The inability of the heart to pump enough blood to supply the body with the appropriate amount of oxygen.
What is heart failure?
100
The involuntary motion of retracting the body from painful stimuli.
What is reaction?
100
The portion of the nursing process a nurse is performing when reassessing a patient's pain 30 minutes after administering a pain medication.
What is evaluation?
100
The care provided by a nurse when she is following the orders laid out by a physician. For example, the nurse administers pain medications as prescribed.
What is dependent care?
200
High pitched, fine sounds at the end of inspiration.
What are crackles?
200
The heart is beating so quickly that it is unable to pump an appropriate volume of blood to the body. For example, the heart suddenly has a change in pulse rate from 80 to 160.
What is decreased cardiac output?
200
The gold-standard for assessing a patient's pain.
What is the pain scale?
200
A problem-solving tool used to identify and treat patients' health care needs.
What is the nursing process?
200
The organ that maintains fluid and electrolyte balance.
What is the kidney?
300
Provides the highest possible concentration of oxygen, but is not used with COPD patients.
What is a nonrebreathing face mask (at 15L/min)?
300
A heart drug used for acute chest pain.
What is nitroglycerin?
300
Pain medication administered by the patient through a pump to control their own pain relief.
What is patient controlled analgesia (PCA)?
300
The step of the nursing process where interventions are performed.
What is implementation?
300
The electrolyte that has an inverse relationship with calcium.
What is phosphate?
400
A breathing technique used with emphysema where the patient exhales softly as if to whistle.
What is pursed lip breathing?
400
Elevated blood pressure of unknown cause.
What is primary hypertension?
400
A form of pain that requires constant round-the-clock pain medication.
What is chronic pain?
400
A patient is asked a series of personal and family health questions.
What is assessment?
400
The type of precautions a patient with pertussis, strep throat or meningitis would be placed on.
What are droplet precautions?
500
A reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissue. Can be characterized by anxiety and restlessness.
What is hypoxia?
500
Dietary instructions for this disease include eating fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, low salt diet, avoid salt substitutes with potassium.
What is hypertension?
500
Severe slowing or arrest of spontaneous breathing caused by pain medications.
What is the respiratory depression?
500
A broad statement describing a desired change in patient behavior.
What is a goal?
500
An ulcer that heals by full-thickness wound repair.