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Study for Health Conditions Unit Flashcards

1
Q

A practice involving washing hands and wearing gloves to perform actions

A

medical asepsis

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2
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The amount of urine a healthy adult voids in one day

A

1500 ml

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3
Q

What factors affect the need to urinate?

A

age, medication, activity, illness, amount of liquid consumed

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4
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Incontinence is a normal part of aging.

T or F

A

False

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5
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What is the maximum time a client should be left on a commode?

A

20-30 minutes

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6
Q

Clients with incontinence have an increased risk of falling.

T or F

A

True

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7
Q

When are catheters used?

A

Before, during and after surgery, with clients who are disabled or too weak to move, protect wound in groin area, allow hourly urine output, some diagnostic procedures, last resort for incontinence

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8
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The drainage bag should be hung on the bed rail.

T or F

A

False

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9
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voided urine should be checked for

A

amount, odour, colour and particles

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10
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A 24 hour urine sample should be kept at room temperature.

T or F

A

False, kept refridgerated

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11
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Blood in the urine is called

A

hematuria

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12
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Blood in the urine that cannot be seen is called

A

occult blood

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13
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Dark, tarry stools that contain decomposing blood are called

A

melena

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14
Q

urine bags are cleaned by

A

rinsing with white vinegar and water

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15
Q

The involuntary, wave like contractions of smooth muscles

A

peristalsis

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16
Q

Risks for osteoporosis are

A

age, gender (female), lack of calcium, smoking, high alcohol intake, lack of exercise, prolonged bed rest, and immobility

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17
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Depression, shaking, drooling, flat effect, shuffling, delusions and hallucinations are symptoms of

A

Parkinson’s disease

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18
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HIV means

A

human immunodeficiency virus

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19
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Which system breaks down nutrients physically and chemically so that they can be absorbed for use by cells— and also eliminates solid wastes from the body.

A

digestive system

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20
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An event that involves violent and sudden contractions or tremors of muscle groups and causes uncontrolled movements and loss of consciousness, involving part or all of the brain.

A

seizure

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21
Q

Which STD has no known cure?

A

genital hepres

22
Q

A condition where half of the body is paralyzed.

A

hemiplegia

23
Q

Chest pain caused by ischemia, a lack of blood supply to the heart muscle that is usually caused by an obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries

A

angina

24
Q

a stroke is also known as

A

CVA (cerebral vascular accident)

25
Q

a blood clot, air bubble or a fat clot that forms in the blood

A

thrombus

26
Q

Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body, sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or difficulty understanding speech, sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes, sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or lack of coordination. are all signs and symptoms of a

A

stroke or CVA

27
Q

basal cell and squamous cell are types of

A

skin cancer

28
Q

The most dangerous form of skin cancer is

A

malignent melanoma

29
Q

Osteoporosis mostly affects which parts of the body?

A

spine, wrists, hips ankles

30
Q

Osteoarthritis affects all of the body systems.

T or F

A

False - not reproductive

31
Q

Older adults require fewer calories than younger adults.

T of F

A

True

32
Q

Clients with rheumatoid arthritis suffer less pain when active.
T or F

A

True

33
Q

Clients with osteoarthritis have the least pain in the morning.
T or F

A

True

34
Q

A build up of uric acid in the body, often the legs and feet, is called

A

gout

35
Q

Twitching, fidgeting, and clumsiness, and over time, the client’s arms and legs constantly move, making walking impossible, difficulty eating and swallowing and inability to perform many ADLs are signs of …

A

Huntington’s disease

36
Q

A travelling blood clot is called a

A

embolus

37
Q

When the heart cannot pump blood normally.

A

CHF - congestive heart failure

38
Q

When CHF causes edema in the neck and legs it indicates the _______ side of the heart is affected.

A

Right

39
Q

When CHF causes the lungs to be affected it indicates the _______ side of the heart is affected.

A

Left

40
Q

Treatment for CHF includes …

A

sodium reduced diet, oxygen

41
Q

Trembling, cold clamy skin, dizziness and sweating are signs and symptoms of

A

hypoglycemia

42
Q

nauseous, vomiting, flushed face, tenderness, fatigue, dry skin and slow laborered breathing are signs and symptoms of

A

hyperglycemia

43
Q

Clients who are having difficulty breathing in the prone position can be helped into which other positions?

A

Fowler, semi - fowler, orthopneic

44
Q

sputum is the same as spit

T or F

A

False, it is mucus from the respiratory sysyem

45
Q

Inserting an artificial airway is called

A

Intubation

46
Q

Examples of nerve system disorders are

A

Epilepsy, ALS, MS, Parkinson’s, ABI, stroke, Huntington’s, spina bifida

47
Q

Some effects of aging on the digestive system are

A

Less saliva, diminished taste and smell, decrease in peristalsis

48
Q

A slow, progressive disorder, with no cure, that affects muscle movement

A

Parkinson’s

49
Q

Epilepsy affects intellectual abilities.

T or T

A

False

50
Q

Organ that produces bile

A

liver

51
Q

Organ that stores bile

A

Gall bladder

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