Exams
The exam position in which a patient lies flat on their back with their arms at each side
What is supine?
A bacterial culture has grown infectious bacteria on the petri dish. Their bacterial culture results will be _________
What is positive, to indicate the presence of an infection?
Before clinicals, we all completed a drug test to detect chemicals and medications in the urine. The type of urine specimen performed was a __________ urine specimen
What is routine?
Name the three macronutrients
What are carbohydrates, dietary fats, and proteins?
_________ liquids are most appropriate for a resident with severe dysphagia
What is extremely thick?
Describe the difference between an ophthalmoscope and a otoscope
What is a ophthalmoscope is to examine eyes while an otoscope is used to examine the ears?
Your patient is trying to pass a kidney stone. You will _________ their urine.
What is strain it?
Describe how you would instruct a resident to provide a sputum sample
What is ask the resident to cough deeply into the sputum sample cup?
Chipotle did not charge you extra for more guacamole! Your burrito now has extra of the type of dietary fat known as ___________ fat
What is unsaturated fat?
Your resident has an infected tooth and has some trouble chewing and swallowing. The diet you would expect to be ordered for them is a ___________ diet
What is soft?
At the age of _______, a baby's language ability is checked at their well baby exam.
What is one year or 12 months?
State what needs to be labeled on a lab specimen.
What is name, room number, time and date of specimen collection, and ordering doctors name?
After collecting a routine urine specimen, your are going to transport it over to the lab using a __________
What is a biohazard bag or specimen transport bag?
A condition in which the intestine fails to take in essential nutrients and fluids and transfer them to the bloodstream
What is Malabsorption?
List a few examples of foods a resident can choose from on a high fiber diet
What are whole grains, water, fruit juices, broth, fruits, vegetables, and beans? And avoid processed foods!
When weighing a baby, place a __________ on the scale to help prevent the spread of disease transmission
What is a paper cover?
A _________ test is used to detect fecal _________
What is a guaiac test and occult blood?
Describe the precautions you would take when taking care of a resident with a feeding tube
What is make sure the feeding tube is patent, elevate the head of the residents bed, notify licensed nursing staff of problems, be sure not to pull on the feeding tube, and use room temperature formula?
Describe the difference between a nasoduodenal feeding tube and a nasojejunal feeding tube
What is nasoduodenal is inserted in the nose and ends in the first part of the intestine as opposed to nasojejunal, which is inserted in the nose and ends in the second portion of the small intestine?
Name 4 examples of foods on a bland diet
What are bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast?
List the following steps in order:
Drape the patient
Assist with the examination
Measure the patients height and weight
Collect the patient from waiting area
Help the patient undress and get on to the exam table
What is:
Collect the patient from waiting area
Measure the patients height and weight
Help the patient undress and get on to the exam table
Drape the patient
Assist with the examination
State the purpose of a 24 hour urine collection and how it would be performed.
What is to check on kidney function and infection, kept on ice, and collected for a full 24 hours?
Describe the steps to perform a midstream urine specimen collection
What is have the resident cleanse the perineal area, instruct resident to start urinating, start to collect urine after they have started for midstream collection?
________ are inorganic substances that help regulate body functions and assist in metabolism as opposed to _________ which are organic compounds that are important for the development and growth of cells.
What are Minerals and Vitamins?
Name 2 conditions that a resident might have that would make a provider order them a low fiber diet
What are abdominal pain, diarrhea, diverticulitis, intestinal stricture or blockage?