Nutrition
The act of the body breaking down food into simple substances
What is Digestion?
The two types of elimination
What is urine and bowel?
Aging Skin, Immobility, Obesity, Edema, etc.
What are the Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries?
A change in reception and/or perception
What is a sensory deficit?
The most important component of medical asepsis
What is hand hygiene?
Underweight <18.5
Healthy Weight 18.5-24.9
Overweight 25-29.9
Obese >30
What are BMI Classifications?
Bowel pattern of frequent loose or liquid stools
What is diarrhea?
Should be administered prior to wound care
What are analgesics?
Allows visualization of the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, and malleus bone
What is an otoscope?
This should be done prior to administering meds via NG tube
What is checking residuals?
Tip of the nose to earlobe and earlobe to xiphoid process
What is NG Tube Measurement?
Primary organs for urinary elimination
What are the kidneys?
Drainage that contains both serum and blood
What is serosanguineous drainage?
Age, eye infection, inflammation, injury, and brain tumors
What are visual risk factors?
The 5 Rights of Delegation
What is right task, right circumstances, right person, right information, and right supervision?
Difficulty or painful Breathing, wheezing, a productive cough, or a fever of 100.4°F
What are Indications Tube Feeding Aspiration Has Occurred?
Practice to increase the bladder's ability to hold urine and the client's ability to suppress urination
What is urinary bladder retraining?
A partial or total rupture of a sutured wound
What is dehiscence?
Identifies whether hearing loss is sensorineural and/or conductive
What is an audiogram used for?
Component of HIPAA that promotes a standard method to maintain privacy
What is the Privacy Rule?
Fluid balance, muscle function, & nerve transmission
What is the Function of Potassium?
The urodynamic test measuring the strength of pelvic muscle contractions
What is uroflowmetry?
A surgical wound left open while an infection resolves
What is tertiary intention?
Consciousness, arousal, awareness, memory, affect, judgment, awareness of reality, and language
What does sensory input affect?
The 5-Step Nursing Process
What is assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?