for Mosby's textbook for nursing
assistants 9th edition
Define tachycardia? - ✔ ✔ heart rate high than 100
Flexion is? - ✔ ✔ Moving a body part toward the midline of the body.
Foods allowed on a clear liquid diet? - ✔ ✔ Water,tea,coffee
Friction can lead to? - ✔ ✔ Infections and pressure ulcers
Glass therm. times for Oral,Axillary,Rectal - ✔ ✔ oral=2-3min, Axillary= 5-10min, Rectal=2min
Hot an cold applications are applied for? - ✔ ✔ 15-20 minutes and checked on ever 5 mins.
How do you apply a condom catheter? - ✔ ✔ Wash the penis, pat dry,roll on condom,and secure
with elastic tape.
How do you perform catheter care? - ✔ ✔ You clean downward from the insertion site at least 4
inches
A 24 hour urine specimen is done how? - ✔ ✔ By first discarding the first void. Discarding of first
urine of the day.
Abduction is? - ✔ ✔ Moving a body part away from the midline of the body
Acronym for fires? - ✔ ✔ R.A.C.E Rescue, alarm,confine,extinguish
Acronym to use a fire extinguisher? - ✔ ✔ P.A.S.S pull safety pin, aim low, squeeze lever, sweep back
& forth.
Aquathermia pads contain? - ✔ ✔ Distilled water
Body temperature is a balance of? - ✔ ✔ Heat produced and heat lost
Care of the body after death is called? - ✔ ✔ Post Mortem Care
Define blood pressure? - ✔ ✔ The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the
blood.
Define bradycardia? - ✔ ✔ When the heart rate is below 60