Nutrition
No food or liquid at all by mouth
What is NPO?
The inability to control defecation, often caused by diarrhea
What is incontinence?
The outermost layer of skin
A reduced sensory input
What is sensory deprivation?
Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time
What is PICOT?
Provide most of the body's energy and fiber
What are carbohydrates?
These medications soften stool
What are laxatives?
Redness of the skin due to dilated blood vessels
What is erythema?
The degree of detail clients can perceive in an image
What is visual acuity?
Emptying of the bladder without having the sensation to void called? hint: usually occurs after a spinal cord injury
What is Reflex Incontinence
BMI 25-29.9
What is Overweight?
These are engorged, dilated blood vessels in the rectal wall
What are hemorrhoids?
Thin, watery drainage mixed with blood
What is serosanguineous fluid?
Alteration in the inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center of the brain
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Increases tissue volume secondary to abnormal fluid accumulation. May increase ICP, depending on the extent of swelling and brain compensatory mechanisms
What is Cerebral Edema
A slower metabolic rate requires fewer calories for this age group
This test measures the strength of pelvic muscles contractions
What is an electromyography?
These dressings are used in dry wounds for debridement of necrotized tissue and eschar
What are Hydrogels?
This test identifies whether hearing loss is sensorineural and/or conducive
What is audiometry?
The fluid pressure within the eye
What is intraocular pressure
People with this disorder often have a fear of being fat
What is anorexia nervosa?
This complication happens while an indwelling urinary catheter us in place or up to 48 hours after discontinuing
What is a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?
This degree of healing takes place when the wound is left open to heal and granulation tissue forms from the bottom up in the wound bed
What is secondary healing?
Age-related loss of the eye's ability to focus on close objects due to decreased elasticity
What is presbyopia?
localized damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical or other device