Nutrition
Provide most of the body’s energy and fiber.
What are carbohydrates?
Certain conditions weaken this area, but clients can help manage it with pelvic floor (Kegel) exercises.
What is the pelvic floor?
This condition is an accumulation of fluid in the tissues, most often caused by direct trauma or impaired venous return.
What is Edema?
Snellen and Rosenbaum eye charts.
What are visual acuity test?
Significantly low body weight, fear of being fat, self-perception of being fat, and consistent restriction of food intake.
What are manifestations of Anorexia Nervosa?
Pureed food and thickened liquids
What is a dysphagia diet?
The recommended daily intake of this nutrient is 25 to 38 grams.
What is Fiber?
This term describes a mixed drainage of pus and blood, typically seen in a newly infected wound.
What is purosanguineous?
Excessive, sustained, and unmanageable multisensory stimulation
What is sensory overload?
This stage of pressure injury involves full-thickness skin loss with visible adipose tissue, possible granulation tissue, epibole, and some slough or eschar. There is no exposed muscle, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, or bones, and possible undermining or tunneling.
What is stage 3 pressure injury?
Anatomical landmarks the nurse should use to measure for NG tube insertion.
What is the tip of the nose, earlobe, and xiphoid process?
Once an adequate amount of urine (250 to 450 mL in adults) collects in the bladder, these receptors in the bladder wall send a signal to the brain, indicating the need to urinate.
What are the stretch receptors?
This condition refers to an exaggerated curvature of the lumbar spine and is common during the toddler years and pregnancy.
What is lordosis?
Xerostomia; alters appetite
What is a taste deficit?
Phenazopyridine, Amitriptyline, Levodopa, and Riboflavin.
What are medications that change urine color?
This age group needs supervision to consume adequate protein and vitamins C and A, often eating foods high in carbohydrates, fats, and salt. They grow at a slower, steadier rate with a gradual decline in energy requirements.
What are the nutritional needs of school-age children?
This test requires collecting stool specimens for serial guaiac testing three times from three different defecations.
What is the fecal occult blood test?
A significant increase in serosanguineous fluid on the wound dressings, a history of sudden straining, a report of a change or popping in the wound area, and visualization of viscera.
What are the manifestations of dehiscence or evisceration?
Leakage and blockage of retinal blood vessels, which can lead to retinal hypoxia, retinal hemorrhages, blindness.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
This substance comes in powders, pastes, granules, sheets, gels, and pastes. It helps stop bleeding and promotes healing.
What is collagen?
This type of feeding tube is inserted endoscopically and is used for therapy lasting longer than 6 weeks.
What is a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or jejunostomy?
This procedure visualizes the inside of the bladder.
What is cystourethroscopy?
Red center with radiating red legs, up to 2 cm, possibly raised
What is a spider angioma?
An alteration in the inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center of the brain.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Measures the mobility of the tympanic membrane and middle ear structures relative to sound to diagnose disorders of the middle ear.
What is a tympanogram?