Perfusion
When the blood supply or perfusion is impaired
Ischemia
What is the medical term for a fever?
Hyperthermia
What are the 2 types of data the nurse can collect?
Subjective and Objective
What is controlling factors such as room temperature, ventilation, noise, cleanliness, light, and odors called?
Creating a Therapeutic environment
What is 37 divided by 3?
12 with a remainder of 1
The flow of blood through arteries and capillaries delivering nutrients and oxygen to cells
Perfusion
A rise in temperature of 1°F has potential to cause an increase in pulse rate by how many beats per minute?
4
What is the procedure called for collecting blood specimens?
Venipuncture
Why do nurses not massage legs and never massage lower extremities?
Prevents possible embolus [a moving blood clot].
What is 318 x 2?
636
The coordinated effects of electrical and mechanical factors that move blood through the heart into the peripheral vessels.
Cardiac output
Regulation of body temperature is the job of which part of the Brain?
Hypothalamus
What is a medical term for a thick, cloudy, pus-like fluid—typically yellow, green, or brown—that indicates an underlying infection
Purulent
Why do we keep patients covered when bathing or during procedures as much as possible?
To give the patient privacy
What is the anacronym for order of operations?
PEMDAS
What is the medical term for bruising?
Ecchymosis
An adaptive immune response often triggered by infections, inflammation, or drug reactions to hinder pathogen replication.
Pyrexia
What is the medical term for secretion from the lungs?
Sputum
A common diagnosis for any patient in a health care facility that relates to the Prevention and treatment of skin impairment is one of the nurse’s highest priorities of care.
The patient problem of Compromised Skin Integrity, either actual or risk for
What is 5 x 8/10?
4
This cardiac dysrhythmia is characterized by disorganized electrical activity due to impulses triggering atrial contraction that are not initiated from the SA node. The result is ineffective atrial contraction, with atrial rates as high as 350 to 600 beats/min.
Atrial Fibrillation
What are the 2 categories of body temperature?
Core Temperature and Surface Temperature
When blood is present in the stool but not visible without the use of a microscope it is called?
Occult Blood In Stool (Guaiac)
When the flow of blood and fluid to the cells is impaired, resulting in ischemia, or lack of oxygen and nutrients, to the cells it is called?
A Pressure injury
2 2/5 x 4/5
1 23/25