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What color should the contents be when aspirating an NG tube - ANSWER Green,
brown, or tan
Caution with digital impaction removal - ANSWER Cardiac patients
How many enemas should you do in a row - ANSWER Until everything comes out
clear, no more than 3
HILDA - ANSWER Pain assessment: how does pain feel? Intensity? Location?
Duration? Aggregating or alleviating factors?
The fifth vital sign - ANSWER Pain
Organ that inacativates and metabolizes drugs - ANSWER Liver
Organ that eliminates the metabolites of the drug from the body - ANSWER Kidneys
AC - ANSWER Before meals
PC - ANSWER After meals
Stage 1 pressure ulcer - ANSWER Intact skin with nonblanchable redness
Stage 2 pressure ulcer - ANSWER Partial loss of dermis. Shallow open ulcer, usually
shiny, or dry. Red-pink wound bed without sloughing or bruising.
Stage 3 pressure ulcer - ANSWER Full thickness tissue loss, subcutaneous fat may be
visible. Possible undermining and tunneling.
Stage 4 pressure ulcer - ANSWER Full thickness tissue loss with exposed bone,
tendon,or muscle. Slough or eschar may be present as well as undermining and
tunneling.
Unstageable pressure ulcer - ANSWER Full thickness tissue loss, wound base covered
by slough and eschar therefor dull depth cannot be determined.
Slough - ANSWER Fibrous tissue in wound bed that can be yellow, tan, gray, green, or
brown.