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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. Mental health
20 - 40 breaths
Tumors that usually do not cause death
Excessivly rapid breathing
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society

2. Depression
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
Done to cure or control cancer
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
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

3. Probes for electronic thermometer
Tympanic - oral - rectal
Act of listening for sounds within the body
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12

4. Diabetes
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body

5. Open reduction
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
An unsually strong pulse

6. Factors that increase ital signs values
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
Stationary blood clot
Long slender bulb - blue

7. Integumentary system is assessed for...
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Skin should be smooth and dry
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails

8. Sphygmomanometer
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
Clouding of the lens

9. Integumentary system
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
Device that is used for recording the electric activity of the heart
Inflammation of the vein
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails

10. Quadriplegia
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
1400 to 1800
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

11. Pulse
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
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

12. Opthalmoscope
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 used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue

13. Hypotension
97.6
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Chronic disease of the inner ear

14. Gestational diabetes
Tympanic - oral - rectal
Develops during pregnancy
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Difficulty hearing normal conversations

15. Lesions
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Lack of adult supervision - malnourishment - unsafe living environments - untreated chronic illness
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
An unsually strong pulse

16. Vital signs
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient
New growth abnormal cells
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
With fever

17. Snellen chart
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
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed

18. Child resp rate
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
20 - 40 breaths
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body

19. Dorsal Recumbent
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed
Stationary blood clot
With fever

20. Hyperthermia
Body temp above the normal range
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
98.6
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues

21. Fever
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
20 - 40 breaths
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
Elevated body temp

22. Inspection
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Difficulty hearing normal conversations

23. Hypothermia
Body temp below normal range
Without fever
90 - 150 mmHg - 40+ goes up to 160 mmHg
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract

24. Blood pressure(B/P)
Used to time the pulses and respirations
1400 to 1800
25 - 40 breaths
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)

25. Non insulin dependent( type II)

26. Cataracts
Inflammation of the vein
With fever
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Clouding of the lens

27. Stethoscope
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
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
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure

28. Treatments for cancer
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
97.6
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

29. Dyspnea
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally
Labored or difficult breathing
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
100 - 120 bpm

30. Carcinomas
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
With fever
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue
Elevated body temp

31. Water soluble lubricant(surgeons jelly and ky jelly)
20 - 40 breaths
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
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

32. Condition
Inflammation of the vein
Skin should be smooth and dry
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol

33. Afebrile
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
An unsually strong pulse
Without fever
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments

34. Unconciousness
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Skin should be smooth and dry
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs

35. 3 common causes of hearing loss
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Excessivly rapid breathing
Device used to obtain a patients weight

36. Temp
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
98.6
The circular movement of a limb

37. Fiberglass
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
Without fever

38. Embolus
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
20 - 40 breaths

39. Long term complications of paralysis
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Ringing in the ear
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

40. Insulin dependent(type 1)
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Tumors that usually do not cause death
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

41. Percussion/reflex hammer
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs

42. Complications of uncontrolled diabetes
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted

43. Radiation
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue

44. Cotton forceps
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Skin should be smooth and dry

45. Thrombus
Stationary blood clot
Long slender bulb - blue
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion

46. Perfusion
98.6
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
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion

47. Dorsal recumbent
An unsually strong pulse
With fever
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats

48. Delirium
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
98.6
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Tumors that usually do not cause death

49. Benign
Tumors that usually do not cause death
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
100 - 120 bpm

50. Circumduction
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
The circular movement of a limb
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands