands
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
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision

37. Quadriplegia
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
25 - 40 breaths

38. Perfusion
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body

39. Menieres disease
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Chronic disease of the inner ear
99.6

40. Afebrile
Skin should be smooth and dry
Without fever
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly

41. Hyperthermia
Body temp above the normal range
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
Gives shape to a substance by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure; a stiff dressing made of bandages soaked in plaster
Chronic and acute

42. Cognitive disorders in elderly
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression

43. Factors assessed when patient is dangaling
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Instrument with sharp pointed end used for exploring the mouth which helps the examiner detect breaks in the enamel - check the severity of decay - and locate popcorn husks and toothpick fragments
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted

44. Turgor
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

45. Benign
Tumors that usually do not cause death
Tympanic - oral - rectal
A weak and rapid pulse
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient

46. Otoscope
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted
Labored or difficult breathing

47. Radiation
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth

48. Palpation
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands
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
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Carcinomas - sarcomas

49. Confusion
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Exercises performed by the patient

50. Electronic thermometer
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
98.6
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings