Nutrition
These are the substances in food required by the body for energy, growth, repair, and maintenance.
What are nutrients?
A key dietary recommendation for preventing and managing constipation.
What is high-fiber foods?
The assessment of skin elasticity or hydration through this test can help identify dehydration or significant fluid imbalance.
What is skin turgor?
A balance test that assesses the integration of vestibular, proprioceptive, and visual inputs by standing with feet together and eyes closed.
What is the Romberg test?
This hygiene practice is crucial in preventing the spread of infections, especially after elimination.
What is hand hygiene?
To address this complication of nasogastric intubation, a nurse might apply a water-based lubricant to the affected area.
What is nares or stomach excoriation?
This is the recommended daily fluid intake for most adults to maintain normal bowel elimination.
What is 6 to 8 glasses (or about 2 liters) of water?
This term refers to the accumulation of fluid in the interstitial spaces, commonly seen in the lower extremities.
What is edema?
This term refers to a dangerous increase in pressure inside the skull that may present with headache, vomiting, or changes in consciousness.
What is increased intracranial pressure (IICP)?
The time it takes for the color to return to an area after pressure is applied; it is used to assess peripheral circulation and cardiovascular status.
What is capillary refill?
This form of nutrition involves feeding through the gastrointestinal tract, such as with a nasogastric tube.
What is enteral nutrition?
This type of urinary incontinence involves a strong, sudden urge to urinate followed by involuntary leakage.
What is urge incontinence?
This scale is utilized to predict a patient's risk of developing pressure ulcers by assessing mobility, moisture, activity, nutrition, and friction/shear.
What is the Braden Scale?
This eye chart test is used to assess visual acuity from a distance, commonly seen in eye care clinics.
What is the Snellen chart?
This common age-related change in elimination is characterized by decreased bladder capacity in older adults.
What is urinary incontinence?
Before initiating feedings through an NG tube, this method is often used to check tube placement.
What is pH testing of aspirated stomach contents?
This psychosocial factor can disrupt regular bowel movements, leading to conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
What is stress?
The initial stage of pressure injury, characterized by intact skin with non-blanchable redness.
What is Stage 1 pressure injury?
This condition results from inadequate quality or quantity of stimulation and may require interventions like providing various stimuli or encouraging social interaction.
What is sensory deprivation?
This medical professional specializes in the urinary tract and male reproductive organs and can provide advanced care for urinary issues.
Who is a urologist?
A condition characterized by the backward flow of stomach acid into the esophagus, causing heartburn and potential injury to the esophagus.
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)?
A safety concern when providing care for a patient with a urinary catheter, specifically to prevent this type of infection.
What is a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?
This stage of pressure ulcer involves full-thickness skin loss with visible fat but not muscle, bone, or tendon.
What is Stage 3 pressure injury?
The irreversible clouding of the lens, leading to a decrease in vision, where surgery is the only effective treatment.
What are cataracts?
This intervention involves repositioning bedridden patients at regular intervals to reduce pressure on bony prominences.
What is turning and repositioning?