HESI Flashcards
maslows hierarchy of needs from most basic
physiological safety and security love and belonging self-esteem self-actualization
what can you hear with bell of stethoscope
low pitched sounds (murmurs and bruits)
what can you hear with diaphragm of stethoscope
high pitched sounds (wheezes and crackles)
when would you hear resonance with percussion
low loud sound over normal lung tissue
when would you hear tympany with percussion
drum like quality over stomach or bowel
when would you hear a dull sound with percussion
over liver
ADPIE
assessment diagnosis (nursing) planning implementation evaluation
reduces number of pathogens in one area (clean technique)
medical asepsis
when would you use medical asepsis
daily hygiene practices
giving oral meds
enemas
tube feeds
makes object free of all microorganisms (sterile technique)
surgical asepsis
when would you use surgical asepsis
sterile dressing changes
catheterizations
OR
wound healing by sutured incision
primary intention
wound healing from the edges inward
secondary intention
wound healing by delayed suturing when wound is infected
tertiary intention
when should you not use heat (4)
- area being treated with radiation
- bleeding
- localized inflammation
- injury within past 24 hours
when should you not use cold (2)
- edema at injured site
- neuropathy
when would you get a false high bp reading
cuff too small
when would you get a false low bp reading
cuff too big
somatic pain from skeletal muscles, ligaments, joints
nociceptive
OPQRST
onset palliative/provocative quality region/radiating severity timing
4 categories adjuvant meds
antiemetics
antidepressants
NSAIDs
corticosteroids
what operative complication can antibiotics cause
resp depression