Nutrition
Muscular contractions that propel food down the stomach
What is peristalsis?
A technique commonly utilized to determine urine volume and the need for catheterization
What is bladder scanning?
Cells in the epidermis responsible for pigmentation
What are melanocytes?
Receiving stimuli at a rate and intensity beyond the brain's ability to process information in a meaningful way
What is sensory overlaod?
An abnormally rapid respiratory rate
What is tachypnea?
Supports brain health and is found in flax seed, walnuts and wild salmon
What are omega-3-fatty acids?
The test that a provider orders when a patient reports blood in their stool.
What is fecal occult blood test?
Hard nonviable black/brown tissue found in the wound bed
What is eschar?
The fourth cranial nerve?
What is the trochlear?
The category of precaution required for MRSA
What is contact precaution?
A diet plan that helps protect kidney and limits certain minerals like potassium
What is the renal diet?
What are Narcotics?
A blueish purple discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes from a deficiency in oxygen
What is cyanosis?
Damage to the blood vessels of the retina leading to blood leaking from the vessels as a result of chronically high blood sugars
What is diabetic retinopathy?
Twitching of the facial muscles when tapping the facial nerve in front of the ear
What is Chvostek Sign?
The method to confirm tube placement for enteral nutrition
What is measure the pH of aspirated gastric contents?
What is Oliguria?
Wound exudate described as a thin, watery wound drainage mixed with blood
What is serosanguineous?
The senses that can be impacted by antihistamines?
What is hearing, seeing, smelling, and tasting?
The priority nursing action for someone experiencing a seizure
What is place the patient in the side lying position?
A chronic disease that causes inflammation in the digestive tract leading to malabsorption
What is Crohn's Disease?
The most important client education when preparing for a colonoscopy
What is refrain from eating the night before and the morning of?
Population with the highest risk of developing skin alterations
What is an incontinent patient taking a diuretic?
The tool needed to assess a patient with presbyopia?
What is Rosenbaum Chart?
pH 7.25, PCO2 48 mmHg, HCO3 24 mEq/L
What is respiratory acidosis?