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Basic Nursing Skills

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1. Integumentary system is assessed for...
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
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
98.6
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor

2. Defense mechanisms
Technique in physical examination of tapping the body with finger tips to evaluate the size - borders - and consistency of some internal organs
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

3. Watch or clock
Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body; can be used to auscultate the heart - lungs - abdomen - bowels - and blood pressure
Retinal change - blindness - kidney disease - nerve disease - circulatory disorders
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel

4. Fever
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
97.6
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Elevated body temp

5. Treatments for cancer
Surgery - radiation - chemotherapy
High blood sugar
Abnormally slow heartbeat - below 60 bpm in adults
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects

6. Electronic thermometer
Read out unit that produces an audible beep when the mwasurement is complete and displays the reading on the screen
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
60 - 100 bpm
Inability to hear high frequency

7. Tape meassure
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
97.6
Used to time the pulses and respirations
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth

8. Menieres disease
Decuitus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Stationary blood clot
Chronic disease of the inner ear
Tumors that usually do not cause death

9. Mouth mirror
98.6
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
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
100 - 120 bpm

10. Insulin dependent(type 1)
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Pancreas do not produce insulin - most common in children and young adults
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

11. Arrhythmia
Condition in which there is a depression of cerebral function ranging from stupor to coma patient considerations for special needs
Body temp above the normal range
20 - 40 breaths
Pulse with irregular rhythm

12. Thrombus
Age related - exposure to noise - build up of cerumel
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Stationary blood clot
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings

13. Plaster
A pasty composition that hardens on drying
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth
With fever
Paralysis in lower extemities and trunk

14. Continuous passive motion(cpm)
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
Exercises that are performed by motorized exercised machinery that keeps a joint in constant slow motion
Realigning a broken bone through surgery with incisions
Exercises performed by the patient

15. Glass thermometers
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Infection of the middle ear
Made of hollow glass stem and bulb filled with mecury and alcohol
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise

16. Hypoglycemia
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
Low blood sugar
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Excessivly rapid breathing

17. Anxiety
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
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
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
Elevated body temp

18. Water soluble lubricant(surgeons jelly and ky jelly)
Tympanic - oral - rectal
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints
Arise in connective tissue; occur in bone - muscle - cartilage - and other types of connective tissues
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

19. Orthostatic hypotension
Blood pressure decreases rapidly in relation to positive changes from lying to sitting or standing
Yellow color to the skin and eyes
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
A weak and rapid pulse

20. Rectal thermometer
Short stubby bulb - red
Pulse with irregular rhythm
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats

21. Tumor
100 - 120 bpm
New growth abnormal cells
Rubber hammer used to assess reflexes - which is a gross assessment of the brain - spinal cord - or peripheral nerve impairment
Assessing the head - neck - anterior thorax - lungs - breast - axillae - heart - abdomen - and extremities

22. Indications to use wheelchair
Patient is ambulatory
An age related decreased ability to focus on near objects
Instrument used to check pupillary reaction to light and to inspect the inner eye. it may be portable or wall mounted
Goals are to destroy the cancer cells without killing too many normal cells and to cure or control the rate of cancer cell growth

23. Bounding pulse
Rate - rhythm - depth - sound
Disturbance of the metabolism of carbohydrates and the use of glucose by the body
An unsually strong pulse
Jaundice - high temp - limp body - slow to respond - eating poorly - hard or watery stools - redness and draining aroung cord stump or circumcision

24. Macular degenration
Gradual loss of acute - central - and color vision in the elderly
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Long slender bulb - blue
98.6

25. Malignat
Tumors that cause death if left untreated
Tumors that arise from epithelial tissue
High blood pressure - rupture of the arteries and destruction of the organs
Device used to obtain a patients weight

26. Perfusion
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
The act of taking air into the lungs
Hemiplegia - paraplegia - quadriplegia

27. Peridiontal probe
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
Skin should be smooth and dry
Instrument with a long blunt working end calibrated with one to ten millimeter markings used to measure periodontal pockets in gums
An unsually strong pulse

28. Cataracts
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Device used to obtain a patients weight
Carcinomas - sarcomas
Clouding of the lens

29. Average systolic blood pressure
90 - 150 mmHg - 40+ goes up to 160 mmHg
Board placed at the foot of the bed that supports the feet at right angles to the body
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Used to time the pulses and respirations

30. Orthopedics
Clouding of the lens
99.6
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the correction of prevention of skeletal deformities
Long slender bulb - blue

31. Diastolic pressue(bottom #)
98.6
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
Pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation - last blood pressure u will hear
Thin blade fro pressing down the tongue during medical examination of the mouth and throat.

32. Vertigo
Lesions - condition - turgor - color - temp - and odor
Blood clot moving in the blood stream
Skin should quickly return to its orginal posistion
Dizziness

33. Adult pulse rate
The circular movement of a limb
60 - 100 bpm
A posistion where the patient is lying supinewith knees flexed
Stationary blood clot

34. Tympanic temp
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity
12 - 20 breaths
98.6
Absence of breathing

35. Olfaction
Rest - depression - depressant drugs
Using the sence of smell during physical examination
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
Body temp below normal range

36. Reduction
The force that circulating blood exerts against the arteial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes; measured in millimeters of mercury(mmHg)
97.6
Procedure used to reposition the ends of a broken bone
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time

37. Delirium
Acute mental disturbance denfined by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression

38. Probes for electronic thermometer
Tympanic - oral - rectal
Flow of blood through tissues - providing them with oxygen and nutrients - and removing waste products
Position the patient sitting on the side of bed with legs and feet over the side
Decubhus ulcers - urinary tract infections - urinary calculi - stiff joints

39. Coma
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
Labored or difficult breathing
Eyes do not open upon stimulation - absence of comprehensible speech - and failure to obey commands
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear

40. Stockinet
Pain - stimulant drugs - anger - eating exercise
Measuring device used to measure the circumference of an infants head - obtain body length - obtain circumference of extremities or abdominal girth
Soft - elastic - usually cotton fabric used espically for bandages and infants wear
Abnormally rapid heartbeat - above 100 bpm in adults

41. Mental illness
Technique used in physical examination to carefully and critically examine the body
Skin should be smooth and dry
Stationary blood clot
Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjusts to stress; behavior and function are impaired

42. Active exercises
New growth abnormal cells
Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threating feelings
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Exercises performed by the patient

43. Apnea
Tweezer like instrument used to transport small item to and from the mouth
Absence of breathing
Stertorous - snoring - gasping - labored - choking - gurgling
20 - 40 breaths

44. Integumentary system
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
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
Assessment includes skin - hair - scalp - and nails
Paralysis of ones side of the body

45. Child pulse rate
100 - 120 bpm
Dizziness
A vague - uneasy feeling in response to stress
Confusion - delirium - dementia - depression

46. Hypotension
Used during physical exam to wipe off instruments
Low blood pressure - insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Areas on the skin where the cast has been indented or pushed in that may caused sores or skin breakdown
Realigning a broken bone by manuel manipulation without incisions

47. Pulse
Lying supine with hips and knees flexed and the tighs abducted and rotated externally; used to assess the female genitalia and genital tract
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Clouding of the lens
A pasty composition that hardens on drying

48. Immunization boosters are recommended
Ages of 4-6 and 11-12
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
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
Peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction - first blood pressure sound u will hear

49. Least accurate thermometer probe
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 act of expelling air out of the lungs
Heat sensitive patch/tape
Bi-valved instrument - with two opening blades used for the inspection of the vaginal cavity

50. Describes strength of pulse
Regular - recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves pf pressure caused when the heart beats
Sore caused by pressure or rubbing against something for a period of time
Weak and regular - strong and regular - full and bounding - feeble - irregular - thready - absent
Gloves used during the examination of the buccal(oral) cavity - genitals - and perineal region

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