Vital signs
What is the normal term for a person's regular unlabored breathing?
What is Eupnea
What assessement technique involves looking at the patients body?
Insecption
What term describes swelling caused by a build up of fluids?
edema
What does PPE STANDS FOR
personal protective equipment?
What does PRN mean
As needed
what vital sign measures the number of heartbeats occurring in one minute?
What is Pulse/heart rate
What assessement technique involves listening to sounds produced within the body?
Ausucultation
what does Anatomy and physiology stands for
anatomy is for structure and physiology for function
What does assessment mean in the nursing process?
Collecting information/date about the patient.
What does Q4h mean
every 4 hours
If a pulse has a regular rhythm, how long can you count it before multiplying by 2 to obtain beats per minute?
what is 30 seconds
What assessement technique involves tapping the body's surface to produce sounds
Percussion
What is the term for the body's ability to maintain a relatively stable internal environment?
Homeostasis
What does evidence-based practice mean?
What does TID mean
Three times a day
A patient's pulse has an irregular rhythm. Should the nurse use the 30 - second method and multiply by 2?
No. An irregular pulse should be counted for a full 60 seconds
What assessement technique involves using the hands to feel the body
Palpation
How disease or injury alters normal body structure and function.
Why is proper hand hygiene important in nursing?
To reduce the transmission of microogranisms and prevent infection
What is a medication route?
The way a medication is administered into or onto the body?
A nurse counts 42 pulse beats in 30 seconds and determines that the rhythm is regular. What is the patients pulse rate?
84 beats per min
A nurse observes a patients skin color, posture, and general appearance. What technique is being used?
Insecption
A disease process causes a change in normal cellular or organ function, producing signs and symptoms. What field helps explain the relationship between the disease and process and those altered functions?
Pathophysiology
A nurse uses information from research, clinical expertise, and the patients preferences when planning care. What approach is this?
evidence based practice
No. PRN means it is given as needed according to the order and patients condition.