Nutrition
Elimination
Tissue Integrity
Sensory Perception
Fundamental Concepts
100

The act of the body breaking down food into simple substances

What is Digestion?

100

The two types of elimination

What is urine and bowel?

100

Aging Skin, Immobility, Obesity, Edema, etc.

What are the Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries?

100

A change in reception and/or perception

What is a sensory deficit?

100

The most important component of medical asepsis

What is hand hygiene?

200

Underweight      <18.5

Healthy Weight   18.5-24.9

Overweight        25-29.9

Obese                >30

What are BMI Classifications?

200

Bowel pattern of frequent loose or liquid stools

What is diarrhea?

200

Should be administered prior to wound care

What are analgesics?

200

Allows visualization of the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, and malleus bone

What is an otoscope?

200

This should be done prior to administering meds via NG tube

What is checking residuals?

300

Tip of the nose to earlobe and earlobe to xiphoid process

What is NG Tube Measurement?

300

Primary organs for urinary elimination

What are the kidneys?

300

Drainage that contains both serum and blood

What is serosanguineous drainage?

300

Age, eye infection, inflammation, injury, and brain tumors

What are visual risk factors?

300

The 5 Rights of Delegation

What is right task, right circumstances, right person, right information, and right supervision?

400

Difficulty or painful Breathing, wheezing, a productive cough, or a fever of 100.4°F

What are Indications Tube Feeding Aspiration Has Occurred?

400

Practice to increase the bladder's ability to hold urine and the client's ability to suppress urination

What is urinary bladder retraining?

400

A partial or total rupture of a sutured wound

What is dehiscence?

400

Identifies whether hearing loss is sensorineural and/or conductive

What is an audiogram used for?

400

Component of HIPAA that promotes a standard method to maintain privacy

What is the Privacy Rule?

500

Fluid balance, muscle function, & nerve transmission

What is the Function of Potassium?

500

The urodynamic test measuring the strength of pelvic muscle contractions


What is uroflowmetry?

500

A surgical wound left open while an infection resolves

What is tertiary intention?

500

Consciousness, arousal, awareness, memory, affect, judgment, awareness of reality, and language

What does sensory input affect?

500

The 5-Step Nursing Process

What is assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?