Study for Health Conditions Unit

Question 1

A practice involving washing hands and wearing gloves to perform actions

Answer 1

medical asepsis

Question 2

The amount of urine a healthy adult voids in one day

Answer 2

1500 ml

Question 3

What factors affect the need to urinate?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Incontinence is a normal part of aging.

T or F

Answer 4

False

Question 5

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

Answer 5

20-30 minutes

Question 6

Clients with incontinence have an increased risk of falling.

T or F

Answer 6

True

Question 7

When are catheters used?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

The drainage bag should be hung on the bed rail.

T or F

Answer 8

False

Question 9

voided urine should be checked for

Answer 9

amount, odour, colour and particles

Question 10

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

T or F

Answer 10

False, kept refridgerated

Question 11

Blood in the urine is called

Answer 11

hematuria

Question 12

Blood in the urine that cannot be seen is called

Answer 12

occult blood

Question 13

Dark, tarry stools that contain decomposing blood are called

Answer 13

melena

Question 14

urine bags are cleaned by

Answer 14

rinsing with white vinegar and water

Question 15

The involuntary, wave like contractions of smooth muscles

Answer 15

peristalsis

Question 16

Risks for osteoporosis are

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Parkinson’s disease

Question 18

HIV means

Answer 18

human immunodeficiency virus

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

digestive system

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

seizure

Question 21

Which STD has no known cure?

Answer 21

genital hepres

Question 22

A condition where half of the body is paralyzed.

Answer 22

hemiplegia

Question 23

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

Answer 23

angina

Question 24

a stroke is also known as

Answer 24

CVA (cerebral vascular accident)

Question 25

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

Answer 25

thrombus

Question 26

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

Answer 26

stroke or CVA

Question 27

basal cell and squamous cell are types of

Answer 27

skin cancer

Question 28

The most dangerous form of skin cancer is

Answer 28

malignent melanoma

Question 29

Osteoporosis mostly affects which parts of the body?

Answer 29

spine, wrists, hips ankles

Question 30

Osteoarthritis affects all of the body systems. | T or F

Answer 30

False - not reproductive

Question 31

Older adults require fewer calories than younger adults. | T of F

Answer 31

True

Question 32

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

Answer 32

True

Question 33

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

Answer 33

True

Question 34

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

Answer 34

gout

Question 35

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 ...

Answer 35

Huntington's disease

Question 36

A travelling blood clot is called a

Answer 36

embolus

Question 37

When the heart cannot pump blood normally.

Answer 37

CHF - congestive heart failure

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Right

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Left

Question 40

Treatment for CHF includes ...

Answer 40

sodium reduced diet, oxygen

Question 41

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

Answer 41

hypoglycemia

Question 42

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

Answer 42

hyperglycemia

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Fowler, semi - fowler, orthopneic

Question 44

sputum is the same as spit | T or F

Answer 44

False, it is mucus from the respiratory sysyem

Question 45

Inserting an artificial airway is called

Answer 45

Intubation

Question 46

Examples of nerve system disorders are

Answer 46

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

Question 47

Some effects of aging on the digestive system are

Answer 47

Less saliva, diminished taste and smell, decrease in peristalsis

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Parkinson's

Question 49

Epilepsy affects intellectual abilities. | T or T

Answer 49

False

Question 50

Organ that produces bile

Answer 50

liver

Question 51

Organ that stores bile

Answer 51

Gall bladder