Vocabulary
Your patient is unable to speak but appears to understand what is being said to her. You know this is:
Expressive Aphasia
CVA
What is a cerebral vascular accident?
You know the person is in shock because her skin is:
What is cold, moist and pale skin
An adult generally produces an average of how much urine in a day?
What is 1500 mL?
The set of attitudes, values, behaviors, and traits of a person are called:
What is personality
Your patient has come back to the nursing center where you work and has a new infection she got while she was in the hospital. You know this is called a
What is a nosocomial or health care acquired infection
UTI
Urinary Tract infection
You are doing two rescuer CPR. When should you use the AED?
When is as soon as it is available?
This means painful or difficult urination:
What is dysuria
What is schizophrenia
Your patient has permanent plantar flexion. This is called:
What is footdrop?
MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Your patient is bleeding in spurts. You know this means:
What is arterial bleeding?
Your patient is unable to reliably void in the toilet and has to wear attends. This is due to his being__________. (what do we call this?)
What is incontinent?
A type of personality disorder that can present with extreme emotional reactions, intense and stormy relationships, unstable self-image and intense and changing moods is:
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Your patient requires thickened liquids and mechanical soft textured food. This is because he has_________.
What is dysphagia
MDRO
Multidrug-resistant organism
A person has been burned and has no sign of pain. You know this is because he has a ________________(type of burn).
What is a full thickness or third degree burn.
Frequent urination at night is:
What is nocturia?
__________________is exposure to suicide or suicidal behaviors within one's family, peer group or media exposure.
What is suicide contagion
The involuntary constriction and relaxation of the involuntary muscles of the intestine are called__________.
What is peristalsis
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
Name a type of seizure
What are grand mal or tonic-clonic seizures?; what are partial seizures?; What are petit mal or generalized absence seizures?.
(need only name one)
Two other words for urination are:
What are micturition and voiding?
Your patient appears to be very thin but insists she is overweight and barely touches meals. She is likely suffering from_______________.