Exam 3 Review Flashcards

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What are 2 clinical manifestations for hypoxia?

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Rapid pulse, rapid shallow breaths

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How are venous ulcers formed?

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Decreased blood flow returning from the lower extremities to the heart.

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Symbolic satisfaction of wishes through nonrational thought

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Fantasy

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Describe sanguineous exudate

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Dark red drainage (red blood cells)

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What physiological changes occur to the heart valves as we age?

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Calcification and thickening

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Discharging pent up feelings on people less dangerous than those who initially aroused the emotion

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Displacement

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Tissue of a wound is reddish/ fragile, where would the culture be obtained

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Granulation tissue

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How do you appropriately clean a wound?

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Inside move out to avoid contamination

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Decrease in cardiovascular impacts of immobility may be obtained through ROM?

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Dorsiflexion- reduce thrombus formation

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Name four types of debridement

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Sharp
Mechanical
Chemical
Autolytic

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The purpose of placing SCDs on clients?

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Enhance and promote venous blood return towards heart

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Where should the depth of a pressure ulcer be measured?

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Deepest part of wound

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What portion is best for patients with dyspnea

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High fowlers

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When do you see sanguineous exudate?

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Fresh open wound

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Client refused medication or treatment, who do you notify?

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Medical physician

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HTN is a modifiable risk factor for heart disease True/ False

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True

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What is the purpose of floating heels?

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To help prevent skin breakdown

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Handling emotional conflicts or internal or external stressors, by a temporary alteration or consciousness or identity

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Dissociation

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Why isn’t heat therapy used in the first 24 hours of injury?

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Because it increases inflammation and bleeding

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Freedom or independence of client exercise without external influence?

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Autonomy

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Poor nutrition affects the skin integrity due to?

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Decreased protein intake

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Your taste sensory is also called

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Gustatory

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Where are diabetic ulcers found?

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Tops of toes, feet and legs.

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What assessment can a nurse administer to assess level of cognition or confusion?

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MMSE

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Medication that liquefies mucous allowing it to be easily coughed up
Expectorant
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Attempting to take back an unconscious thought or behavior that is unacceptable or hurtful
Undoing
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What is the minimal amount of exercise an individual should get?
30 min aerobic five times/ week
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BNP is a cardiac enzyme to test for what?
CHF-- (heart failure)
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Factors that significantly raise skin breakdown in patients?
Age, mobility, moisture, incontinence
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Dementia is an acute episode of confusion? True/ false?
False! Dementia is chronic, delirium is acute
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Where do you take a culture from an infection?
Granulation tissue
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Later in skin between muscle and adipose tissue
Fascia
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A method used to open collapsed aveoli and loosen secretions is called
Incentive spirometer
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Serum protein (protein in the blood) is nutritional reserve for?
Rebuilding cells
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What are some benefits for exercise for older adults?
Increased bone density, increased joint ROM
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Blocking out painful or anxiety-inducing events or feelings
Denial
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What clients most susceptible to sensory deprivation?
Solitary, bed ridden
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For wounds, can a upsilons be stitched?
No!
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Process of blocking out painful or anxiety inducing events or feelings is called?
Denial
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Is oxygen needed to heal wounds?
Yes
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If an area has excessive body heat what is the body trying to tell you?
That the area has an increase need for oxygen
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A wound that encompasses the epidermis and maybe some of dermis is what?
Stage 2 ulcer
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What finding suggests to the nurse the client is experiencing sensory overload?
Rage, insomnia, muscle tension, anxiety attack, seizure, isolation
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Common risk assessment scale for checking wound-healing status
Braden scale
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Unconscious assumption of similarity between oneself and another
Identification
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Acceptance of another's values and opinions as ones own
Introjection
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Cardiac enzyme used for MI patients?
Troponin
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What type of clients are at a greater risk for thrombus formation?
PVD, obese, smoker, and | sedentary lifestyles
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Reverting to an earlier stage of development
Regression
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What type of O2 delivery device puts out 95% oxygen to patient?
Non-breather face mask
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Serious respiratory impact from immobility?
Pneumonia, pooling respiratory secretions
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Describe albumin
Prolonged protein depletion
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Chronic illnesses that affect skin integrity
PVD, PAD, CAD
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What does REEDA stand for?
``` Redness Edema Ecchymosis Drainage Approximation ```
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What is REEDA used for?
Wound evaluation
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What is Santil?
A way of debriding dead tissue
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What is non-maleficence
Duty to cause no harm
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The dermis separates from underlying structures can be described as what type of wound?
Skin tear
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Significant difference between anxiety and fear?
Fear has identifiable source, anxiety does not
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Describe granulation tissue
Red healthy tissue with good circulation and profusion
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How do you measure a pressure ulcer?
With a sterile swab stick
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What is suppuration?
The formation of pus
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Charcots foot can occur from?
Neuropathy
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Describe venous ulcers
Wound drainage and irregular wound edges
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Stress can cause significant decrease in blood glucose levels. True/ False?
False
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What are some characteristics of diabetic ulcers?
Irregular wound margins and callous around the wound