Nutrition
Therapeutic diet includes no food or fluid at all by mouth, not even ice chips, requiring a provider’s prescription before resuming oral intake.
What is NPO (nil per os)?
To convert and remove excess waste and fluids from the body in the form of urine.
What is the purpose of the urinary tract?
This is the body's largest organ and serves as the first line of defense against infection.
What is the skin?
Place the bed in this position before leaving the client's room.
What is the lowest position?
The regulatory agency tasked with setting quality standards for the accreditation of healthcare facilities.
What is The Joint Commission?
Basic nutrient that contributes to the growth, maintenance, and repair of body tissues.
What are proteins?
Kidney function decline and loss of tone of the bladder.
What are age-related considerations with urination?
A prolonged lack of blood flow to an area of the skin can result in these painful injuries, commonly seen in bedridden patients.
What are pressure ulcers (or pressure injuries)?
Reduced sensory input from the internal or external environment.
What is sensory deprivation?
The type of data that includes clients' feelings, perceptions, and descriptions of their health status.
What is subjective data?
Fat-soluble vitamins, which are necessary for metabolism.
What are vitamin A, D, E and K?
Improving diet and exercise, reducing caffeine or alcohol intake, avoiding medications that cause incontinence, smoking cessation, pelvic floor exercises, bladder training, medical devices, & surgery.
What are ways to prevent urinary incontinence?
This term describes the separation of wound edges, which can lead to delayed healing and increased risk of infection.
What is dehiscence?
The opacity of the lens, which blocks the entry of light rays into the eye.
What are cataracts?
This is the one action nurses should take to minimize the risk of falls for at-risk clients.
What is a complete fall-risk assessment and an individualized plan of care?
Weight (kg) ÷ height (m2)
What is BMI?
Pyelonephritis.
What is a kidney infection caused by untreated urinary tract infections?
In wound healing, this type of drainage is thick, yellow, green, or brown and may indicate infection.
What is purulent drainage?
An alteration in the brain's inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
The term for the use of practices aimed at reducing the number, growth, and spread of micro-organisms, often referred to as "clean technique."
What is medical asepsis?
BMI that is the upper boundary of a person who is considered healthy weight.
What is 25?
Cystic kidney disease, gout, hypercalciuria, hyperparathyroidism, obesity, and frequent UTIs.
What are conditions that increase the risk of developing kidney stones?
Name the four phases of wound healing in order.
What are hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferative, and maturation (remodeling) phases?
Antibiotics, diuretics, NSAIDs, and chemotherapeutic agents.
What are ototoxic medications?
This sequence should be followed to use a fire extinguisher effectively.
What is PASS (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep)?