VATI Flashcards
elective surgery
The use of auditory or tactile materials bypasses the need to see or read.
Clients can use different essential oils from plants to provide a variety of benefits such as pain relief, decreased inflammation, muscle relaxation, sleep promotion, decreased gastric upset, and an enhanced immune system.
Aromatherapy
Through Reiki, the therapist places her hands on or above the client’s body to transfer universal energy, or ki, to restore balance and help the client heal.
Reiki
The nurse should flush the client’s tube after each residual check, and before and after providing medication, using water. Administering saline solution frequently could cause hypernatremia.
The nurse should flush the client’s tube after each residual check, and before and after providing medication, using water. Administering saline solution frequently could cause hypernatremia.
The nurse should plan to check the gastric residual every 4 to 6 hr.
The nurse should plan to check the gastric residual every 4 to 6 hr
Ankylosis
permanent immobility of a joint.
Lordosis
an exaggerated lumbar curvature or “swayback.”
Kyphosis
Kyphosis, a forward “hunchback” curvature of the spine, is an abnormal angulation of the posterior curve of the thoracic spine, usually a result of osteoporosis.
Scoliosis
an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
The balls of the fingertips have ________. Puncturing the ball of the finger would be unnecessarily painful.
a dense nerve supply
not bend beyond 90° when sitting to prevent dislocation of the hip
not bend beyond 90° when sitting to prevent dislocation of the hip
comminuted
the bone is sppintered into several pieces around the shaft
steps - NG tube
GTPAL
heartburn
Increased progesterone production causes a relaxation of the cardiac sphincter and delayed gastric emptying, which can result in heartburn.
white vaginal discharge
preeclmpsia
Rh incompatibility
hydrops fetalis
Hepatitis B immune globulin and the hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hr of birth
suction
Erikson’s stage of psychosocial development
vaccines
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
meditation
