Beauty is Only Skin Deep
Skin becomes white or pale blue to interrupted circulation
Blanch
Shaman helps this group achieve a spiritual route to healing
Ancient cultures
Light, rapid tapping on first two fingers of left hand with middle finger of right hand against the abdomen and/or chest
Percussion
Frequent clicks and gurgles over 2-5 minutes per quadrant
Bowel sounds
Six rights of medication administration
Patient, Medication, Dose, Route, Time, Documentation
Blood rushes to the site where circulation was previously impaired and circulation is restored
Revascularization
HTN: meditation and medication
Integrative medicine
Using 1 or both hands to press abdomen 1.5-2 inches
Palpation
Feet on floor, arm at waist level, diaphragm of stethoscope on brachial artery
Positioning for Blood Pressure monitoring
When performing postmortem care, the head of the bed should be at these degrees
15-20 degrees (prevents pooling of blood, which might discolor the face)
Thick, black tissue due to gangrene or thermal injury
Eschar
Weight loss and smoking cessation
Primary Preventive Health Promotion Behaviors
Have patient grasp both of your hands with both of theirs to assess
Extremity muscle strength
Fifth intercostal space, mid-clavicular line
Auscultating the Mitral Valve (Apex of heart)
PERRLA
Pupils Equal Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Full thickness skin loss that looks like a crater and may extend to the fascia
Pressure Ulcer
Black Cohosh commonly thought to treat symptoms of this condition
Menopause
Depress nail bed, color returns in 3-5 seconds
Slow capillary refill
Soft and rustling heard at the lung bases
Vesicular sounds
Eight year old patient presents with bruises on arms, legs, and back; avoids eye contact; limits responses. The nurse suspects:
Child Abuse/Neglect
4X8cm irregular coccyx wound, redness and warmth noted from 9-12 o’clock, thick black layer measuring 3cm diameter in the central portion of wound, foul smelling
Unstageable Pressure Injury
Alternative therapy program to treat chronic back pain
Chiropractic
Carotid, radial, brachial, femoral, popliteal, dorsalis pedis, posterior tibial
Locations of pulses (pulse points)
Part of the stethoscope you use to listen for normal bowel, lung, and heart sounds
Diaphragm
Glasgow Coma Scale=15
Highest possible score: Neurologically intact