Nutrition
A eating disorder where a person has a self-perception of "being fat"
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
A bowel pattern of difficult and infrequent evacuation of hard, dry feces
What is constipation?
A secondary lesion that has a loss of epidermis and dermis with possible bleeding and scarring
What is an ulcer?
Structural eye disorder that causes an increase in intraocular pressure and can lead to blindness
What is glaucoma?
This scale is used to measures a patients level of consciousness
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
This body nutrient provides most of the body's energy and fiber
What are carbohydrates?
A test used to detect blood in the stool
What is a fecal occult blood test?
This vascular lesion is purple fading to green or yellow over time and can be variable in size
What is ecchymosis?
This medical instrument is used to visualize the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, and middle ear structures
What is an otoscope?
A medical emergency that can be identified with acute facial droop, slurred speech, and arm weakness
A therapeutic diet that restricts the intake of food or fluid by mouth
What is NPO?
A dilated blood vessel within the rectal wall that occurs from difficult defecation, pregnancy, liver disease, and heart failure
This is known as a decrease in muscle size due to disuse and makes the muscle feel soft and boggy
What is atrophy?
These charts are used to evaluate visual acuity
What is Snellen and Rosenbaum eye charts?
A cognitive disorder that can impair communication ability due to language and memory changes
What is dementia?
A hollow, flexible, tube a nurse inserts through the nasopharynx and into the stomach
What is a nasogastric tube?
This type of urinary incontinence is the inability to stop urine flow long enough to reach the bathroom
What is urge?
This type of drainage contains serum and red blood cells. Thick and appears reddish.
What is sanguineous drainage?
This diagnostic procedure allows visualization of the anterior portion of the eye
What is a slit lamp examination?
Inflammation in or the accumulation of fluid in the middle ear that can result in conductive hearing loss
What is otitis media?
Gastric contents pH range for checking NG tube placement
What is 0 to 4?
This noninvasive portable ultrasound device measures bladder volume
What is a bladder scanner?
This complication is a partial or total rupture of a sutured wound and can happen after surgery
What is dehiscence?
This type of hearing loss is defined as an alteration in the inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center of the brain
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
An external device used to produce voice by emitting vibrations
What is an electrolarynx?