Definition
The definition of micturition
What is Urination, the act of passing urine
What type of medication increases the risk of constipation?
What is Narcotic pain medications (opiods)
Who is at risk for UTIs
What is older and younger people who can not wipe themselves properly.
a nurse is caring for client with constipation, what diet should the nurse instruct the client to follow
What is high fiber
What is axillary, oral, temporal artery
Definition of urinary incontinence
What is an involuntary, unpredictable passage of urine or loss of bladder control
What type of medication used to treat a UTI could potentially cause diarrhea
What is antibiotics-
antibiotics eliminates the healthy gastrointestinal bacteria, allowing harmful bacteria to grow
What medical conditions puts a person at risk for UTI
What is people with diabetes mellitus, immunocompromised patients and people with history of UTIs
Symptoms of urinary retention
What is pyrexia
What is fever >100F or 37.8C
important defense mechanism against infection. a person with fever is febrile and a person without is afebrile.
It occurs in response to pyrogens (fever producing substance); FUO of fever of unknown orgin
The definition of fever
What is part of the acute phase response to inflammation that affects the thermoregulatory center.
What should the nurse implement to prevent the development of skin breakdown for a patient with urinary incontinence
What is Apply a moisture barrier ointment to the clients skin
Who is most at risk for hypothermia
What is infants and elderly patients.
Which herbal supplement treats constipation
Flaxseed
What is the difference between hyper and hypothermia
what is: hyperthermia: is a body temp above normal; occurs because the body cannot promote heat loss fast enough to balance heat production or high environmental temps; ex heat exhaustion or heat stroke; malignant hyperthermia.
hypothermia: core temp below normal <95F or 35C. Associated with extended exposure to cold; can be deliberately induced under close monitoring to decrease the need for O2 in body tissues. i.e. during cardiac or neurological surgery
The definition of elimination
What is the excretion of waste products from the kidneys and intestines.
Preferred antipyretics for children
What is acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
no longer aspirin because of Reye's syndrome
What are the age related differences of hyperthermia
What are: Infants do not have heat-conserving capacity. Brown fat.
Older adults have slower circulation, decreased vasoconstrictor responses.
Why do dementia patients lose control of bladder
dementia patients typically experience functional incontinence, their urinary system and/or digestive system works normally, but they experience a loss of bladder and/or bowel control due to an inability to get to the bathroom or use it properly.
Hypothermia core temperature
What is core body temperature falls below 36C
The definition of thermoregulation
What is the body process that balances heat productions and heat loss to maintain core body temperature within an optimal physiological range.
The process of maintaining core body temperature at a near constant value.
Drug indicated for malignant hyperthermia
What is Dantrolene (dantrium)
What is the ABCDE principle
What is...
A= airway / cervical spine
B= breathing
C= circulation
D= disability (Glasgow Coma Scale)
E= Exposure
What is the urinary calculation and what is it used for
What is
Urine output (ml/kg/hr)= collected urine/ (Weight * Time)
TURP - transurethral resection of the prostate, an operation that is used to treat men with an enlarged prostate, BPH benign prostate hyperplasia.
Definition of brown fat
What is:
Brown fat aka adipose tissue or brown adipose tissue, a special kind of highly vascular fat found in newborns. It contains an ample supply of blood vessels which cause the brown color.