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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Malignat
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent

2. Confusion
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational
Labored or difficult breathing
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums

3. Radiation
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
The act of taking air into the lungs

4. Fiberglass
98.6
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Carcinomas - sarcomas

5. Arrhythmia
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
25 - 40 breaths
Tumors that usually do not cause death
Pulse with irregular rhythm

6. Continuous passive motion(cpm)
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Excessivly rapid breathing
Done to cure or control cancer

7. Vaginal speculum
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
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
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
Done to cure or control cancer

8. Factors assessed when patient is dangaling
Short stubby bulb - red
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea

9. Probes for electronic thermometer
12 - 20 breaths
Inability to hear high frequency
Tympanic - oral - rectal
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

10. Coma
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
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Pulse with irregular rhythm

11. Bradycardia
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults

12. Footboard
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear
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
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Inability to hear high frequency

13. 3 types of paralysis
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
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
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational

14. Active assistant exercises
Exercises performed by the patient with some assistance
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment

15. Percussion/reflex hammer
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
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

16. Child resp rate
Excessivly rapid breathing
Device used to obtain a patients weight
20 - 40 breaths
Rest - depression - depressant drugs

17. Hypoglycemia
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Low blood sugar
Inability to hear high frequency
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs

18. Closed reduction
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
98.6
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

19. Turgor
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion
Long slender bulb - blue

20. Pressure point
Skin should be smooth and dry
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
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

21. Average diastolic blood pressure
Infection of the middle ear
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
60 - 90 mmHg
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities

22. Sarcomas
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Long slender bulb - blue
Carcinomas - sarcomas

23. Insulin dependent(type 1)
Exercises performed by the patient
Develops during pregnancy
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults

24. Cataracts
Exercises performed by the patient
98.6
Clouding of the lens
12 - 20 breaths

25. Hearing loss
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
The circular movement of a limb
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown

26. Electronic thermometer
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Pulse with irregular rhythm
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

27. Tinnitus
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Ringing in the ear
Inability to hear high frequency
60 - 90 mmHg

28. Integumentary system
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
Act of listening for sounds within the body

29. Sphygmomanometer
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
Note location - size - color - and characteristics
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)

30. Hyperthermia
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
Body temp above the normal range
High blood sugar
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side

31. Adult pulse rate
60 - 100 bpm
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
60 - 90 mmHg

32. Stethoscope
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time

33. Defense mechanisms
An instrument used to examine the external ear - the eardrum - and the ossicles of the middle ear. it may be portable or wall mounted
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings

34. 2 types of otitis media
Chronic and acute
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Body temp below normal range

35. Orthopedics
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia
20 - 40 breaths
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities

36. Symptoms of illness in infants
Heat sensitive patch/tape
With fever
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally

37. Non insulin dependent( type II)

38. Sim's position
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
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
Carcinomas - sarcomas
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

39. Apnea
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Absence of breathing
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Blood clot moving in the blood stream

40. Dyspnea
Labored or difficult breathing
Stationary blood clot
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
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

41. Depression
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
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light

42. Tachycardia
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Without fever
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure

43. Hemiplegia
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
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

44. Main groups of malignant tumors
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings

45. Stress
A response or change in the body caused by an emotional - physical - social - or economic factor
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
High blood sugar

46. 4 long term complications of paraylsis
98.6
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

47. Dangling
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side
Stationary blood clot
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
The act of taking air into the lungs

48. Conditions where oral temp assessment is contradicated
Done to cure or control cancer
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear

49. Treatments for cancer
60 - 100 bpm
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
Patient is ambulatory
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats

50. Presbyopia
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Dizziness
Long slender bulb - blue
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products