Nutrition
This is the BMI classification that corresponds to underweight individuals.
What is a BMI of less than 18.5?
Primary organs of urinary elimination
What are the kidneys?
This cranial nerve is assessed by testing the ability to smell scents like coffee or soap.
What is Olfactory Nerve (I)?
This term refers to a decreased ability to perceive sensations due to aging, disease, or injury.
What is sensory deficit?
This is how often a client should be repositioned.
What is every 2 hours?
This term refers to a condition where a person’s diet lacks adequate nutrients, resulting in undernutrition, overnutrition, or specific nutrient deficiencies.
What is Malnutrition?
Bowel pattern of difficult and infrequent evacuation of hard, dry feces
What is constipation?
The length/width of the border around a sterile field that is considered unsterile.
What is 1 inch?
This sensory disorder can cause ringing or buzzing sounds even when no sound is present.
What is tinnitus?
Early mobilization is important for a client who has undergone surgery to prevent this.
What are blood clots and DVT?
This percentage range reflects the heritability link to obesity due to genetic factors.
What is 40-70%
Inability to stop urine flow long enough to reach the bathroom due to an overactive detrusor muscle with increased bladder pressure.
What is urge urinary incontinence?
Braden Scale score when a patient is considered at significant risk for pressure injuries.
What is a score below 18?
This condition results in an increased sensitivity to stimuli, and can cause pain and distress in patients
What is hyperesthesia?
Hyperthermia, tachycardia, thready pulse, and hypotension could be indications of this fluid volume alteration.
What is dehydration?
The two genes that are associated with hunger regulation and fat disposition, contributing to obesity risk.
What is FTO and GLUT4?
Urgency, frequency, fever, burning or painful urination, flank pain or suprapubic discomfort, cloudy, foul-smelling, blood-tinged urine; older clients may experience confusion, incontinence, falls, fatigue, anorexia
What are the manifestations of a urinary tract infection?
The size of the syringe and gauge of angiocatheter used for irrigation in wound care.
What is a 35 mL syringe with an 18-19 gauge angiocatheter?
This cranial nerve is responsible for transmitting auditory balance information from parts of the inner ear to the brain.
What is the Vestibulocochlear nerve?
Pre-oxygenating the client with 100% before this action is essential.
What is nasotracheal suctioning?
This body's function helps maintain homeostasis through sweating and respiration.
What is temperature regulation?
Potential contraindication for the use of an intravenous pyelogram
What is a shellfish allergy?
The nurse should assess these areas for cyanosis in patients with darker skin tones to get the most accurate findings.
What is Nail beds, lips, and buccal mucosa?
This phenomenon occurs when a person who has recently lost a limb continues to perceive sensations like pain and tingling in the missing body part.
What is phantom limb pain?
This condition is a contraindication for sequential depression devices (SCDs).
What is severe arterial disease?