Nutrition
These provide most of the body's energy and fiber.
What are carbohydrates?
Clear, light yellow, and ordorless
What is the average appearance of urine?
The breakdown of collagen by this process makes tissues more vulnerable to damage.
What is infection?
Obstruction, wax accumulation, tympanic membrane perforation, ear infections, otosclerosis
What are contributing factors to conductive hearing loss?
These undesirable and potentially dangerous responses to a medication can be inadvertent or predictable
What are adverse effects?
A BMI of 25-29.9
What is overweight class?
Dry mouth/tongue, fatigue, fever, dizziness, dark-colored urine, and lack of urine/sweat
What are the manifestations of dehydration?
The results of the death of tissue cells from wound ischemia that decreases blood supply.
What is tissue necrosis?
Loss of sensation, difficulty speaking, and visual deficits.
What are manifestations of a stroke?
This part of the nursing process requires nurses to use their critical thinking skills to identify data patterns or trends and arrive at conclusions to guide their nursing care.
What is analysis or diagnosis?
A cycle of binge eating followed by purging.
What is Bulimia nervosa?
A temporary or permanent fecal diversion that uses the terminal end of the small intestine.
What is an ileostomy?
Caused by the narrowing of blood vessels due to acute blood loss, pain, or low body temperature.
What is hypoxia?
Opacity of the lens that blocks the entry of light rays into the eyes.
What is cataracts?
These four steps will help you RACE to safety if there's a fire.
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, and Extinguish?
Do not feed cow's milk or honey for the first year.
What are newborn/infant nutritional restrictions?
Thiazide diuretics, loop diuretics, and potassium-sparing diuretics
What are the 3 widely used categories of diuretics?
A condition that decreases peripheral perfusion and impairs sensation, delaying wound healing.
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
Age-related loss of the eye's ability to focus on close objects due to decreased elasticity of the lens.
What is Presbyopia?
This occlusive wound dressing swells in the presence of exudate, is composed of gelatin and pectin, and forms a seal at the wound's surface to prevent evaporation of moisture from the skin.
What is hydrocolloid?
Clear and full liquids plus diced and ground foods
What is a mechanical soft diet?
A lab test that evaluates for UTIs, kidney infections/disease, and diabetes.
What is a urinalysis?
Medications that prevent collagen and fibroblast formation which hinders wound healing.
What are corticosteroids?
Allows visualization of the anterior portion of the eye, including the cornea, anterior chamber, and lens.
What is a sit lamp examination?
This electrolyte plays a major role in cardiac, lung, and muscle tissue function, cell metabolism, and transmission of nerve impulses.
What is potassium?