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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. Vaginal speculum
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation

2. Active exercises
12 - 20 breaths
Exercises performed by the patient
O: onset P: provocation Q: quality R: radiation S: scale T: time
The act of expelling air out of the lungs

3. Electronic thermometer
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Short stubby bulb - red
Electronic instrument used to obtain a patients body temp
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion

4. Blood pressure(B/P)
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)

5. Axillary temp
Paralysis of ones side of the body
97.6
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress

6. Olfaction
Long slender bulb - blue
Inflammation of the vein
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Using the sence of smell during physical examination

7. Flashlight

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8. Fiberglass
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth

9. Pulse
Clouding of the lens
Patient is ambulatory
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12

10. Diabetes
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor

11. Hypertension
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Infection of the middle ear
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs
Pulse with irregular rhythm

12. Lithotomy Position
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
Inflammation of a vein associated with a thrombus
Absence of breathing
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract

13. 3 common causes of hearing loss
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision

14. Afebrile
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
Without fever
Done to cure or control cancer
Tympanic - oral - rectal

15. Fever
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Elevated body temp
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.

16. Menieres disease
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Body temp above the normal range
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
Chronic disease of the inner ear

17. Apnea
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk
Difficulty hearing normal conversations
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
Absence of breathing

18. Embolus
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
Excessivly rapid breathing
Blood clot moving in the blood stream

19. Immunization boosters are recommended
Used to destroy or retard cancer cell growth
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12
98.6
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress

20. Rectal temp
99.6
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
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Infared sensor measures the temp of blood flow in ear

21. Closed reduction
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Chronic and acute
Technique used to assess texture - size - consistency - and location of certain parts of the body and hands
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

22. Least accurate thermometer probe
Elevated body temp
1400 to 1800
Heat sensitive patch/tape
25 - 40 breaths

23. Treatments for cancer
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
Radial - brachial - dosterior tibialis - dorsalis pedis - femoral - apiical - carotid - temporal
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol

24. Symptoms of illness in infants
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision
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

25. Reduction
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
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

26. Insulin dependent(type 1)
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
Develops during pregnancy
The act of taking air into the lungs
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract

27. Factors assessed when patient is dangaling
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
Person can be aroused only briefly and only by vigorous external stimulation
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient
Balance - orthostatic hypertension - dizziness - nausea

28. Anxiety
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
New growth abnormal cells
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract

29. Respiration
Measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
Paralysis in all four extremities and trunk
The exchange of gases between the atmosphere - blood - and body cells; measurement that consists of one inhalation and one exhalation
Chronic disease of the inner ear

30. Hyperglycemia
Clouding of the lens
Instrument used to measure a patients blood pressure
High blood sugar
Absence of breathing

31. Dorsal Recumbent
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Lying on the back in supine position with knees flexed

32. What is dorsal recumbent used for?
Long slender bulb - blue
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities
Done to cure or control cancer
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed

33. Turgor
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Being perplexed or disconcerted
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion

34. Scale
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Usually progressive condition marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often accompanied by emotional apathy(e.g. Alzheimers disease)
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects

35. Adult resp rate
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
12 - 20 breaths
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Rest - depression - depressant drugs

36. Contracture
A permanently flexed joint that occurs with shortened muscle tissue
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Dizziness
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties

37. Auscultation
A weak and rapid pulse
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Act of listening for sounds within the body

38. Malignat
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)

39. Non insulin dependent( type II)

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40. Explorer
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth
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
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
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats

41. Tongue depressor
The degree to which a joint is moved by flexion and extension
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.
High blood sugar
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity

42. Hemiplegia
Paralysis of ones side of the body
Accumulation of fluid inside the eye that exerts pressure on the optic nerve; eventually causes blindness
Develops during pregnancy
Short stubby bulb - red

43. Infant resp rate
25 - 40 breaths
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
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side

44. Water soluble lubricant(surgeons jelly and ky jelly)
98.6
The act of expelling air out of the lungs
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
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

45. Tachypnea
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
Excessivly rapid breathing
98.6

46. Peridiontal probe
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
Exercises performed by the patient
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums

47. Febrile
State of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday living by behaving in ways acceptable to society
With fever
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Exercises that are performed by the corpsman/technician when the patient is unable to move a body part independentally

48. Cataracts
Clouding of the lens
Composite structural material of plastic and fiberglass that is used in casting for children and elderly for light weight properties
A weak and rapid pulse
Child under 6 - mouth breathers - oral or nasal surgery - unconscious or irrational

49. 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
Instrument used to assess the pupil's response to light
Dizziness
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects

50. Plaster
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
Along with height and weight - are taken as baseline data - provides info regarding the general heealth of a patient
Spinal cord lesions - multiple sclerosis - infections/abscesses of spinal cord - congential defects
A pasty composition that hardens on drying