Unit 1
The type of research that focuses on numerical data.
What is quantitative research?
The most important way to break the chain of infection.
What is handwashing?
Difficulty breathing with exertion?
What is dyspnea?
The position a patient should be when unconsciousness and receiving oral care.
What is side lying?
The side you hold the cane on.
What is the unaffected side?
The type of pain when you injury your foot and you feel it in your knee.
What is referred pain?
Where digestion starts.
What is the mouth?
An educated guess or prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
The most common pathogen found in wounds.
What is bacteria?
What happens to a person's blood pressure when as they age.
What is increase?
When the nurse notes that the client was recently started on an anticoagulant agents an appropriate consideration when assisting the client with morning hygiene is this.
What is provide the client with an electric shaver?
You turn a person how often when they cannot move in the bed themselves.
What is every two hours?
The amount of time you need to wait after exercising for optimal sleep.
What is two hours?
The macro that is essential for new cells and wound healing.
What is protein?
Defense mechanism when you make sure you are not around certain people.
What is avoidance?
The step in the cycle of infection that is where the pathogen can live and multiply.
What is reservoir?
It is contraindicated to do a core body temperature when a patient has this?
What is diarrhea?
To prevent aspiration a patient on a feeding tube should be in this position.
What is semi-Fowler position?
The positioning device the nurse place to prevent the patient from experiencing an external rotation of the leg.
What is a trochanter roll?
The body structure that can be damaged when you sleep abnormally chronically.
What is hypothalamus?
The way TPN is administered.
What is intravenous?
When a caregiver is feeling strained.
What is caregiver burden?
Yeast is this type of pathogen.
What is fungi?
Where you place a blood pressure cuff on someone who had a mastectomy of the right side.
What is the left upper arm?
Seborrhea, nits, tinea capitis are found where?
What is the patient's scalp?
You are using this device when you have a space of two to three fingers between the top of it and the axilla.
What is crutches?
When you are sleeping and there is silence after snoring then it is followed with a snort can be diagnosed with this.
What is sleep apnea?
The process in which food is broken down in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, releasing nutrients for the body to use.
What is digestion?
The leading health indicator that will impact a patient's health when living in a high crime area.
What is injury and violence?
Type of infection that is found in the bloodstream.
What is systemic infection/sepsis?
Something you access for when checking bilateral peripheral pulses.
What is symmetry?
The normal flora that does not cause disease but does prevent disease-causing microorganisms from reproducing.
What is resident bacteria?
After a hip replacement the piece of equipment used to prevent the affected leg to pass beyond the midline of the body.
What are abductor pillows?
The most common sleep disorder?
What is insomnia?
The lab that shows malnutrition.
What is serum albumin?
A barrier to health care when the health care provider judges a person based on size, gender, culture, or race.
What is stereotyping?
An infection that is contracted in the hospital or other healthcare setting.
What is a healthcare associated infection or HAI?
The process when you squeeze a patient's nailbed and count the number of seconds until the color returns.
What is capillary refill?
This organ helps regulate body temperature, stores water, vitamin D, and fat, prevents the entry of bacteria, and helps to sense pain.
What is skin?
The discipline that assesses for musculoskeletal deficiencies and makes a recovery plan.
What are physical therapists?
A patient who naps for over three hours at a time and has difficulty waking up could be diagnosed with this.
What is hypersomnia?
The way food should be described when the patient has impaired sight.
What is describe food placement like the face of a clock?
Ethical principle that involves a nurse's commitment to providing high quality safe care.
What is fidelity?
The four things you wear for a tuberculosis infection.
What is eye protection, N95, gown, and gloves?
A question you ask a person when assessing for orthopnea.
How many pillows do you use at night to sleep better?
To prevent drying and warping of plastic of dentures where are they stored.
What is place in a denture cup with clean water?
When you spread your feet shoulder-width apart to broaden the base of support.
What is good body mechanics?
The natural chemical in the body that decreases wakefulness.
What is melatonin?
The process that gently propels the food bolus into the small intestine.
What is peristalsis?
There are four common concepts in all nursing theories. This one is the focus of nursing.
What is person?
The only body fluid that does not require any type of precaution.
What is sweat?
Holding your breath and bearing down to decrease the heart rate.
What is the valsalva maneuver?
Increases sensation, improves self-esteem, cleanses the skin, promotes circulation occurs when you do this.
What are the benefits of bathing?
The time it is appropriate to assess whether a client needs to go up steps in the home and if there are shower bars in the bathroom.
What is preparing for discharge?
The type of self-administered pain medication delivery system that there is a maximum dose the patient can receive and there is a time delay (lockout) between patient doses.
What is a patient-controlled analgesia pump (PCA pump)?
The independent nursing action that stimulates appetite.
What is oral care?