Nutrition
This organ holds and digests foods using acids and enzymes.
What is the stomach?
The process of the body releasing urine through the urethra and out of the body.
What is urination?
The top layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
A hearing test that is performed with a tuning fork that is vibrated and placed against the mastoid bone and the client is asked to identify when they are unable to hear the sound.
What is Rinne Test?
Explanatory statements that describe a competent level of care for all nurses, using the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.
What are standards of practice?
These are the primary fuel sources for the body.
What are carbohydrates?
The inability to control urination, resulting in the involuntary passage of urine.
What is urinary incontinence?
Localized damage to the skin and/or the soft underlying tissue, can be caused by prolonged contact with a firm surface that interferes with circulation to the area.
What is a pressure injury?
Affects blood vessels in the retina causing blindness.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
A report or handoff guide to convey relevant client-specific information to other medical professionals.
What is SBAR?
These are the energy that is stored in food and used for body processes such as walking, breathing, and thinking.
What are calories?
These work more slowly than enemas and are intended for less severe forms of constipation.
What are laxatives and stool softeners?
Thin, watery wound drainage mixed with blood
What is serosanguineous?
Inability to see faraway objects clearly, also referred to as nearsightedness.
What is myopia?
Rules and regulations which are determined by each state to guide the delivery of nursing care to clients.
What is the nursing practice act?
This diet consists of foods that do not need to be chewed such as scrambled eggs.
What is a pureed diet?
A technique that nurses commonly utilize to determine the need for catheterization.
What is bladder scanning?
Death of body tissue as a result of diminished blood flow.
What is necrosis?
Receiving stimuli at a rate and intensity beyond the brain’s ability to process the stimuli in a meaningful way.
What is sensory overload?
A widely respected organization that supports nurses' health and wellness, fosters high standards, promotes environments that are safe, ensures ethical behavior, and advocates for nurses and the public regarding health care issues.
A client presents with noticeable symptoms such as sudden cough, wheezing, trouble breathing, congestion, heartburn, throat clearing, or chest discomfort, as the body recognizes a foreign object going into the airway and attempts to clear it.
What is overt aspiration?
Screening procedure for colon or rectal cancer; can also be used to evaluate for causes of GI bleeding, changes in bowel habits, abdominal pain, and unexplained weight loss.
What is a Colonoscopy?
A force parallel to the surface of the skin.
What is shearing?
A syndrome whereby there is a disturbance in mental ability resulting in confused thinking and reduced awareness of the environment.
What is delirium?
Developed by the ANA, this document outlines rules for nurses about client privacy, nursing conduct, and nursing behaviors to protect clients and the profession.
What is the Code of Ethics for Nurses?