Fundamentals Herzing Exam 3
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Silent bowel sounds - Answer Rare, must listen for full 5 min before declaring silent
What are the vascular sites we assess in the abdomen? - Answer Femoral, Iliac, Renal, Aorta
What causes a bruit? - Answer Narrowing causes turbulent blood flow, hypertension
Conditions that may cause hypoactive bowel sounds? - Answer Drugs that slow down
movement in the intestines such as opiates, anticholinergics, and phenothiazines
General anesthesia
Radiation to the abdomen
Surgery in the abdomen
Constipation
Conditions that may cause hyperactive bowel sounds? - Answer Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
GI bleeding
Ulcerative colitis
What is Borborygmus? - Answer hyperperistalsis with stomach "growling"
What is Nursing theory ? - Answer A theory contains a set of concepts, definitions, and
assumptions or propositions that explain a phenomenon.
Theories guide the design of nursing interventions.
Why is theory important to Nursing? - Answer Nursing theories provide nurses with;
A perspective from which to view patient situations
A way to organize data
A method for analyzing and interpreting information.
What is a Domain? - Answer Is the perspective of a profession
Provides the subject, central concepts, values and beliefs, phenomena of interest, and central
problems of a discipline
, The knowledge of nursing practice, as well as the knowledge of nursing history, nursing theory,
education, and research.
Domain of nursing provides both practical and theoretical aspects of the discipline.
What is a Paradigm? - Answer Useful in describing the domain of a discipline.
Links science, philosophy, and theories accepted and applied by a discipline
Nursing paradigm
Links person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
_________ ________ A-delta fibers - Answer Fast myelinated
A-delta fibers send _______, _________ distinct sensations. - Answer Sharp, localized
__________ ___________ C fibers - Answer Slow unmyelinated
C fibers send poorly __________, ___________, persistent _________. - Answer localized,
burning, pain
Adjuvant medications - Answer enhance analgesics or have some analgesic properties.
Antidepressants, antianxiaty, muscle relaxants are types of __________ medications. - Answer
Adjuvant
Morphine, Hydrocodone, Methadone, and Codine are types of ________ medications. - Answer
Opioid
Acetaminophen, NSAIDS and antihistamines are types of __________ medications. - Answer
Non-opioid
What is the gate control theory of pain? - Answer Gating mechanisms in the central nervous
system (CNS) regulate or block pain impulses.
Pain impulses pass through when a gate is open and are blocked when a gate is closed.
Closing the gate is the basis for nonpharmacological pain relief interventions.
What are examples of complimentary techniques to treat pain? - Answer Relaxation, Guided
imagery, Biofeedback
Distraction, music
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Silent bowel sounds - Answer Rare, must listen for full 5 min before declaring silent
What are the vascular sites we assess in the abdomen? - Answer Femoral, Iliac, Renal, Aorta
What causes a bruit? - Answer Narrowing causes turbulent blood flow, hypertension
Conditions that may cause hypoactive bowel sounds? - Answer Drugs that slow down
movement in the intestines such as opiates, anticholinergics, and phenothiazines
General anesthesia
Radiation to the abdomen
Surgery in the abdomen
Constipation
Conditions that may cause hyperactive bowel sounds? - Answer Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
GI bleeding
Ulcerative colitis
What is Borborygmus? - Answer hyperperistalsis with stomach "growling"
What is Nursing theory ? - Answer A theory contains a set of concepts, definitions, and
assumptions or propositions that explain a phenomenon.
Theories guide the design of nursing interventions.
Why is theory important to Nursing? - Answer Nursing theories provide nurses with;
A perspective from which to view patient situations
A way to organize data
A method for analyzing and interpreting information.
What is a Domain? - Answer Is the perspective of a profession
Provides the subject, central concepts, values and beliefs, phenomena of interest, and central
problems of a discipline
, The knowledge of nursing practice, as well as the knowledge of nursing history, nursing theory,
education, and research.
Domain of nursing provides both practical and theoretical aspects of the discipline.
What is a Paradigm? - Answer Useful in describing the domain of a discipline.
Links science, philosophy, and theories accepted and applied by a discipline
Nursing paradigm
Links person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
_________ ________ A-delta fibers - Answer Fast myelinated
A-delta fibers send _______, _________ distinct sensations. - Answer Sharp, localized
__________ ___________ C fibers - Answer Slow unmyelinated
C fibers send poorly __________, ___________, persistent _________. - Answer localized,
burning, pain
Adjuvant medications - Answer enhance analgesics or have some analgesic properties.
Antidepressants, antianxiaty, muscle relaxants are types of __________ medications. - Answer
Adjuvant
Morphine, Hydrocodone, Methadone, and Codine are types of ________ medications. - Answer
Opioid
Acetaminophen, NSAIDS and antihistamines are types of __________ medications. - Answer
Non-opioid
What is the gate control theory of pain? - Answer Gating mechanisms in the central nervous
system (CNS) regulate or block pain impulses.
Pain impulses pass through when a gate is open and are blocked when a gate is closed.
Closing the gate is the basis for nonpharmacological pain relief interventions.
What are examples of complimentary techniques to treat pain? - Answer Relaxation, Guided
imagery, Biofeedback
Distraction, music
