Nutrition
The act of the body breaking down food into simple substances that are either absorbed by the bloodstream as nutrients or eliminated by the body as waste.
What is Digestion?
What process makes the body releases the urine through the urethra and out of the body once the bladder has been filled?
What is Urination?
A stage II pressure ulcer is characterized by this type of skin damage.
What is partial-thickness skin loss with exposed dermis?
The cranial nerve responsible for vision.
What is the optic nerve (Cranial Nerve II)?
Foods that nurses should caution patients about as they are bladder irritants
What is citrus fruits, caffeine and carbonated beverages?
Performed to see what the client has consumed in the last 24 hours.
What is 24-hour recall?
Fill in the blanks:
While UTIs are more common in ___, kidney stones are more common in ___.
What are women and men?
The Braden Scale assesses these six risk factors for pressure ulcers.
What are sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, and friction/shear?
The medical term for age-related hearing loss.
What is presbycusis?
The common reason older patients may struggle with incontinence as they age
What is loss of bladder tone?
Helps protect the cells from free radicals, which promote the development of cancer, heart disease, and other diseases.
What are Antioxidants?
What type of incontinence leads to urinary leakage as a result of nerve damage?
What is Reflex Incontinence?
This type of wound healing occurs when a wound is left open to heal by granulation and contraction.
What is secondary intention healing?
A patient with diabetic neuropathy is at increased risk for this type of injury.
What is foot ulceration?
Signs of infection nurses' should be aware of when assessing wounds
What is redness, warmth, pus or increased pain at site?
Flax seed, walnuts, fish oil, and wild salmon are examples of foods high in what nutrient?
What are Omega-3 Fatty Acids?
What is the duration of persistent diarrhea?
What is lasting longer than 2 weeks but less than 4 weeks?
Name two systemic factors that impair wound healing.
What are diabetes and poor perfusion?
This test is used to evaluate balance and proprioception by assessing a patient’s ability to stand with their feet together and eyes closed.
What is the Romberg test?
Position a patient should be placed in when enteral feedings are taking place
What is Fowler's position?
What stage of thickened liquid is it if the fluid slowly drips in dallops off the end of the spoon?
What is a condition where the flow of intestinal contents decreases or stops and can be caused by various factors such as surgery, trauma, severe illness or infection, and medications?
What is Ileus?
This deep tissue injury occurs when prolonged pressure causes ischemia, leading to muscle and fascia damage before skin breakdown becomes visible.
What is a suspected deep tissue injury (DTI)?
This rare neurological disorder results in the inability to recognize familiar objects, sounds, or smells, despite normal sensory function.
What is agnosia?
The complication from various medications nurses' should look out for pertaining to the ability to hear
What is ototoxicity?