kettering Flashcards
List four critical life functions.
C
Which life function receives first priority?
C
Which assessments determine how well a patient is ventilating?
C
How do you determine if a patient has a problem with oxygenation?
X
What information determines adequacy of perfusion?
C
What changes might indicate inadequate perfusion?
X
List six items that are important to examine when reviewing a patient’s chart.
C
Define an advance directive.
X
List and describe four types of advance directives
X
A properly written order for respiratory care should include what four factors?
C
How should an aerosol treatment be charted?
Xx
What is the normal value for urine output?
X
What findings might indicate that a patient’s fluid intake has exceeded his or her fluid output?
X
Changes in a patient’s ________ reading can indicate hypovolemia.
X
Define “semicomatose.”
C
Define “stuporous.”
X
Drone “obtunded.”
C
What three assessments comprise a Glasgow Coma Scale?
- Eye-opening response
- Most appropriate verbal response
- Most integrated motor response (“arm”)
What are the possible eye-opening responses for a GCS?
- Spontaneous opening
- To verbal stimuli
- To pain
- None
What are the verbal responses recognized in the GCS?
- Oriented
- Confused
- Inappropriate words
- Incoherent
- None
What are the motor responses recognized by the GCS?
- Obeys commands
- Localizes pain
- Withdraws from pain
- Flexion to pain
- Extension to pain
- None
When assessing a patient’s orientation to time, place, and person, what are four factors that could affect the patient’s ability to cooperate?
C
Define orthopnea.
Xx
Define “general malaise.”
X
Define “dyspnea.”
X
Define “dysphagia.”
X
Describe four different types of syncope.
X
Describe patient learning needs.
C
What criteria determine a patient’s ability to learn?
C
What criteria determine a patient’s nutritional status?
C
List for items that would be important to identify in the patient’s past medical history.
C
Normal HR.
X
Normal RR.
X
Normal body temperatures.
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