Exam 2 Memorization Flashcards
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Coordination of movement tied with skeletal System
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Cerebellum
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Glasgow Coma Scale
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3-15 and tests for level of consciousness
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Divisions of Glasgow
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Eye movement, motor-response, verbal response
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Four Coma Scale
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Tests four different categories which all range from 1-4. Tests for unconcienceness
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Cerebral Cortex
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Location in the brain where people are able to understand language or express thoughts
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Aphasia:
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w/o speech caused by injury to cerebral cortex
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Sensory Aphasia
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inability to understand written/spoken language
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Motor Aphasia:
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inability to express, write, or speak appropriately
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Cranial Nerve 1
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Olfactory, sensory, smell
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Cranial Nerve 2
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Oculomotor, sensory, visual information to brain
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Cranial Nerve 3
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oculomotor, motor, extra ocular movement, pupil size
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Cranial Nerve 4
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Trochlear: motor: up-down eye movement
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Cranial Nerve 5
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Trigeminal: Motor & Sensory: Jaw movement & facial feeling
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Cranial Nerve 6
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Abducens: Motor: lateral eye movement
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Cranial Nerve 7
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Facial: Sensory & motor: taste on the front of the tongue: controls facial expression (frown)
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Cranial Nerve 8
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Auditory Nerve: Sensory: Hearing
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Cranial Nerve 9
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Glossopharyngeal: Sensory + motor: gag-reflex + taste on the back of the throat
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Cranial Nerve 10
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Vegus: Sensory + Motor: Swallowing + movement of the vocal cords
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Cranial Nerve 11
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Spinal Accessory: Motor: Movement of head and shoulders
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Cranial Nerve 12:
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Hypoglossal: motor: positioning of tongue
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Radiculpathy
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pain traveling along the nerve line
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Stenosis:
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Narrowing of the nerve pathway
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Dermopaths
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Areas of skin applied by nerve fibers from a single spinal route. Different dermatomes tell us where there is breakdown in the nerve pathway
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Sensory Receptors
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Transmit info to spinal chord to the brain for interpretation
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Motor Nerves
Interrelated to the muscular skeletal system
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Portion of brain responsible for motor response
Cerebellum
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DTR
Deep Tendon Reflexes
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Muscle Spindle
units in every muscle which controls muscle tone and lengths and changes in muscle
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Hypermagnesium
Disappearance of DTR. Magnesium Sulfate drip is used for mothers with HTN
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Romberg Test
Tests motor nerves through testing balance
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ADL
Activities of Daily Living
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Active ROM
How much can they do on their own
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Passive ROM
How much they can do with assistance (prevents contractures)
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Contractures
permanent shortening of muscles that occurs when the muscle remains inactive for a long time
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Kyphosis:
Exaggeration of the posterior thoracic spine curvature which can be due to osteoporosis. Affects other body systems like breathing because there is more weight on your diagram
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Osteoporosis
Deterioration of bone mass. Bones get thin and stiff and they shorten
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Dexascan:
determines bone density. Ultrasound of heel, x-ray of spine or hip to determine loss of bone mass
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Bone mineral Density Test
Women get this at 40-60 y/o. Test taken at heel where there is dense bone
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Causes for Osteoporosis:
Little/no exercise. Women. Estrogen. Blonde/red-hair. 80% females. Low calcium intake (less than 500mg a day). Long term usage of steroids. Metabolic disorders. Increases risk for fractures
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Lordosis
Aka: swayback. Increased lumbar curvature. Often in young children. Causes: neuromuscular from hip problems or posture. TX: lumbar/posture management + exercises
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Scoliosis
Lateral curvature of the spine. Begin screen for this at age 11-14 or at completion of growth spurts. Treatment with rods if over 40 degrees.
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Palpation
Feel joints, muscles (spasms), bones, warmth, tenderness, edema, resistance to pressure
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Crepitus
Popping of the joint
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Flexion
Decreasing angle
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Extension
Increasing angle
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Hyperextension
Overly extending an extremity
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pronation
palms down
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supination
palms up
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abduction
towards the body
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adduction
Toward the body
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internal rotation
Rotation towards the center of the body
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external rotation
rotation away from the body
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Eversion
Rotate the ankle away from the body
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Inversion
Rotation of the ankle medially
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Dorsiflexion
Toes pointed toward the sky
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Plantar flexion
Toes pointed downward
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Hypertonicity
increase in tightness that leads to spasticity
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Hypotonicity
Flaccidity of the muscle
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Atrophy
Loss of muscle tone
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test for muscle strength
test their muscular resistance
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Prone
Lying on the stomach
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Supine
Laying on the back
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side-lying
laying on one side
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Sims
Laying on the left side
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Fowlers
sitting at 80-90 degrees
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Semi-Fowlers
sitting 30-45 degrees
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Dorsal Recumbent
Supine with your knees up
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Lithotomy
Feet up and knees up
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Knee Chest:
Downward dog
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Trendelenburg Position
Head below feet. Used for hypotensive pts to increase BP
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Bell Palsy:
Half the face is paralyzed
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Canes
Fall at the creases of the hands when arms are limp. Goes on strong side
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Walking with cane
cane-weakleg-strongleg
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SCD
Inflates and delates to compress leg to avoid blood clotting
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Incentive Spirometry
Lung exercise where you breath into a tube. Breath IN. For asthma
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Parasteasia
Numbness/tingling
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Reverse Trendelenburg
Helps with breathing for supine only pts
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NSADS
Could bring about stomach ulcers
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dysphaGIa
difficulty swallowing
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Steroids
Prednisone may cause GI bleeding
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Enuresis
Bedwetting
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Flatulence
Farting. When this begins after a surgery, you may begin to feed your pt. again
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nocturia
peeing a lot at night
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Anuria
no urine
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Polyuria
excessive urine
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stress incontinence
when stress is placed on the bladder, you pee
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Hematuria
Blood in the urine
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Pyuria
pus in the urine
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Normal Output
1000-2000 mL per 24/h
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30 mL/hour
Notify physician
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peristalsis
stomach pushing stool
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurism
Weakened blood vessel walls that build blood like a balloon. Visible pulsation in stomach
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Diaphragm
use for bowel
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Bell
Use for abdominal aorta for a brewy which is a forceful sound of blood running.
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Borborigamy
hunger sounds
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Rebound Tenderness
pain when you do a deep palpation and then take your hands off right away.
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Hemacult
tests for blood in the stool. Test will appear blue when hemacult depressor is added.
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Order of Abdominal assessment
Inspect, Auscultate, Palpate
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Vertical and horizontal planes of abdomen
Vertical: diploid process and symphysis pubis
Horizontal: across umbilicus
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RUQ
Liver, Gallbladder, Duodenum, Head of Pancreas, Right adrenal glad, right kidney, portions of ascending and transverse colon
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LUQ
Left Lobe of liver, stomach, spleen, body of pancreas, left adrenal and kidney, portions of transverse and descending colon
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RLQ
Cecum, appendix, portions of right kidney, right ovary and Fallopian tube, section of ascending colon, right ureter
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LLQ
portion of left kidney, portion of descending colon, signed colon, left ovary and Fallopian tube, left ureter
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Anti-Biotics
Replace them with probiotics
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Natural Laxatives
Hot water, prune juice, bran
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Black stool
iron or upper GI bleed
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Red stool
Lower GI bleed or hemorrhoids
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White/Clay stool
lack of bile or fats. Seen in sorosis, hepatitis, and liver problems
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Morphine
Slows down bowel function
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Constipation
Straining while pooping and lack of bowl for over three days
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Diarrhea
Increase in # of stools r/t liquid. Malabsorption, digestion, or body cannot digest electrolytes
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Incontinence
Inability to control bowels
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Distension
Too much gas in the stomach that can lead to the expansion of the stomach and blood vessels which can cause breathing problems
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Fecal impaction
Large stool stuck in GI tract but liquid can get around it
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Sorosis
Bleeding of the liver
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Oliguria
Diminished urine output (under 400mL a day)
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Retention
Inability to empty your entire bladder (DM, Prostate)
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Dysuria
Painful urination
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Pyuria
Pus in the urine
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Kwashiorkor
Babies who wane form breasts without proper nutrition or protein intake
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Marasmus
Syndrom deficiency in protein or calories
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Cachexia
Malnutrition/wasting most often r/t cancer
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Visible Peristalsis
Beating of aneurysm
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Hypoactive Bowel
Less than 1 sound every 35 seconds. R/t surgery, NPO, inflammation, fluid imbalance
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Hyperactive Bowel
more than 34 seconds, diarrhea or obstruction
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Borborygmi
Stomach growling due to hunger, bleeding, or anxiety
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Fluid Output
5x a day WA
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Large Intestine
Primary organ for bowel elimination; also absorbs about 1000mL of water every day.
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Small Intestine
Breaks down nutrients through enzymes (proteins/carbohydrates)
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3 Parts of Small Intestine
Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum
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When is voluntary bowel function gained
22-36mo
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Decrease in Muscle Tone in adults
Leads to constipation or diarrhea
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Foods that cause constipation
Cheese, lean meat, eggs, past
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Foods that are considered laxatives
Fruits, veggies, bran, alcohol, coffee, chocolate
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Foods that increase flatulence
beans, onions, cabbage, cauliflower
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Antibiotics Affects on the Bowel
Green/grey diarrhea
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Endoscopy
Direct visualization of GI. Requires a NPO diet
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Esophogogastroduadenoscopy (EGD)
Looks at the lining of the stomach, esophagus, and stomach
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Colonoscopy
Camera through the large intestine via rectum
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Sigmoidoscopy
Goes only to sigmoid to detect diverticulitis
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Wireless Capsule Endoscopy
Swallowing a camera that takes pictures as it passes through the small GI to check disruption in stomach linings
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Indirect visualization
Non-invasive procedure to see what is going on in the GI
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KUB
Indirect Visualization: abdominal xray
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VGI
Small bowel series: contrast ingested and then an X-ray reveals how the contrast moves through the system. Non-invasive
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Barium Enema
Contrast that is ingested to reveal how the liquid moves through the lower GI
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Abdominal Ultrasound
Looks at the soft tissue organs in the abdomen
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MRI
Most thorough (you can see the blood cells). Radiation is a risk and this is also very expensive
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Abdominal CT scan
Radiation is involved in this procedure and it shows the body in planes
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Constipation
Dry, hard stool or persistency in difficult passage of stool or incomplete passage of stool
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Antacids
White discoloration or speckling in stool
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Iron Salts
Cause black stool
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Hemoccult
Uses a solution of guaiac to test for presence of blood
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High risk for constipation
Pts:
- on bedrest taking constipating medicines
- reduced fluids or bulk in their diet
- depressed
- central nervous system disease or local lesions that cause pain while defecating
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Oil Retention Enemas
Lubricates the stool and intestinal mucosa, easing defection
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Carminative Enemas
Helps expel flatus from the rectum
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Medicated Enemas
Provide medicines that are absorbed through the rectal mucosa
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Anthelmintic Enemas
Destroys parasites
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NG Tubes
Drain the stomach of fluid or unwanted stomach contents, give the stomach a break after surgery, and monitor gastrointestinal bleeding
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Colostomy
Located anywhere along the length of the Large Intestine. The further along in the GI tract, the more solid the stool will be, reusable or disposable, stomadhersive is cut and placed around the stoma to protect the skin from urine or stool
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Ileostomy
Empties from the end of the small intestine. Water is not absorbed so stool is liquid. Cannot be irrigated and pouch must be worn 24/7. Essentially cuts off the entire Large Intestine and can lead to dehydration because 1000mL are no longer being absorbed by the Large Intestine
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Nasmosis
Rejoining a tract after a colostomy
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Stoma
The portion of the intestine that comes out of the body after a colostomy
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urterostomy
Permanent fistula or drainage of a ureter through the abdominal wall
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ileoloop/ileoconduit
ureter drains into a portion of the ileum which forms a "bladder" with an artificial opening into the abdominal wall. A straight catheter can still be placed for drainage of this "bladder"
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New Stoma Assessment
q2h= first 24 hours post op
q4h= 28-72 hours post op
q4-8h=routinely
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Healthy stoma
Highly vascular, beefy red, and smooth
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Colostomy Care
Use clean technique, keep pt free of odors if possible and only allow the appliance to get 1/3 full. Measure I&O
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Enterostomal Therapist & Wound Ostomoy Continence Nurse
Specialize in ostomies
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Large volume enema
500-1000-2000mL given 500-700mL at a time
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Small Dose Enemas
4-6 oz
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BP and enemas
BP goes down due to loss of volume so be careful with orthostatic pts. Also, take BP before you give them an enema
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Dolhoff Tube
Typically used for feeding/medication
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Peg/GTube
tube that goes into the stomach with balloon. This is used for longer term patients
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Enteral Nutrition
Eating through the gut (GI tract or GI tube)
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Parenteral Nutrition
Eating without the gut (through blood)
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GRE
Gastric Residual Volume: is pt absorbing nutrition? How much is in the stomach? Aspirate until there is nothing and if there is less than 200mL notify the physician. Put back what you pulled out
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Administering meds through feeding tube
30mL water, med, 30 mL water
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Bladder
Smooth muscle tissue (detrusor muscle) sac innervated by the ANS. Sphincter guards opening between urinary bladder and urethra
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Micturition
Voiding/emptying a bladder
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200mL/800mL
When we feel the urge to pee/how much liquid our bladder can hold
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diuretics
Prevent reabsorption of water and certain electrolytes in tubules
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Cholinergic
Stimulation contraction of detrusor muscle producing urination
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Analgesics
suppress CNA and diminish effectiveness of neural reflex
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Polyuria
Excessive Urine
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Dysuria
Painful urine
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Enuresis
Bedwtting
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Anuria
Less than 50mL of urine in a day
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pH of urine
4.6-8 (average 5-6)
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WBC in urine
indicates a UTI
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Specific Gravity
Measures the concentration of solutes in the urine. WNL: 1.01-1.025. Dehydration has a higher specific gravity
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24 Hour Urine Collection
Discard first void and keep on ice
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BUN
Measures Urea nitrogen in the blood. Liver metabolism. WNL: 10-20mg/dl
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Creatinine
More sensitive that BUN. Breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue. WNL: F: 0.5-1 M: 0.6-1.3
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BUS
Bladder ultrasound.How much pee is left in the bladder? Used for post void residual
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KUB
xray for kidneys, ureters, and bladder
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Urodynamic Studies
Series of tests used to evaluate how everything is working
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Cystoscopy
Procedure which allows visualization of the bladder lining
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IVP:
Intravenous Pyelogram: IV contrast is xrayed to evaluate the kidneys
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CAUTI
Catheter associated UTI
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Straight Cath
16-18 French is the normal size. Does not stay in. Sterile procedure
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Retention/Foley Cath
Stays in for about three days. 16-18 French. Hook to stationary part of the bed
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Coude Foley Cath
Used for men with enlarged prostates
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Suprapubic Cath
Cath inserted directly into the bladder from the abdomen just about the symphysis pubis. Decreased infection rate
