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Basic Nursing Skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Peridiontal probe
Develops after age of 40 - pancreas secret some insulin but not enough to meet body's needs
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
Chronic and acute
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums

2. Tumor
New growth abnormal cells
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)

3. Watch or clock
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy

4. Electronic thermometer
Long slender bulb - blue
Body temp below normal range
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time

5. Abnormal lung sounds
Body temp below normal range
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
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
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

6. Steps for ambulating a patient with transfer belt
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Done to cure or control cancer
Transfer a weak/unsteady patient - buckle belt around patient waist and over cloths - tight but enough space to let hand hand grasp - grasp belt from bottom

7. Indications to use wheelchair
Patient is ambulatory
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
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
120 - 160 bpm

8. Exhalation
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
Yellow color to the skin and eyes
The act of expelling air out of the lungs

9. Passive exercises
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
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
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

10. Pulse
Small round mirror with a detachable handle that is used to view the oral cavity - reflect light - and retract the tounge and tissue - which protects the oral mucosa from injury
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations

11. Temp
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
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
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments
Patient is ambulatory

12. Glaucoma
Infection of the middle ear
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time

13. Describes strength of pulse
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk
60 - 90 mmHg

14. Average diastolic blood pressure
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
60 - 90 mmHg
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands

15. What is dorsal recumbent used for?
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Yellow color to the skin and eyes
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear

16. Range of motion(ROM)
Clouding of the lens
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus

17. Electronic thermometer
Small round mirror with a detachable handle that is used to view the oral cavity - reflect light - and retract the tounge and tissue - which protects the oral mucosa from injury
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Used to time the pulses and respirations

18. Hypotension
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Labored or difficult breathing
Carcinomas - sarcomas

19. Young children need _ calories per day
1400 to 1800
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear

20. Inhalation
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
The act of taking air into the lungs
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats

21. Tachycardia
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue

22. Least accurate thermometer probe
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension

23. Benign
100 - 120 bpm
Dizziness
Elevated body temp
Tumors that usually do not cause death

24. Dementia
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
Low blood sugar
The act of taking air into the lungs
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)

25. Hemiplegia
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
The act of taking air into the lungs
100 - 120 bpm
Paralysis of ones side of the body

26. Active exercises
Exercises performed by the patient
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Inability to hear high frequency

27. Diabetes
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent

28. Characteristics to ask and document when assessing pain
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Tumors that usually do not cause death
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs

29. Open reduction
Stationary blood clot
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Long slender bulb - blue

30. Symptoms of illness in infants
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
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk

31. 3 common causes of hearing loss
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
The act of taking air into the lungs
Blood clot moving in the blood stream

32. Sphygmomanometer
Patient is ambulatory
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
The act of taking air into the lungs
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure

33. Chemotherapy
Absence of breathing
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
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

34. Thrombus
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Small round mirror with a detachable handle that is used to view the oral cavity - reflect light - and retract the tounge and tissue - which protects the oral mucosa from injury
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Stationary blood clot

35. 3 types of paralysis
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Body temp below normal range
Elevated body temp

36. Stress
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Dizziness
Being perplexed or disconcerted

37. Radiation
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
Device used to obtain a patients weight

38. Non insulin dependent( type II)
Develops after age of 40 - pancreas secret some insulin but not enough to meet body's needs
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Yellow color to the skin and eyes
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

39. Cotton forceps
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent

40. Thrombophlebitis
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
A weak and rapid pulse
Body temp below normal range
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)

41. Confusion
The act of taking air into the lungs
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
Clouding of the lens

42. Dorsal Recumbent
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp

43. Tinnitus
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
Ringing in the ear
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
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

44. Otitis media
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
Infection of the middle ear
Tympanic - oral - rectal
Develops during pregnancy

45. Dangling
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
97.6
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side

46. wWhere can pulse be found on body
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
99.6
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.

47. Cognitive disorders in elderly
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

48. Perfusion
98.6
New growth abnormal cells
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products

49. Rectal thermometer
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Exercises performed by the patient with some assistance
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Short stubby bulb - red

50. Lithotomy Position
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Low blood sugar
Heat sensitive patch/tape

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