Nutrition
The act of the body breaking down food into simple substances that are either absorbed by the bloodstream as nutrients or eliminated by the body as waste.
This organ stores urine before elimination.
What is the bladder?
The largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
A deficit in the expected function of one or more of the five senses.
What is sensory deficit?
The 5 rights of medication administration include right patient, right drug, right dose, right time, and ___.
What is right route?
The energy that is stored in food and used for processes of the body such as walking, breathing, and running.
What is calories?
Term for difficulty or infrequent bowel movements.
What is constipation?
An area of a reddened skin that temporarily turns white or pale when light pressure is applied. the skin then reddens when pressure is relieved.
What is blanchable erythema?
Receiving stimuli at a rate and intensity beyond the brain’s ability to process the stimuli in a meaningful way.
What is sensory overload?
This level of Maslow’s Hierarchy includes food, water, and shelter.
What is physiological needs?
A carbohydrate-containing food's ability to increase the body's blood glucose level.
What is glycemic index?
This urinary output less than 400 mL/day is known as ___.
What is oliguria?
A wound that involves only the epidermis and dermis is classified as this type.
What is partial thickness wound?
Inability to see nearby objects clearly, also referred to as farsightedness.
What is hyperopia?
This is the term for when a nurse unintentionally causes harm to a patient by neglecting their duty.
What is negligence?
Abbreviation meaning nothing by mouth.
What is NPO?
A hard formations of minerals that collect in the kidneys.
What is kidney stone?
This stage of pressure injury shows full-thickness skin loss with visible fat.
What is stage 3?
A syndrome whereby there is a disturbance in mental ability resulting in confused thinking and reduced awareness of the environment.
What is delirium?
This law protects patient privacy and controls the sharing of medical records.
What is HIPAA?
a blood glucose level that is taken after a client has been NPO for at least 8 hours.
What is fasting blood glucose?
This type of urinary incontinence occurs with sneezing, coughing, or laughing.
What is stress incontinence?
Risk assessment tool for use in hospitalized clients that rates a client’s risk for alterations in tissue integrity using six categories: sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, and friction and shear.
What is Braden Score?
A test for nerve damage whereby very small needles are inserted into a muscle and a machine records the electrical activity in the muscle.
What is electromyography?
The ethical principle that means “to do no harm.”
What is nonmaleficence?