60-100 - ANSWER Normal HR per minute.
96.8-99.5 - ANSWER Normal temperature in Fahrenheit.
12-20 - ANSWER Normal respirations per minute.
120/80 - ANSWER Normal BP.
Pain - ANSWER 5th vital sign.
Apical pulse - ANSWER Vital signs that should be checked prior to giving digoxin.
Sacrament of the Sick - ANSWER For Roman Catholic's, what is important during
severe illness or possible pending death?
NREM - ANSWER Type of sleep accounting for 75-80% of sleep during the night.
Grieving - ANSWER Normal emotional reaction to a loss.
Same as RN - ANSWER Standard of care a nursing student is held to.
Baptism - ANSWER Catholic's take part in this, and an infant born with a life threatening
condition gets this as soon as possible.
Vesicular - ANSWER Type of breath sounds heard in the periphery of the lungs.
Clubbing of nails, barrel chest - ANSWER Two long term oxygenation issues that can
be observed on inspection of the client.
Orthopneic - ANSWER Position in which a client experiencing respiratory distress
should be placed.
Handwashing - ANSWER Most important infection control measure.
Ineffective Breathing Pattern - ANSWER NANDA diagnosis in which inspiration and/or
expiration does not provide adequate ventilation.
Ineffective Airway Clearance - ANSWER NANDA diagnosis with the inability to clear
secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain a clear airway.
Ineffective Gas Exchange - ANSWER NANDA diagnosis with an excess or deficit in
oxygenation and/or CO2 elimination at the alveolar-capillary membrane.
FVD - ANSWER Decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid. This
refers to dehydration, water loss alone w/o change in Na level.
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FVE - ANSWER increased isotonic fluid retention.
Physiological, Safety/Security, Love/Belonging, Self-esteem needs, Self actualization -
ANSWER Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Stage 1 - ANSWER Which stage of pressure ulcer has non-blanchable redness?
Stage 2 - ANSWER Which stage of pressure ulcer is a broken blister?
Stage 3 - ANSWER Which stage of pressure ulcer is a small crater and has no
tunneling? Down to subQ fat.
Stage 4 - ANSWER Which stage of pressure ulcer is a crater deep to muscle and bone?
3 and 4 - ANSWER Which stages of pressure ulcer require debridement?
increase, increase, increase - ANSWER Infection causes HR to do what, Temp to do
what, and WBC to do what? (increase/decrease)
Anger, depression, denial, bargaining, acceptance - ANSWER Kubler-Ross's stages of
death and dying.
Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis, Discharge, Approximation - ANSWER REEDA
Sanguinous - ANSWER Type of discharge from a wound that consists of blood.
Serosanguinous - ANSWER Type of discharge from a wound that consists of clear and
blood.
Purosanguinous - ANSWER Type of discharge from a wound that consists of pus and
blood.
Serous - ANSWER Type of discharge from a wound that consists of watery, clear
portion of blood.
Purulent - ANSWER Type of discharge from a wound that consists of pus that is yellow
or green.
Clean - ANSWER Type of wound that is uninfected with minimal inflammation and the
resp, GI, genital, UT are not entered. Primarily closed wounds.
Clean-contaminated - ANSWER Type of wound that is a surgical wound in which resp,
GI, genital, and UT have been entered but there is no infection.
Contaminated - ANSWER Type of wound that is open/fresh/accidental/surgical with
inflammation present due to a break in sterile technique.