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Metabolism/ Nutrition
Infection & Inflammation
Safety
Perfusion/Circulation
Comfort
100

The number of calories necessary to maintain the body at rest

What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

100
A response that occurs as a results of the immune system sendind out cells to fight infection or injury

Inflammation

100

Defined as avoiding harm to patients from the care that is intended to help them

Safety

100

If pulses are not palpable the nurse should

Use a doppler

100

The bodys largest organ making up about 15% of total body weight. Its primary functions include protections and sensory perceptions

Skin

200

The 6 classes of nutrients

carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, water

200

Classic signs of inflammation (5)

Redness, swelling, heat, pain, change in function

200

A unexpected, adverse event that results in death, serious physical or psychological injury or the risk of either

Sentinel event (Never Event)

200

Number of cardiac contractions (beats) per minute

Heart rate

200
Begins 3 days after the injury and can last up to 24 days

Proliferative phase

300

This assists in cellular transport, insulation & protection, vitamin absorption & transportation and energy storage. 

Fats

300

Point at which an organism enters of new host

Portal of entry

300

All body fluids are assumed to be 

Infectious. (Standard precautions)

300
Amount of resistance the heart must overcome to eject the blood into the systemic circulation

Afterload

300

Occurs when patients are sitting or lying on an incline such as sitting in high fowlers in bed. 

Shearing

400
Most rapid period of growth 

Infants

400

Nonspecific mechanism that defends the body immediately against all types of organisms

Innate immunity

400

Must wash hands with soap and water with this specific infection

C. Diff (Clostridium Difficile)

400

The ability of the vessels to accomodate increased blood flow. Influenced by the diameter of the blood vessels: Vasocontraction vs vasodilation

Peripheral vascular resistance (PVR)

400

This scale rates a patients risk for alterations in tissue integrity using six categories

Braden scale 
500
Age group that declines in basal metabolic rate each decacade and nutritional needs

Adults and older adults

500

A strain of staphylococcus aureus that has developed resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins and cephalosporins

MRSA

500

Alterations to what senses can lead to limitations in mobility and increased risk for falls

Sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste

500

Treatments and lifestyle modifications for patients with perfusion disorder

Antiplatelet medications, blood pressure control, cholesterol lowering medications, diet, exercise, smoking cessation

500

Pressure injury stage where there is full thickness skin loss with visible adipose tissue. 

Stage 3 pressure injury- Full thickness skin loss