COMFORT REST & SLEEP
An essential physiological function that is necessary to support physical and mental health
What is sleep
True or False
Conventional medicine can work in conjunction with complementary and integrative health methods
What is true
Name the six parts of the chain of infection
What are:
Infectious agent
Reservior
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host
True or False
Pain is subjective and is whatever the client says it is
What is true
Name the clinical measurement that includes blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, respiration and oxygen saturation
What are vital signs
Name three sleep disorders that create poor sleep patterns, which can lead to constent fatigue and increased physical and mental health problems
What are:
Insomnia
Sleep apnea
Narcolepsy
Hypersomnolence
Name the two interconnected parts of a person's whole mental, physical, emotional and spiritual well being
What are the mind and the body
Name three actions that can break the chain of infection
What are:
Utilizing proper handwashing and hand hygiene
Isolation precautions
Safety measures including medical and surgical asepsis
Name of the pain that is felt in a tissue an organ, or a damaged part of the body, or as referred pain
What is nociceptive pain
Maximum amount of pressure exerted when the heart contracts and forces the blood into the aorta
What is systolic blood pressure
Part of the brain that has a primary function to process sensory information and regulate sleep
What is the thalamus
Name the medicine described as beliefs and theories used in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, maintenance and improvement of physical and mental illness through the knowledge, skills and experiences of different cultures
What is traditional medicine
The key method the body uses to heal itself
What is inflammation
Namae three objective indicators of pain the nurse can observe and measure on a client
What are:
Crying
Sweating
Restlessness
Grimacing
Guarding
Name of the manual blood pressure cuff used to obtain a clients blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer
Name of the internal process that controls the sleep-wake cycle, reoccuring approximately every 24 hours
What is the circadian rhythm
Name the type of medicine that is predominantly practiced by medical doctor (MD) and doctor of osteopathy (DO), nurses, and other health care professionals during what would be considered regular courses of treatment
What is conventional medicine
Name three specific types of defenses the body uses to fight off pathogens
What are:
Physical and chemical barriers (skin)
Non-specific immunity (mauintained by white blood cells)
Specific immunity (antibodies)
To determine a client's pain, nurses frequently use the PQRST mnemonic.
What does PQRST stand for
What are:
Precipitating factors
Quality of pain
Region or radiation of pain
Severity of pain
Timing the pain occurs
Name os a series of sounds created by movement of blood through a partially compressed vessel during a manual blood pressure assessment
What are korotkoff sounds
Name the four steps of the LPN nursing process
What are:
Data collection
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
A procedure that uses long thin n eedles by hand and electrically to penetrate the skin and stimulate anatomical points in the body to improve short-and long term physical function
What is acupuncture
Name the 5 types of precautions used in preventing transmission of infections
What are:
Standard precautions
Contact precautions
Droplet precautions
Airborne precautions
Protective precautions
Name the point at which a stimulus causes the client to perceive pain
What is pain theshold
Name the eight peripheral pulse site locations on a client
What are:
Temporal
Carotid
Brachial
Radial
Femoral
Popliteal
Posterior tibial
Dorsalis pedis