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1
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Outward display of emotions ( objective)

A

Affect

2
Q

Inability to speak (caused by left hemisphere damage)

A

Aphasia

3
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An acute , reversible organic disorder characterized by confusion disorientation, restlessness, anxiety and excitement.

A

Delirium

4
Q

Impairment of intellectual functioning, memory and judgment. (Slower)

A

Dementia

5
Q

Sweating

A

Diaphoresis

6
Q

Period of time within the cardiac cycle in which ventricles are relaxed and filling with blood

A

Diastole

7
Q

Difficulty swallowing

A

Dysphagia

8
Q

Bruises

A

Ecchymosis

9
Q

Insufficiency of oxygen in the body’s tissue

A

Hypoxia

10
Q

Side of the body

A

Ipsilateral

11
Q

Sound heard during the take off of blood pressure

A

Korotkoff pressure

12
Q

Away from midline of body

A

Lateral

13
Q

Abnormal blowing or swishing sound heard during auscultation of an artery or organ

A

Bruit

14
Q

Average arterial pressure during a single cardiac cycle

Equation : (systolic + diastolic *2)/3

A

MAP mean arterial pressure

15
Q

Objective data

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Obtained from examination, measurements, or diagnostic test observable by nurse

16
Q

Ophthalmoscope

A

Used to examine interior eye

17
Q

Palpation

A

Touch

18
Q

Sphygmomanometer

A

Measure blood pressure

19
Q

Irregular cardiac rhythm in which the heart rate usually increases during inspiration and decreases during expiration , common in children and young adults

A

Sinus arrhythmia

20
Q

Pulse found on the thumb side of risk

A

Radial pulse

21
Q

Pulse pressure

A

The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure (30-40)

22
Q

External monitor placed on the patients finger or ear lobe to measure the oxygen saturation level in blood ( 95 or greater )

A

Pulse oximeter

23
Q

The difference b/w the apical and the radial pulse (get apical pulse with scope)

A

Pulse deficit

24
Q

Subject data

A

What the client tells you

25
Q

Sudden temporary loss of consciousness; fainting

A

Syncope

26
Q

Period of time within the cardiac cycle in which ventricles contract and eject blood into the aorta and pulmonary arteries

A

Systole

27
Q

Palpable murmur ; feels like the throat of a purring cat

A

Thrill

“Feel a thrill “

28
Q

High pitched sound

A

Tympany

29
Q

Over normal lung

A

Resonat

30
Q

Normal over child’s lung abdominal in the adult , over lungs with increased amounts of air as in emphysema

A

Hyperresonant

31
Q

Relatively dense organ as liver or spleen

A

Dull

32
Q

When no air is present , over thigh muscles or bone or over tumor

A

Flat

33
Q

the process by which the eye lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

A

accommodation

34
Q

persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the extremities, mostly commonly occurring in the hands, although it also occurs in the feet and distal parts of face

A

acrocyanosis

35
Q

extra breath sounds that are not normally heard, such as crackles, rhonchi, wheeze and pleural friction rub

A

adventitious sounds

36
Q

the force or resistance against which the heart pumps

A

after load

37
Q

abnormal hair loss

A

alopecia

38
Q

chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen

A

angina pectoris

39
Q

visible and palpable angulation between the sternum and manubrium; also referred to as manubriosternal junction

A

angle of louis

40
Q

condition in which the pupils are unequal in size

A

anisocoria

41
Q

absence of breathing

A

apnea

42
Q

high- pitched breath sounds normally heard over the trachea and the area around the manubrium; considered abnormal if heard anywhere over the posterior or lateral chest

A

bronchial breath sounds

43
Q

a large blister that is usually more than 1 cm in diameter, thin walled and ruptures easily
example: friction blister, pemphigus, burns contact dermatitis

A

bulla

44
Q

skin lesion the color of coffee

A

cellulitis