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Patient Care 2 Flashcards

1
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The inability to remember short-term memory information after an event during which the head was struck is called?

A

Antergade Amnesia

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The process of listening to the body noises with a stethoscope is called?

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Auscultation

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The mnemonic for awake, verbal, pain, unresponsive; used to evaluate a patient’s mental status/

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AVPU

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4
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Significant bruising around the mastoid process is called?

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Battle’s sign

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5
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Hyperactivity of bowel sounds is called?

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Borborygmus

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The noises made by the intestinal smooth muscles as they squeeze fluids and food products through the digestive tract is called?

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Bowel sounds

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Heart rate slower than 60 beats/min is called?

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Bradycardia

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A respiratory rate less than 12 breaths/min is called?

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Bradypnea

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The blowing or swishing sound created by the turbulence within a blood vessel is called?

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Bruit

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10
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The noise made when blood in the carotid arteries passes over plaque buildups is called?

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Carotid bruit

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The measured body temperature within the core of the body; generally measured with an esophageal probe; normal is 98.6 F

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Core body temperature

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12
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Circulation, sensation, and movement mnemonic

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CSM

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13
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Yellow-blue ecchymosis surrounding the umbilicus is called?

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Cullen’s sign

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14
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A bluish coloration of the skin as a result of hypoxemia, of deoxygenation of hemoglobin is called?

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Cyanosis

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15
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The period when the ventricles are relaxed and filling with blood is called?

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Diastole

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16
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The pressure exerted against the walls of the large arteries during ventricular relaxation is called?

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Diastolic blood pressure

17
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Collection of blood within the skin that appears blue-black, eventually fading to a greenish-brown and yellow; commonly called a bruise is called?

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Ecchymosis

18
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A wavelike motion felt between two fingertips when palpating a fluid-filled structure such as a subcutaneous abscess is called?

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Fluctuance

19
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Inhaling and exhaling with quick, difficult breaths is called?

A

Gasping

20
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Bruising along the flanks that may indicate pancreatitis or intraabdominal hemorrhage is called?

A

Grey-Turner’s sign

21
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A short, low-pitched sound heard at the end of exhalation that represents an attempt to generate positive end-expiratory pressure by exhaling against a closed glottis, prolonging the period of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange across the alveolar-capillary membrane; a compensatory mechanism to help maintain patency of small airways and prevent atelectasis

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Grunting

22
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Abnormal respiratory sound associated with collection of liquid or semisolid material in the patient’s upper airway is called?

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Gurgling

23
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Indicator of increased work of breathing in infants; the head falls forward with exhalation and comes up with expansion of the chest on inhalation is called

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Head bobbing

24
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Elevated blood pressure

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Hypertension

25
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A core body temperature greater than 98.6 F

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Hyperthermia

26
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Low blood pressure significant enough to cause inadequate perfusion is called?

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Hypotension

27
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A core body temperature below 95 F is called?

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Hypothermia

28
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Hardened mass within the tissue typically associated with inflammation is called?

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Induration

29
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The noise made by blood under pressure tumbling through the arteries id called?

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Korotkoff sounds

30
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A wound, injury, or pathologic change in body tissue; andy visible, local abnormality of the tissues of the skin, such as a wound, sore, rash, or boil

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Lesions

31
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A problem of the circulatory, respiratory, or nervous system that will kill a patient within minutes if not properly managed is called?

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Life-threatning conditions

32
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The amount of air moved in and out of the lungs in 1 minute; determined by multiplying the tidal volume by the respiration rate is called?

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Minute volume

33
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Widening of the nostrils on inhalation; an attempt to increase the size of the airway and increase the amount of available oxygen is called?

A

Nasal flaring

34
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Involuntary rapid movement of the eyes in the horizontal, vertical, or rotary planes of the eyeball is called?

A

Nystagmus

35
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Any stimulus that causes discomfort to the patient, triggering some sort of response

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Painful Stimulus

36
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The process of applying pressure against the body with the intent of gathering information is called?

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palpation

37
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A condition in the patient’s eyes are sensitive of feel pain when exposed to bright light is called?

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Photosensitivity

38
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A diagnostic technique that uses tapping on the body of differentiate air, solids, and fluids is called?

A

Percussion

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