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DON

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Director of Nursing

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ALR

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Assisted Living Residence

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HHS

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U.S department of Health & Human Services

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SNF

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Skilled Nursing Facility

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APRN

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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

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6
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A resident has the right to refuse…

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Treatment

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7
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Acute illness

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Sudden illness in which a person is expected to recover

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8
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RN in charge of staff development

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Provides nursing education

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9
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Medical or Surgical care w/o admitting

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Outpatient

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10
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Jointly funded federal and state insurance that covers children and older, blind, and disabled persons.

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Medicaid

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Role of nursing case manager

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Coordinates care of specific groups of patients from admission through discharge

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Hospice

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Care that provides comfort and quality of life for the dying person

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13
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American Hospital Association

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responsible for publishing the document that explains a person’s rights and expectations during hospital stay

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14
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How are resident rights respected by the nursing assistant while performing care?

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Prevent unnecessary exposure of the body

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OBRA

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - requires nursing centers to provide care that improves quality of life

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16
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Who provides the legal authority for nurses to perform certain acts or functions?

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The nurse practice act

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17
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The nursing care, function, or procedure that can be delegated to a nursing assistant is known as which of the following?

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Nursing Task

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18
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How much instruction is required by OBRA for the nursing assistant training program?

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At least 75 hours of instruction in the classroom and at least 16 hours of practical training

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Understanding what you can do, what you cannot do, and the legal limits of your role is known as what?

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Scope of practice

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20
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Which step in the delegation process happens when the nurse decides if the delegation was successful?

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Follow up

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When the nurse ENSURES that you complete the task correctly, which step in the delegation process is he or she demonstrating?

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Guidance

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22
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Touching a person or performing a procedure without his or her consent

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Battery

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23
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Deciding what to do and when to perform routine nursing unit tasks

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Priority setting

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24
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behavior in the workplace is known as

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Work ethics

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Following laws, being ethical, having good work ethics, and having the skills to do your work

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Professionalism

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26
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Basic needs must be met for a person to function according to…

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Abraham Maslow

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27
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Influences a person health beliefs and practices

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Culture

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28
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Providing care based on the whole person

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Holism

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29
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Which basic need focuses on the worth, value, or opinion a person has of oneself?

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Self esteem

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30
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Which basic need is on-going and may never be completely met?

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Self actualization

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31
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When you GIVE care, talk to the person, and report information to the registered nurse, you are participating in which of the following steps in the nursing process?

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Assessment

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32
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What is the method used by nurses to plan and deliver nursing care?

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Nursing process

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33
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A written guide about the person’s nursing care is known as what?

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Nursing care plan

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Objective data

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data or signs are seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer.

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35
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When bathing a patient, which part of the body is closest to the nursing assistant?

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Lateral

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36
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dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing

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37
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Medial

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Midline of the body

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38
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The circulatory system is also known as

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Cardiovascular system

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39
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Which nervous system controls the heartbeat?

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Autonomic nervous system

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40
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Respiration

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the process of supplying cells with oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from them?

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41
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Which are the hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex?

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Glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, and male/female sex hormones

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42
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Homeostasis

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The steady state of the human body

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43
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How many chambers make up the heart?

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4

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44
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Systems

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are formed by organs that work together to perform special functions.

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45
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Dyspnea

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Difficult, labored, or painful breathing

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46
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Decreased red blood cells causes…

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Fatigue

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47
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Paralysis

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Loss of muscle function, sensation, or both

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48
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Suffix -phagia

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Swallowing

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49
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ADL

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Activities of daily living

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50
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Proximal

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The part nearest to the center or to the point of origin

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51
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Prefix - Hemo

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Blood

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52
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Prefix - Angio

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Vessel

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53
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Suffix - emia

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Blood condition

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54
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Prefix - Osteo

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Bone

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55
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Prefix - Cyano

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Blue

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56
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Suffix - Rrhage

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Excessive flow

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57
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Prefix - myo

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Muscle

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58
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Suffix - algia

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Pain

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59
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Suffix - plegia

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Paralysis

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60
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Suffix - stomy

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Creating an opening

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61
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Prefix - stomato

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Mouth

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62
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Pnea

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Breathing, respiration

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63
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Vaso-

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Blood vessel

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64
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Anterior

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located at or toward the front of the body or body part

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65
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-phasia

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Speaking

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66
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Arthro

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Joint

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67
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Asepsis

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absence of disease-producing microbes

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68
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Systemic infection

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Involves the whole body

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69
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Reservoir

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Where pathogens grow and multiply

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70
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Communicable

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Disease that is caused by a pathogen that can spread to others

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71
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Supine

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Back lying

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72
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Prone

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Lying on abdomen with head turned to one side

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73
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Logrolling

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Repositioning someone with spinal injury in one solid motion

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74
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Shearing

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when the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving

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75
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Trendenlenburg

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When the head of the bed is lowered, and the foot is raised

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76
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Fowler position

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45 - 60 degree angle upright

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77
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Drawsheet

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Small sheet placed over the middle of bottom sheet

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78
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Purpose of draw sheets

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Assist with moving the person

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79
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Closed bed

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A bed that is ready for a new patient

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80
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Sponge swabs

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Used for unconscious person

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81
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Mouth care for unconscious person

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Every 2 hours

82
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The body’s first line of defense

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Skin

83
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Perineal care

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Cleaning of genital and anal areas

84
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Last step of male perineal care

A

Pat the penis and scrotum dry

85
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diaphoresis

A

profuse or excessive sweating and can affect the hygiene needs of a person

86
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Hirsutism

A

Excessive body hair

87
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Pediculosis

A

Infestation with wingless insects that feed on blood (lice)

88
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How long should you soak fingernails?

A

5-10 minutes

89
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How long should you soak toenails?

A

15-20 minutes

90
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What temperature for soaking nails?

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105f - 40.5c

91
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Affected side

A

The side of the body with weakness from illness or injury (weak side)

92
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Unaffected side

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The strong side opposite from weak or injured side

93
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Remove clothing from which side first?

A

Unaffected (strong side)

94
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Apply clothing to what side first?

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Affected side (weak)

95
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Intravenous therapy gown opens…

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Along the sleeves and closes with snaps/ties

96
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Standard gown does not…

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Open along the sleeves

97
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Dysuria

A

Painful or difficult urination

98
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Functional incontinence

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Has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time (immobility, restrained, no call light answered)

99
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Mixed incontinence

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Combination of stress and urge incontinence (mostly older women)

100
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Nocturia

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Frequent urination

101
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Oliguria

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Little amount of urine (less than 500ml in 24 hours)

102
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Overflow incontinence

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Small amounts of urine leak from full bladder

103
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Polyuria

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Abnormally large amounts urine

104
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Reflex incontinence

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Urine is lost at predictable intervals - doesn’t feel the need to void (nervous system disorders and injuries)

105
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Stress incontinence

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When urine leaks during excessive and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder (exercise,laughing,coughing,sneezing)

106
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Transient incontinence

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Temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when cause is treated (short periods of time)

107
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Urge incontinence

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The loss of urine in response to a sudden urgent need to void (night time voiding common)

108
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Urinary incontinence

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The involuntary loss or leakage of urine

109
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Urinary retention

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Not being able to completely empty the bladder

110
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How many mls of urine does a healthy adult produce daily?

A

1500

111
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Condom catheter

A

A soft sheath that slides over the penis, used to drain urine (changed daily)

112
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Indwelling catheter

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Cather left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag (retention or Foley catheter)

113
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Straight catheter

A

Drains the bladder then removed

114
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CAUTI

A

Catheter associated urinary tract infection

115
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Standard drainage bags usually hold….

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2000ml of urine

116
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Leg bags attached to the thigh or calf hold less than..

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1000ml of urine

117
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Drainage bag always lower than the…

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Bladder. Hangs on the bed frame

118
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Elastic tape only for…

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Condom catheters but adhesive tape can be apply in a spiral over catheter

119
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Colostomy

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A surgically created opening between the colon and the body’s surface

120
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Ilestomy

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A surgical opening between the ileum (small intestines) and the body’s surface

121
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Melena

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A black tarry stool

122
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-ostomy

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surgical opening that connects an internal organ to the body’s surface

123
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Oil retention enema

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Oil to soften feces and lubricate rectum

124
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Saline enema

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1-2 tablespoons of salt added to 500-1000ml of water

125
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Soapsud enema

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3-5ml of Castile soap is added to 500-1000ml of tap water

126
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Small volume

A

Prepackaged ready for use

127
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What position do you use to administer an enema

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Left semi-prone or left side lying position

128
Q

How far do you insert enema tip

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2 inches for adults

129
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Calorie

A

Is the fuel or energy value of food

130
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Cholesterol

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Soft waxy substance for in cells and bloodstream

131
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Dysphagia

A

Difficulty swallowing

132
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Nutrition

A

Process of ingestion, digestion, absorption, and use of fluid and foods

133
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Protein is needed for…

A

Tissue growth and repair

134
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Gavage

A

Process of giving a feeding tube

135
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Aspiration

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Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or objects into the lungs

136
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Regurgitation

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The backward flow of stomach contents into the mouth

137
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Enternal nutrition

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Giving nutrients into the GI by a feeding tube

138
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Naps-gastric (NG tube)

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Feeding tube inserted through nose into the stomach

139
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Gastrostomy tube

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Inserted through a surgical created opening into the stomach

140
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What position should a patient be in during feeding that has a NG tube

A

Fowler

141
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Afrebrile

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Without fever

142
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Sphygmomanometer

A

a bp cuff, that’s fuggin it

143
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Abduction

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Moving a body part away from the mid-line of the body

144
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Adduction

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Moving a body part toward the midline of the body

145
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Atrophy

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The decrease in size or wasting of tissue

146
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Contracture

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Decreased motion and stiffness of a joint cause by shortening of a muscle

147
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Deconditioning

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The loss of muscle strength from inactivity

148
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Dorsiflexion

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Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle

149
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External rotation

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Turning the joint outward

150
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Internal rotation

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Turning the joint inward

151
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Pronation

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Turning the joint downward

152
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Supination

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Turning the joint uoward

153
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Walking canes should be how far from the strong foot

A

6-10 inches

154
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Walkers should be how far in front of patient

A

6-8 inches

155
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Phantom pain

A

Comes from a body part that is no longer there

156
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Observe what during back massages….

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Breaks in the skin, bruising etc

157
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Back massages are how long ?

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3-5 minutes

158
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Rest means

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To be calm at ease, and relaxed with no anxiety

159
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Glucosuria

A

Sugar in urine

160
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Hemoptysis

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Blood in spit

161
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Ketone

A

Substance in urine front the rapid breakdown of fat

162
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Sputum

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Mucus from the respiratory system

163
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Occult blood

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Means hidden or not seen blood in stool

164
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Ulcer

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Shallow or deep crater like sore

165
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Skins tear

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A break or rip in the outer layer of the skin

166
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Wound

A

A break in the skin

167
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For hot and cold compresses you should observe skin every

A

5 minutes

168
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Bony prominence

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Area where the bone sticks out from the flat surface of the body (pressure point)

169
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Slough

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Is dead tissue that sheds from the skin

170
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Erythema

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Means redness

171
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Blanchable

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Skin becomes white or pale after pressure

172
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Eschar

A

Is thick leathery dead tissue that may be loose or stick to the skin

173
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What color probe is used for rectal thermometer

A

Red

174
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Apical pulse is measured where

A

Left side of chest

175
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Adult respirations need to be checked right after

A

Checking pulse

176
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Orthostatic hypotension

A

form of low blood pressure that happens when standing after sitting or lying down.

177
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How long should you wait to ambulate a person who just received pain medication

A

30 minutes

178
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The type of pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or surgery

A

Acute

179
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Which specimen collection requires use of sterile gloves

A

Midstream specimen

180
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What do you need to do prior to collecting a midstream specimen

A

The perineal area is cleaned before collecting the specimen.

181
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Hemoptysis

A

Blood in the sputum (thick mucus)

182
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Best time to collect a sputum specimen

A

First thing in the morning

183
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24 hour specimen is restarted if

A

A void was not saved

184
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No special measures are needed for what type of urine specimen

A

Random

185
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Observations needed for a sputum specimen

A

Odor, consistency, color

186
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A sitz bath is

A

a type of moist heat where the perineal and rectal areas are immeresed in warm or hot water.

187
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aquathermia pad

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has heated water from the heating unit.

188
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First stage of pressure injury

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188
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First stage of pressure injury

A

non-blanchable reddened bony area.

189
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Where should you place the pulse oximetry sensor on a person with tremors

A

The earlobe

190
Q

Where are O2 and CO2 exchanged

A

Between the alveoli and capillaries

191
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Alveoli

A

where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out

192
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Kussmaul respirations

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very deep and rapid

193
Q

Cheyne-Stokes respirations

A

occur when respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow

194
Q

An oxygen source that removes oxygen from the air is

A

An oxygen concentrator

195
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What kind of catheter drains the bladder and then is removed

A

Straight catheter. Foley, condom, and suprapubic catheters are left in place.

196
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Hypoxia

A

the cells do not have enough oxygen

197
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Pulse ox measures oxygen concentration in which substance

A

Arterial blood

198
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orthopneic position

A

Sitting up and leaning over a table

199
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Peristalisis

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The alternating contraction and relaxation of intestinal muscles

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