Nutrition
The essential nutrient that provides the body's primary energy source.
What is carbohydrate?
The organ responsible for urine production.
What is the kidney?
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
The sense responsible for detecting sound waves.
What is hearing?
The normal range for adult blood pressure.
What is 120/80 mmHg?
A deficiency in this vitamin can lead to scurvy.
What is vitamin C?
The term for difficulty passing stools.
What is constipation?
This type of ulcer is caused by prolonged pressure on the skin.
What is a pressure ulcer?
The condition where a person has difficulty seeing distant objects.
What is myopia (nearsightedness)?
The five rights of medication administration.
What are right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and right time?
The recommended daily protein intake for an average adult.
What is 56 g for men and 45 g for women?
This condition is characterized by frequent urination, often seen in diabetes.
What is polyuria?
The three phases of wound healing.
What are inflammatory, proliferative, and maturation?
The part of the eye that controls the amount of light entering.
What is the pupil?
The acronym "RACE" used in fire safety stands for which instructions.
What is "Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish."
A BMI of 18.4 or lower is classified as this.
What is underweight?
The medical term for painful urination.
What is dysuria?
A second-degree burn affects these two layers of skin.
What are the epidermis and dermis?
This disease damages the optic nerve and is often caused by increased intraocular pressure.
What is glaucoma?
The type of isolation required for a patient with tuberculosis.
What is airborne isolation?
This condition occurs when the body lacks enough iron to produce healthy red blood cells.
What is iron-deficiency anemia?
A type of urinary catheter that remains in place to continuously drain the bladder, commonly used for patients with urinary incontinence.
What is an indwelling (Foley) catheter?
The term for tissue death due to lack of blood supply.
What is necrosis?
The name of the condition characterized by ringing in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
The term for listening to body sounds using a stethoscope.
What is auscultation?