NUR203 Acute Care Short Answers Flashcards
Fungal infections commonly begin on the skin or in the ….
Lungs
Using the AORC, which colour indicates the need to call a MET?
Purple
Stroke caused by rupture of blood vessels.
Haemorrhagic
Small tear in the oesophageal tissue.
Mallory-Weiss
What type of posturing has upper arms are held at sides with elbows, wrist and fingers are flexed across chest.
Decorticate
A patient’s right to make a choice free from external constraints.
Autonomy
Truthful or truth telling.
Veracity
An exaggerated allergic response caused by widespread systemic release of histamine and perhaps other mast cell contents.
Anaphylaxis
What does the C in the acronym RICE represent?
Compression
Superficial infection caused by staphylococci, streptococci or multiple bacteria.
Impetigo
Inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
Gastritis
Varicose veins that occur in the GI track.
Oesophageal varices
To be valid, consent must be?
Informed
Small hernias of mucosa through muscle wall of bowel.
Diverticulitis
Stroke caused by sudden blockage or occlusion of cerebrovascular blood flow.
Ischaemic