nursing skills
Holistic, person-centered approach for special care that a dying resident needs is called:
hospice care
what is abduction?
Moving a body part away from the midline
What is Ms. Adkins Favorite Bone?
Femur!!
Name two of the fathers of Microbiology
Louis Pasteur and Anton van Leeuwenhoek
what is growth?
The measurable physical changes that occur throughout a person's life
what causes a pressure ulcer?
caused by prolonged pressure on an area of the body that interferes with circulation
what's adduction?
Moving a body part toward the midline
What are the two division of the skeletal system?
Axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton
Grabiel Fallopius identified what tubes
The Fallopian tubes in the female reproductive system
Name 4 types of development and growth ?
Physical, mental, emotional, and social
The nursing assistant is taking the resident's pulse. The pulse rate is 145 bpm. The nursing assistant will report and document this as:
tachycardia
what is the fascia?
A tough, sheet like membrane that covers and protects the tissue
What are osteoblasts?
bone-forming cells
Ambroise Pare is the father of...
The father of modern surgery
What are the three components?
Physical, congititive, and psychosocial development
What instrument is used to take an apical pulse?
stethoscope
Where is Visceral (smooth) Muscle found?
Found in the internal organs of the body, such as those of the digestive and respiratory systems, and the blood muscle on the calf of the leg, which attaches to the heel bone by the Achilles tendon
What are osteoclasts?
bone-destroying cells
Who dissected animals and is called the founder of comparative anatomy?
Aristotle
An organized set of ideas that is designed to explain development (what is it called)
theory
A medication is ordered sublingual. How should the nurse administer the medication?
under the tongue
What are the 3 kinds of muscle?
Cardiac, visceral, & skeletal
What are the two basic types of bone tissue?
Compact and spongy
Who developed the vaccination for smallpox
Edward Jenner
Which disorder is an extra chromosome on the 21st pair?
down syndrome