Nutrition
Liquids that leave little reside (clear fruit juices, gelatin, broth)
What is a clear liquid diet?
Stimulates intestinal activity and increases skeletal muscle tone needed for defecation
What is physical activity?
An accumulation of fluid in the tissues most often from direct trauma or impaired venous return
What is edema?
Structural eye disorder that causes an increase in intraocular pressure and can lead to blindness
What is glaucoma?
A legal process by which a client or the client’s legally appointed designee has given permission for a procedure or treatment
What is informed consent?
Beef, whole milk, and poultry
What are examples of protein sources?
Soften stool
What is a laxative?
ABCDE - Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving
What assessment system is used to detect possible skin cancer?
An alteration in the middle ear that blocks sound waves before they reach the cochlea of the inner ear
What is conductive hearing loss?
Assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation
What is the nursing process?
Dry, brittle hair and nails, loss of subcutaneous fat, weakness, and fatigue
What are findings of poor nutrition?
Use of a lighted instrument by the provider to visualize and collect tissue samples for biopsy or remove polyps from the colon or lower small bowel
What is a colonoscopy?
Redness
What is erythema?
An eye chart used to measure visual activity
What is a snellen test?
Precise practices to eliminate all microorganisms from an object or area and prevent contamination
What is surgical asepsis?
Critical for cell function and replaces fluids the body loses through perspiration, elimination, and respiration
What is water?
25-38 g/day
What is the average fiber requirement per day?
Contains born serum and blood, is watery and looks pale and pink due to a mixture of red and clear fluid
What is serosanguineous drainage?
A surgical reconstruction of the middle ear structures
What is a tympanoplasty?
The use of muscles to maintain balance, posture, and body alignment when performing a physical task
What are body mechanics?
Clear and full liquids plus diced or ground foods
What is a mechanical soft diet?
Intestinal obstruction caused by reduced motility following bowel manipulation during surgery, electrolyte imbalance, wound infection, or by the effects of medication
What is paralytic ileus?
Full thickness skin loss. Visible adipose with possible granulation, no exposed muscle, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, or bones
What is stage 3 pressure injury?
Allows visualization of the anterior portion of the eye (cornea, anterior chamber, and lens)
What is a slit lamp examination?
Body functions are no longer able to maintain a response to the stressor, and the client cannot adapt
What is the exhaustion stage?