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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. Hypotension
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
An unsually strong pulse
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted

2. Percussion
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats

3. Lesions
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
60 - 90 mmHg
99.6

4. Cataracts
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
60 - 100 bpm
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Clouding of the lens

5. Tympanic temp
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
98.6
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent

6. Hypothermia
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
99.6
Body temp below normal range
Lack of adult supervision - malnourishment - unsafe living environments - untreated chronic illness

7. Thrombophlebitis
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness

8. Dementia
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums

9. Steps for ambulating a patient with transfer belt
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
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
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects

10. Gestational diabetes
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
Develops during pregnancy
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk

11. Afebrile
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Tumors that usually do not cause death
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions
Without fever

12. Cotton forceps
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia

13. Footboard
Body temp above the normal range
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Chronic and acute
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products

14. Otoscope
60 - 90 mmHg
Device that is used for recording the electric activity of the heart
Chronic and acute
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted

15. Reduction
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient

16. Febrile
Patient is ambulatory
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
With fever
Exercises performed by the patient

17. Rectal temp
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
60 - 100 bpm
1400 to 1800
99.6

18. Chemotherapy
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise

19. Explorer
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
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
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

20. Respiration
A weak and rapid pulse
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion
Without fever
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation

21. Adult pulse rate
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue
60 - 100 bpm
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

22. Carcinomas
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Develops during pregnancy
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue

23. What is dorsal recumbent used for?
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
Elevated body temp
Excessivly rapid breathing
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities

24. Inspection
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
1400 to 1800

25. Condition
High blood sugar
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Skin should be smooth and dry

26. Jaundice
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
98.6
60 - 90 mmHg
Yellow color to the skin and eyes

27. Tachypnea
A weak and rapid pulse
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Excessivly rapid breathing
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

28. Hearing loss
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Blood clot moving in the blood stream

29. Non insulin dependent( type II)

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30. Palpation
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands

31. Anxiety
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time
The circular movement of a limb

32. Oral temp
Clouding of the lens
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Labored or difficult breathing
98.6

33. Otitis media
Device that is used for recording the electric activity of the heart
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands
Infection of the middle ear

34. Hypoglycemia
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Inflammation of the vein
Low blood sugar
Done to cure or control cancer

35. Vertigo
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Dizziness
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted

36. Complications of uncontrolled diabetes
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Without fever
An unsually strong pulse
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions

37. Open reduction
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
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational

38. Macular degenration
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
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
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly

39. Exhalation
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Long slender bulb - blue
Chronic disease of the inner ear
Skin should be smooth and dry

40. Continuous passive motion(cpm)
100 - 120 bpm
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Heat sensitive patch/tape

41. Rectal thermometer
Short stubby bulb - red
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk
Paralysis of ones side of the body

42. Radiation
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
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
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth

43. Delirium
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Excessivly rapid breathing
25 - 40 breaths

44. 3 types of paralysis
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Pulse with irregular rhythm
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

45. Describes strength of pulse
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent

46. Long term complications of paralysis
High blood sugar
Patient is ambulatory
Chronic and acute
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

47. Sim's position
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
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society

48. Stress
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
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor

49. Tongue depressor
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus

50. Lithotomy Position
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth