Integumentary System + Wounds
This word means "to cover."
What is integument?
This directional term means towards the head.
This plane divides the body into top and bottom portions.
What is transverse?
Normal adult heart rate falls within this range.
What is 60-100 bpm?
This type of field must remain free of microorganisms during a dressing change.
What is a sterile field?
These are the parts of the integumentary system.
What are skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and oil glands?
The nose is ___ to the eyes.
What is distal?
A CT scan showing the body divided into left and right sections is using this plane.
What is sagittal?
Normal adult respiration rate falls within this range.
What is 10-20 breaths per minute?
Before touching sterile supplies, this should be performed.
What is hand hygiene?
This skin condition causes red, itchy skin and is often linked to genetics and an overactive immune system.
What is eczema?
The elbow is proximal to the wrist. Re-state this relationship using the wrist.
What is the wrist is distal to the elbow?
What is oblique?
An SpO2 reading between these values is considered normal.
You drop a sterile gauze on the 1-inch border. What now?
What is discard and use a new one?
This is the accumulation of pus enclosed anywhere in the body.
What is an abscess?
A nurse notes that a patient's skin is superficial to their bones. What does superficial mean?
What is near the surface?
What is the difference between midsagittal and parasagittal?
What is equal halves versus unequal halves?
This term describes a heart rate greater than 100 bpm.
What is tachycardia?
To open a sterile tray, start by opening this flap first to avoid contamination.
What is the flap farthest from you?
a wound contains both thick dark crusted tissue and yellow stringy tissue. Name BOTH findings.
What are eschar and slough?
Using only directional terms: describe the location of the nose relative to the ears and the chest relative to the spine.
What is the nose is medial to the ears and the chest is anterior to the spine?
A surgeon needs to determine whether a tumor is closer to the front or back of the body. Which body plane would best help make this determination?
What is the coronal (frontal) plane?
A patient has a heart rate of 55 bpm, a respiration rate of 8 breaths per minute, and a temperature of 35oC. Name all three abnormal findings using scientific terminology
What are bradycardia, bradypnea, and hypothermia?
During a dressing change, the forceps remain sterile, but the corner of the sterile field is touched by a non-sterile object. Can the field still be considered sterile?
What is no, the sterile field has been contaminated?