Nutrition
Vitamins and Minerals
What are micronutrients?
A condition where the flow of intestinal contents decreases or stops.
What is an Ileus?
Braden Scale
What tool is used to anticipate the risk of pressure ulcers?
Vision loss
What sensory deficit would require a client to use an assistive devices, such as a cane or walking stick, a walker, or a service animal when ambulating?
12-20 breaths per minute
What is the normal range for an adult's respiratory rate ?
Legumes, green vegetables, seafood
What are some food sources of magnesium ?
Fluid intake, activity level, and medications
A nurse is assessing a clients elimination patterns. The client reports urinating frequently but states the urine is clear, light yellow, and odorless. What factors can influence urinary elimination patterns ?
Stage 3
Skin is broken, full thickness skin loss, ulcer extending down to the underlying fascia, but not through it, and deep crater with or without tunneling is what pressure injury stage?
Presbyopia
What is the gradual decrease in the ability to clearly see nearby objects and commonly begins during middle adulthood caused by the loss of flexibility of the eye lens?
Airborne precautions
What type of precaution is required for a client with tuberculosis?
NPO
What kind of diet would a client who is scheduled for a surgical procedure, with sedation, be on to reduce the risk of aspiration during the procedure?
Stress incontinence
What type of urinary incontinence would cause a female client to report urine leakage when she sneezes or laughs?
Cyanosis; hypoxia (due to not enough oxygen or impaired venous return)
What is the medical term for bluish or blue-tinged skin and what does it indicate?
Rinne test
What test is performed with a tuning fork that is vibrated and placed against the mastoid bone, and the client is asked to identify when they are unable to hear the sound?
4 hours
What is the maximum time allowed for a nurse to administer a blood transfusion?
Full liquid Diet
What diet would a client who is experiencing severe nausea, vomiting and diarrhea be on?
beets, red meat, broccoli, and turnips.
Aspirin, ibuprofen, and vit. c
What foods/medications should clients avoid when a nurse is obtaining a fecal occult blood specimen ?
Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Zinc, and Copper
What is vitamins and minerals that promote wound healing?
Sensory overload
A client is ill and chronically in pain and is being stimulated by flashing lights, high pitched beeping sounds, a baby crying, and multiple conversations is experiencing what?
Hyponatremia
WHat electrolyte imbalance is characterized by confusion, seizures, and coma?
Protein, iron, zinc, folic acid, Vitamin A, C, and E
What nutrients and minerals help heal the body and prevent infection?
Enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia)
What condition would cause a male client to have difficulty starting urination, a weak urine stream, and a feeling of incomplete bladder emptying?
Piston syringe, isotonic solutions, sterile straight catheter, and a 30 to 60 mL syringe with a 19-gauge needle are items needed for?
What is wound irrigation?
Increased intracranial pressure (IICP)
Nuchal rigidity, fixed & dilated pupils, Babinski reflex, and decerebrate or decorticate posture are late signs of what?
Ascites
What is the medical term referred to as abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, more common in clients with advanced liver disease or heart failure?