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What are the 5 steps of the nursing process?
Assessment, Diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
Which lab value determines compliance of a patient diabetes mellitus?
glycosylated hemoglobin levels (HbA1c)
Dependent edema is common with this type of heart failure?
right-sided heart failure
What is considered the fifth vital sign?
Pain
what does dys- term meaning?
bad or difficult
Assessment techniques used to perform a physical assessment
Inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion
What is the first step in the grieving process?
Denial
What is the name for low serum sodium level?
hyponatremia
A patient who febrile loses body heat via perspiration. what mechanism of heat loss is this called?
Evaporation
What does cyanosis mean?
blue or purplish discoloration
Type of infection a patient gets when in the hospital
HAI (Hospital Acquired Infection)
This electrolyte imbalance causes numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, abdominal cramping, tetany, hypotension, and ECG changes
hypocalcemia
This is the separation of wound edges without the protrusion of edges?
wound dehiscence
Patient has a pulse rate 140 bpm. How would you document this?
Tachycardia
What does evisceration mean?
abdominal organs protrude or come out of an incision
A common position for female surgical procedures and medical examinations involving the female's pelvis and lower abdomen.
lithotomy
This is the most common site for withdrawal of arterial blood gases?
Radial artery
What blood type is considered a "universal donor"?
Type O
You can take this vital sign on the earlobe
SpO2
What does cachexia(kuh-kek-see-uh) mean?
loss of body weight and muscle mass
What is a state specific-regulatory body that defines the scope of practice and sets the standards for nursing care for its nurses?
State board of nursing
Adhesions
Weekly vitamin b12 injections would be appropriate for a client with this type of anemia?
pernicious anemia
what does term tachypnea mean?
Rapid respiratory rate range more than 20
What does hemoptysis mean?
coughing up blood.