Nutrition
Contributes to growth, maintenance, and repair of body tissues
What are proteins?
Bowel pattern of difficult and infrequent evacuation of hard, dry feces
What is constipation?
Yellow-orange changes of the skin and sclera
What is jaundice?
Age related loss of the eye's ability to focus on objects
What is presbyopia?
Where gas exchange takes place in the lungs
What are alveoli?
Cycle of binge-eating followed by purging
What is bulimia nervosa?
Loss of small amounts of urine with laughing, sneezing, or lifting
What is stress incontinence?
Protrusion of visceral organs through a wound opening
What is evisceration?
What is Glasgow Coma Scale?
BP of 130-139/81-89
clear and full liquids plus diced or ground foods
What is a mechanical soft diet?
25-38 g/day
What is the recommended daily fiber requirement?
Watery, pink drainage that contains serum and blood
What is serosanguineous drainage?
Alteration in the inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center of the brain
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Intervention for patients with thick secretions and are unable to clear their own airway
What is chest physiotherapy?
Provide fiber and bulk to enhance gastrointestinal function
What are carbohydrates?
Increases peristalsis and exacerbates chronic conditions
What is emotional distress?
Wound that is at high risk of infection, widely separated, closed at a later time, and has a long healing time
What is Tertiary Intention?
Provides dilation of the pupil and ciliary paralysis for eye examinations and/or surgery
Edema, increased temperature, erythema, and throbbing/burning pain at site of IV
What is phlebitis?
108 kcal/kg of weight
What is the calorie requirement for newborns in the first 6 months?
This causes urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, flank pain, hematuria, cloudy, foul-smelling urine, and fever
What is a Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection?
Swells in the presence of exudate and prevents evaporation of moisture from the skin
What is a hydrocolloid dressing?
Full consciousness of arousal and awareness, but there is paralysis of the lower cranial nerves and patient is unable to speak
What is Locked-in Syndrome?
Manifestations are tachypnea, tachycardia, restlessness, confusion, pale skin, use of accessory muscles, and nasal flaring.
What is hypoxia?