Nutrition
Elimination
Tissue Integrity
Sensory Perception
Fundamental Concepts
100

Protein

Contributes to growth, maintenance and repair of body tissue

100

2,000 to 3,000 mL

Daily fluid intake

100

2

Minimum time for turning to prevent pressure ulcers

100
Farsigthedness

What is hyperopia?

100

Order for examining the abdomen

What is Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion, and Palpation?

200

BMI / Body Mass Index

Represents the patient’s weight-to-height ratio and is used as an indicator of nutritional health.

200

30

Expected minimum mL of urine output in an hour

200

Edema

Fluid accumulation under the skin

200

A cloudy area on the eye lens caused by proteins in the eye breaking down and clumping together

What is cataracts?
200

low pH, decreased HCO3-

What is Metabolic Acidosis?

300

Clear Liquid

Liquids that leave little residue

300

BUN

Laboratory test to assess UTI

300

2

At what stage does pressure injuries have partial-thickness loss of dermis

300

Narrowing of field in vision

What is Glaucoma?

300
Blood sodium less than 136 mEg/L

What is Hyponatremia?

400

Anorexia Nervosa

Restriction of food intake to prevent weight gain

400

Stress Incontinence

Inability to stop urine flow due to an overactive detrusor muscle with increased bladder pressure.

400

Braden Scale

Tool for determining pressure sore risk.

400

Increases risk of cataracts and diabetic retinopathy

What is smoking?

400

Sudden attacks of sleep that are often uncontrollable, occurring at random times, increases risk for injury

What is Narcolepsy?

500

High Fowler’s

Position to prevent aspiration

500

Kegel

After childbirth pelvic exercise to reduce the risk of prolapsed bladder

500

Albumin

Laboratory value to determine tissue integrity

500

Occurs from ear trauma, inflammation, cerumen impaction, eardrum perforation or blockage by a foreign body

What is Conductive Hearing Loss?

500

Wound dressing system that uses negative pressure to remove drainage and infectious organisms

What is negative pressure wound theraphy?