Nutrition
This is responsible for filtering toxins from the blood and producing bile that breaks down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
What is the LIVER.
These are two bean-shaped organs that filter the blood and convert waste products and excess fluid into urine to be removed from the body.
What are the KIDNEYS.
How often should you turn a patient that is unable to turn themselves?
What is every 2 hours?
can result in loss of sensation, difficulty speaking, and visual deficits
what is a stroke
When leaving a client's room, you should leave the bed in this position.
What is the low position?
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
These are also called renal calculi, nephrolithiasis, or urolithiasis, and are hard formations of minerals.
What are KIDNEY STONES.
What is the function of keratinocytes?
What is protect the skin from water loss, pathogens, and injury?
structural eye disorder which causes an increase in intraocular pressure; can lead to blindness
what is glaucoma
This is a blood pressure that decreases when a client changes position from lying to sitting or standing, and it can result from various causes.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
A diet that may be prescribed due to the clients inability to safely eat and drink, a scheduled surgery, or an upcoming diagnostic test that requires fasting.
What is an NPO diet.
This is the inability to control urination, resulting in the involuntary passage of urine.
What is URINARY INCONTINENCE.
What are the three main layers of the skin?
What is epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous?
risk factors include: advancing age and use of ototoxic medications
hearing loss
The type of precautions to take when a client has a wound infection.
What is contact precautions?
This essential mineral is found in bananas, grapefruit juice, dried beans, tomatoes, and greens such as spinach, collards, kale, and swiss chard. High levels of this mineral can lead to heart dysrhythmias and increase the risk of myocardial infarction.
What is POTASSIUM.
These type of Diuretics contain Torsemide (Demadex), Furosemide (Lasix), and Bumetranide.
What is LOOP diuretics.
During infancy and early childhood, what is the skin at risk for?
What is maceration and dermatitis?
expected finding include: frequent headaches, frequent eye strain, blurred vision, poor judgment of depth, diplopia, tendency to close or favor one eye, poor hand-eye coordination
what is vision loss
This type of pain is ongoing and occurs frequently, lasting longer than 6 months and persisting beyond tissue healing.
This reduces the effectiveness of warfarin, an anticoagulant, which can increase the risk of blood clots. This can also be found primarily in dark leafy green vegetables.
What is VITAMIN K.
This is a screening procedure for colon or rectal cancer; can also be used to evaluate for causes of GI bleeding, change in bowel habits, and abdominal pain.
What is a COLONOSCOPY.
Name and describe the 4 kinds of wound exudate.
What is -
serous: thin and watery
serosanguineous: thin and watery with blood
sanguineous: bloody drainage
purulent: green/yellow drainage
measures the mobility of the tympanic membrane and middle ear structures relative to sound to diagnose disorders of the middle ear
what is Tympanogram
This is a non-pharmacological pain management strategy that focuses on stimulating subcutaneous tissues at specific points using needles.
What is acupuncture?