Week 1 Flashcards
A person’s response to a stimulus is
human response
True or False: The nurse’s sense of smell is used in health assessment
True
Complete physical, social, mental well-being is the definition of health proposed by
World Health Organization
Health People 2020 is a framework that:
- Emphasizes individual responsibility for health
- Is used by nurses for health coaching and education
Penicillin for treatment of strep throat is an example of
Secondary prevention
A patient broke the left femur. After surgery and recovery from that, physical therapy is:
Tertiary prevention
The way that Nurses identify and solve problems is
Nursing Process
A cognitive skill used by expert nurses developed through education and experience
Intuitive thinking
Therapeutic communication is characterized by all EXCEPT:
- goal directed
- patient centered
- Initiates change
- socially appropriate
socially appropriate
A patient says their abdominal pain is rated 7/10 and just started a few minutes ago. Which of these psychomotor skills will the Nurse use first to assess the abdomen?
- Auscultation
- Inspection
- Palpitation
- Percussion
Inspection
A measure of vital functions of the body
Vital signs
Temperature attempts to measure
retained body heat
The most accurate measure of core temperature is made by using
a pulmonary artery catheter
What temperature represents pyrexia
103.8 degrees Fahrenheit
What is called when a pulse is counted at 52 beats per minute
Bradycardia
What is the respiratory rate driven by
Increased carbon dioxide
What does blood pH sensed in chemoreceptors in the aorta and carotid bodies drive
Respiratory rate
The measurement of pressure in the arteries after the contraction of the heart
Systolic
What blood pressure indicates a hypertensive crisis
198/100
