Nursing Nuts and Bolts
The number of steps in the nursing process.
What is the number five?
This is the measurement of the amount of sugar in the blood.
What is blood glucose?
Name three symptoms of systemic infection.
What are fever, chills, malaise, lethargy, tachycardia, elevated WBC, CRP, and Lactic Acid?
A patient's diet before surgery.
What is NPO?
The normal pH of blood is.
What is 7.35-7.45?
A mammogram is an example of this level of care.
What is the secondary level of care?
What is the amount of oxygen in room air?
What is 21%?
The purpose of vasodilation after an injury.
What is to increase blood flow to the injured area to facilite healing?
This condition often occurs after a CVA and can lead to the need for tube feeding.
What is dysphasia?
A nurse is encouraged to build this type of relationship with the patient.
What is a therapeutic relationship?
These are the four terms that a nurse must abide by. Hint (A, V, N, B).
What are Autonomy (make one's own decision), Veracity (truth), Nonmaleficence (Do no harm), Beneficence (pt's best interest)?
This test is used to determine the effectiveness of Coumadin.
What is INR?
These cells release histamine.
What is a mast cell?
Increasing this macronutrient is important for wound healing.
What is a protein?
A communication tool used in healthcare to share information between healthcare team members.
What is SBAR?
These are the three levels of prevention.
What are primary, secondary, and tertiary?
Comprehensive test used to diagnose anemia or infection?
What is a CBC
Examples include Diabetes Mellitus Type I, Multiple Sclerosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
What is an autoimmune disorder?
A soft, low-residue diet is prescribed after gastroenteritis.
What is the BRAT diet?
A piece of equipment used to measure the oxygen level in a person's blood
What is a pulse oximeter?
A patient problem written from a nursing perspective and designed to be addressed by nursing.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
This test shows the level of functioning of the glomeruli.
What is the Glomerular Filtration Rate?
This color of Drainage would indicate the patient has an infection.
What is purulent?
This nutrition is an alternative for an individual whose GI tract is non-functioning.
What is TPN?
This type of nosocomial infection, which healthcare workers can carry the bacteria in their nasal passages, does not respond well to certain antibiotics.
What is MRSA?