Nutrition
The primary macronutrient responsible for tissue growth and repair.
What is protein?
The minimum acceptable urinary output per hour for an adult.
What is 30 mL per hour?
The term used for redness of the skin due to increased blood flow.
What is erythema?
The part of the eye responsible for focusing light on the retina.
What is the lens?
The nursing process step that involves collecting and interpreting patient data.
What is assessment?
The vitamin essential for calcium absorption and bone health.
What is vitamin D?
The term for painful or difficult urination.
What is dysuria?
The stage of a pressure injury characterized by partial-thickness skin loss with exposed dermis.
What is stage 2?
The term for age-related hearing loss.
What is presbycusis?
The term for a measurable patient outcome used to evaluate nursing interventions.
What is an objective indicator?
The recommended daily intake of sodium for an adult to prevent hypertension.
What is less than 2,300 mg per day?
The diagnostic test used to measure residual urine volume in the bladder.
What is a bladder scan?
The primary protein responsible for skin integrity and wound healing.
What is collagen?
The cranial nerve responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve (cranial nerve II)?
The ethical principle that refers to the obligation to do no harm.
What is nonmaleficence?
The clinical condition resulting from a prolonged deficiency of vitamin B12.
What is pernicious anemia?
The most common type of urinary incontinence in older adults.
What is urge incontinence?
The type of wound healing that occurs when a surgical wound is left open due to infection and later closed.
What is tertiary intention healing?
The sensory disorder characterized by ringing or buzzing in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
The professional organization responsible for establishing nursing scope of practice and standards of care.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
The type of diet recommended for a patient with chronic kidney disease to prevent fluid overload and electrolyte imbalances.
What is a low-protein, low-sodium, low-potassium diet?
The name of the surgical procedure that diverts urine to an external pouch through a stoma.
What is an ileal conduit?
The term for a wound complication where organs protrude through a surgical incision.
What is evisceration?
The condition caused by increased intraocular pressure leading to optic nerve damage.
What is glaucoma?
The type of research study that involves the random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups to test interventions.
What is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)?