Nutrition and hydration
Basic Nursing skills
Basic Nursing skills
Chapter 4
Chapter 4- body systems
100

The My Plate's guidelines state that half of a person's plate should be made up of?

What are vegetables and fruits?

100

A fracture pan is used for urination with what type of patient?

Residents that can not raise their hips.

100

What does a pulse oximeter measure?

It measures the blood oxygen level and pulse rate.

100

Residents with COPD have difficulty with what?

What is breathing

100

The end of menstrual periods in females is called

What is meonpause?

200

Which vegetable color has the best nutritional content?

What is dark green
200

Residents who can get out of bed but can not walk to the bathroom may use what?

What is a portable commode?

200

What is the name of the equipment that is used to measure blood pressure?

What is a sphygmomanometer?

200

The best position for a resident with COPD is

What is sitting upright?

200

Residents who have AIDS or anyone with infections of the mouth and esophagus may need to eat food that is 

What is low in acid?

300

Oatmeal and pasta are examples of what food group?

What is the grain category?

300

What is the position in which the patient is lying on their side?

What is the lateral position?

300

The normal respiration rate for an adult ranges from?

What is 12-20 breaths per minute?

300

Fractures and broken bones are often caused by

What is osteoporosis?

300

Fluids are important for residents who have diarrhea because

Diarrhea rapidly depletes the body of fluids

400

What is an example of a plant-based protein?

What are beans?

400

What is the position called in which the patient is in a semi-sitting position?

What is Fowler's?

400

The normal pulse rate for an adult is

What is 60-100 beats per minute?

400

What happens to the body when a person suffers from an autoimmune illness?

The immune system attacks normal tissue in the body.

400

This type of care is vitally important for residents with diabetes and should be assessed frequently.

What is foot care.

500

Give an example of a food high in sodium.

What are pickles, deli meat, canned goods?

500

What is the purpose of a draw sheet?

What is a way in which you can reposition patients without causing shearing?

500

The phase of the blood pressure in which the heart is at work, contracting and pushing blood from the left ventricle of the heart

What is Systolic

500

Diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas does not produce any or enough or does not properly use what?

What is insulin?

500

Peripheral vascular disease is a condition in which the legs, feet, arms and hands do not have enough

What is blood circulation?

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