Fundamentals Final Review Flashcards

1
Q

Bowel training can take how long?

A

A couple months or longer

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2
Q

Ileostomy has smaller or bigger liquid stool than colostomy ?

A

Smaller liquid stool

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3
Q

What is the technique of breathing out of your nose and mouth?

A

Valsalva maneuver

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4
Q

Licensed physician to help over all wellness?

A

Osteopaths

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5
Q

Preferred site for injection for one year old patient?

A

Vastus Lateralis

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6
Q

Refers to relative amount of drug used for desired effect

A

Purity

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7
Q

What’s the complication for someone who is restrictive mobility?

A

Development with hydrostatic pneumonia

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8
Q

Continuous passive motion machine

A

Ccpm, used to exercise joint after joint surgery

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9
Q

How often do you check patients cast?

A

Check swelling and point every shift

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10
Q

Patient in crutches, how much distance top of axilla and crutch?

A

2 finger width

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11
Q

How many people assist doing water therapy when moving patients?

A

Two

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12
Q

Orthopedic unit activity for patient that is immobile that prevents psychological effect (except)

A
  • Reading
  • Television
  • Crossword puzzle
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13
Q

When a patient is in a prone position what is a pressure point that will be affected?

A

Toes

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14
Q

Wound is in the coccyx wound extending

A

Stage 3

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15
Q

Patient went for surgery for fractured femoral

A

Nurse should notify doctor if there’s a change in behavior

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16
Q

What are factors in wound healing?

A

Lifestyle, age and medication

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17
Q

What is the most common error in airway obstruction?

A

Food or pouring object

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18
Q

Ways to remove airway obstruction (except)?

A

Spirometer

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19
Q

Nasal suctioning, what should the amount of suction pressure be set between (not true)

A

40-80 mm

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20
Q

Sterile procedure

A

Tracheostomy

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21
Q

Patient is receiving oxygen, it should be administered with

A

Humidifier to prevent dryness of mucosa

22
Q

Surgical opening into the trachea

A

Tracheostomy

23
Q

Airway passage, hairlike structure

A

Cillia

24
Q

Where do you attach the pulse oximeter?

A

Fingers, toes, ear and skin

25
Q

Most common respiratory insufficiency

A

Obstruction of airway

26
Q

Early signs of hypoxia (DOES NOT BELONG)

A

Patient has to sit up to breath, restlessness, and mental dullness (CYANOSIS) DOES NOT BELONG)

27
Q

Patient aputation care

A

Must be rewrapped everyday with elastic bandage to help shape and shrink stamp size

28
Q

Intramuscular injection. What gauge and size do you use?

A

1-1 ½ in needle guage 20-23

29
Q

Most frequent way of injection for test of tuberculosis

A

Intradermal

30
Q

90 year old patient when administering medication (except)

A

Pt has no difficulty reading medications

31
Q

Patient asks how long will medication to take effect orally

A

Slow effect, 30 mins

32
Q

Most serious abnormalities in stool

A

blood (melena)

33
Q

Two most common groups to be dehydrated easily

A

Elderly and infants

34
Q

Different types of enema Stimulates peristalsis through distention

A

Medicated enema

35
Q

Type of enema that softens stool

A

retention enema

36
Q

Signs of fecal infaction except

A

Regular bowel movement 1-2 times a day

37
Q

Small bulging that can form in the lining of the digestive system and most commonly seen in the small intestine

A

Diverticulosis

38
Q

Dark black color stool and has sticky appearance

A

occult

39
Q

Surgical procedure to remove sigmoid colon connection to descending colon

A

Sigmoid colostomy

40
Q

Diet containing no solid foods

A

Clear liquid diet

41
Q

Mental disorder, patient refused to eat scared to gain weight

A

Anorexia

42
Q

Eating disorder, they will eat and make them self throw up

A

Bulimia

43
Q

Most common seen with alcohol abuse

A

Thiamin deficiency

44
Q

Ethnic background at risk for developing diabetes

A

African American and Hispanics

45
Q

Two partners who are both at risk for HIV, diet therapy

A

Delays AIDs

46
Q

Patient has diagnosis of alcohol abuse

A

Thiamine

47
Q

Indication for nasogastric tube except

A

Irritable bowel syndrome

48
Q

Gastrostomy tube where to be placed

A

Directly into the stomach

49
Q

Urinary system structure

A

Ureters, bladder, kidney and urethra

50
Q

Urinalysis, patient complains of burning sensation

A

Pyuria where there is puss in urine