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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. Active exercises
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Exercises performed by the patient

2. Tachycardia
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
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

3. Pressure ulcer
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time

4. Hyperthermia
Body temp above the normal range
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear

5. Phelbitis
High blood sugar
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Inflammation of the vein
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue

6. Presbyopia
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues

7. Dyspnea
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
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Labored or difficult breathing
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired

8. Non insulin dependent( type II)

9. Treatments for cancer
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy

10. 3 common causes of hearing loss
90 - 150 mmHg - 40+ goes up to 160 mmHg
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel

11. Inspection
High blood sugar
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Heat sensitive patch/tape

12. Stethoscope
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure
Elevated body temp

13. Scale
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
Long slender bulb - blue

14. Percussion/reflex hammer
Yellow color to the skin and eyes
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Used to time the pulses and respirations

15. Open reduction
Inability to hear high frequency
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Act of listening for sounds within the body

16. Reduction
98.6
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone

17. Vertigo
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
90 - 150 mmHg - 40+ goes up to 160 mmHg
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Dizziness

18. Lesions
1400 to 1800
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Stationary blood clot

19. Febrile
100 - 120 bpm
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
Absence of breathing
With fever

20. Perfusion
Absence of breathing
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
Dizziness
Chronic and acute

21. Condition
Exercises performed by the patient
Skin should be smooth and dry
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands

22. Causes of paralysis
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Elevated body temp
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects

23. Hearing loss
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
1400 to 1800
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Ringing in the ear

24. Cast
Elevated body temp
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
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 circular movement of a limb

25. Surgery
120 - 160 bpm
Done to cure or control cancer
High blood sugar
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired

26. Axillary temp
Exercises performed by the patient with some assistance
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
97.6
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues

27. Factors that increase ital signs values
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
99.6
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs

28. Cognitive disorders in elderly
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
20 - 40 breaths
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression

29. Respiration
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums

30. Radiation
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
100 - 120 bpm
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound
Tympanic - oral - rectal

31. Electrocardiograph (EKG)
Device that is used for recording the electric activity of the heart
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Heat sensitive patch/tape

32. Afebrile
Without fever
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Develops during pregnancy
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time

33. Oral temp
98.6
Short stubby bulb - red
High blood sugar
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

34. Bradycardia
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
The circular movement of a limb
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol

35. Hypertension
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Skin should be smooth and dry
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

36. Factors assessed when patient is dangaling
New growth abnormal cells
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Skin should be smooth and dry

37. Apnea
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Absence of breathing
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound

38. Water soluble lubricant(surgeons jelly and ky jelly)
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
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
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted

39. Embolus
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract

40. 2 types of otitis media
Chronic and acute
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side
Short stubby bulb - red
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth

41. Hypoglycemia
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Low blood sugar
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs

42. Macular degenration
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia

43. Dorsal Recumbent
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
The act of taking air into the lungs
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
A pasty composition that hardens on drying

44. Orthostatic hypotension
Tympanic - oral - rectal
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
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
25 - 40 breaths

45. Snellen chart
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
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
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Exercises performed by the patient with some assistance

46. Stress
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Pulse with irregular rhythm

47. Average diastolic blood pressure
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
60 - 90 mmHg
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
The circular movement of a limb

48. Hyperglycemia
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
High blood sugar

49. Diastolic pressue(bottom #)
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear

50. Indications to use wheelchair
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Patient is ambulatory
The act of taking air into the lungs