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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. Indications to use wheelchair
Stationary blood clot
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Patient is ambulatory

2. Active exercises
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
Exercises performed by the patient
Heat sensitive patch/tape

3. Hyperglycemia
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
High blood sugar

4. Infant resp rate
Body temp below normal range
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
97.6
25 - 40 breaths

5. Blood pressure(B/P)
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
Chronic and acute
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed

6. Factors that increase ital signs values
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
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

7. Rectal temp
60 - 100 bpm
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
99.6
Carcinomas - sarcomas

8. Infant pulse rate
120 - 160 bpm
25 - 40 breaths
Heat sensitive patch/tape
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension

9. Chemotherapy
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders

10. Vital signs
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Chronic disease of the inner ear
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth

11. 3 types of paralysis
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia

12. Unconciousness
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Tumors that usually do not cause death
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
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs

13. Sarcomas
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Long slender bulb - blue
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth

14. Integumentary system is assessed for...
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body
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

15. Adult resp rate
12 - 20 breaths
New growth abnormal cells
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Act of listening for sounds within the body

16. Describes strength of pulse
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

17. Stress
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation

18. Oral thermometer
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Long slender bulb - blue
Exercises performed by the patient

19. Least accurate thermometer probe
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Dizziness
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth

20. Benign
The act of taking air into the lungs
Ringing in the ear
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
Tumors that usually do not cause death

21. Rectal thermometer
Short stubby bulb - red
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus

22. Hemiplegia
Paralysis of ones side of the body
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
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body

23. Factors assessed when patient is dangaling
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound

24. Systolic pressure(top #)
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure
98.6
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear

25. Glass thermometers
New growth abnormal cells
Elevated body temp
Labored or difficult breathing
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol

26. Axillary temp
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Exercises performed by the patient
97.6
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal

27. Palpation
60 - 100 bpm
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

28. Stupor
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel

29. Stockinet
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Excessivly rapid breathing
60 - 90 mmHg

30. Range of motion(ROM)
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension

31. Long term complications of paralysis
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Yellow color to the skin and eyes
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia

32. Contracture
Body temp below normal range
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue

33. 2 types of otitis media
Chronic and acute
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension
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. Dorsal recumbent
Pulse with irregular rhythm
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly

35. Cognitive disorders in elderly
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient
Chronic and acute
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression

36. Surgery
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
60 - 90 mmHg
Done to cure or control cancer
Body temp below normal range

37. Cotton forceps
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth

38. Immunization boosters are recommended
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Exercises performed by the patient
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling

39. Closed reduction
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown

40. Hyperthermia
Develops during pregnancy
Body temp above the normal range
Labored or difficult breathing
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor

41. Percussion
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Device that is used for recording the electric activity of the heart
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs

42. Dorsal Recumbent
Act of listening for sounds within the body
With fever
120 - 160 bpm
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed

43. Exam gloves
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Act of listening for sounds within the body
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region

44. Electronic thermometer
High blood sugar
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region

45. Orthopedics
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities

46. Child resp rate
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
20 - 40 breaths

47. Delirium
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Stationary blood clot

48. Temp
The circular movement of a limb
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light

49. Defense mechanisms
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
Long slender bulb - blue
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings

50. Auscultation
Act of listening for sounds within the body
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Excessivly rapid breathing
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational