Nutrition
What is Parenteral nutrition
A strong need of urge to urinate but leaking occurs before the client gets to the toilet.
What is urge incontinence?
assessment given to patients who are at risk for developing pressure injuries and other alterations in skin integrity.
What is Braden Scale?
Hearing loss that occurs from problems either in the inner ear or on the vestibulocochlear (auditory) nerve (cranial nerve VIII).
What is Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Gastric contents pH of >6.
What is the NG tube not in the stomach?
Must be verified by an x-ray machine, that the device was placed in the right spot in the patient.
What is a nasogastric tube
A urine collection method used for collecting a urine sample for urinalysis and/or urine culture to evaluate for UTIs.
What is Clean Catch?
Has a localized, non-blanchable, deep red, maroon, or purple discoloration.
What is Deep Tissue Pressure Injury (DTPI)
A finding that indicates inflammation of the meninges which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
What is Brudzinski's sign?
The inability to control urination, resulting in the involuntary passage of urine.
What is urinary incontinence?
The foundation of nutrition which include carbohydrates, fat, and protein.
What is macronutrients?
2000-3000mL of daily fluid.
What is the required daily fluid intake?
Sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, and friction and shear
What are the categories of the Braden Scale?
The inability to make the eye lens change shape to focus.
What is cataracts?
Damage or dysfunction of the cochlea or vestibule. Can cause tinnitus, headaches, and vertigo.
What is ototoxicity?
Weight (kg)/Height (m2)
What is the calculation for BMI?
Rice, eggs, and lean meats.
What moves more slowly through the intestinal tract?
Present as a blister, intact skin.
What is stage 2 pressure injury?
A test that assesses if a person is suspected to have meningitis, the patient will have pain/resistance in extending the knee if hip is flexed.
What is the Kernig sign?
Yellow/orange color in the eyes, skin, and mucus.
What are the symptoms of jaundice?
Nutrition through GI tract (mouth or tube) vs Nutrition through the veins (when GI system isn't working)
Enteral vs parenteral nutrition
The 1st and 3rd trimesters affect urination.
What increases urination frequency?
Scars appear darker than the usual skin tone
What are scars on darker skin tones?
Optical neuropathy and a sudden loss of peripheral vision. There are two types of open-angle and angle-closure that have to do with increasing intraocular pressure.
What is Glaucoma?
0=absent, not palpable
+1= Diminished, weak
+2= Brisk, normal
+3= increased
+4= Full, bouncing
What are the grades for peripheral arteries?