This is the golden standard test for colon cancer screening
Occult blood
This is the medical term for when you tap body parts to assess for size tenderness and
density
Percussion
What would the nurse educate the patient about with a 24-hour urine collection?
Throw away first void then start time, keep on ice, collect all urine for 24 hours,
Do not allow contamination with stool.
This is the minimum amount of urinary output a patient should have
30ml/hr
This route is the best way to assess core temperature
Rectally
This is the term for elimination of medication from the body. It is primarily done through the
kidneys.
Excretion
Pink and moist is how we want this to look when changing an ostomy
Stoma
This is the normal order for the physical assessment
Inspect, palpate, percuss, and auscultate
Name something that would cause bradycardia in a patient and something that would cause
tachycardia in a patient
Brady- medications athletes hypothermia hyperthyroidism Tachycardia pain stress fever
exercise
hypovolemia medications
, Increased pulse rate hypotension poor skin turgor elevated temp dry mucus membranes
Dehydration
A BMI of this is considered obese
30
This is the term to explain the exchange of O2 and CO2 in the lungs
Ventilation
Name an intervention that will help prevent constipation
Fiber, fluids, exercise
This maneuver is caused by bearing down or straining it can cause bradycardia hypotension
and syncope
Valsalva maneuver
Name 2 risk factors for UTI
Females improper wiping, not voiding after intercourse, foley, uncircumcised males,
menopause, frequent sexual intercourse, holding in urine
3 interventions to prevent UTIs
Cranberry juice, increase fluids, wipe front to back, void after intercourse, pericare drink 2-
3L a day
This is when there is a small urine loss with abdominal pressure from sneezing cousing or
laughing
Stress incontinence
Name 2 symptoms of a PE
SOB, dyspnea, chest pain, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure hemoptysis
(bloody sputum)
Name 2 symptoms of a DVT
Occult blood
This is the medical term for when you tap body parts to assess for size tenderness and
density
Percussion
What would the nurse educate the patient about with a 24-hour urine collection?
Throw away first void then start time, keep on ice, collect all urine for 24 hours,
Do not allow contamination with stool.
This is the minimum amount of urinary output a patient should have
30ml/hr
This route is the best way to assess core temperature
Rectally
This is the term for elimination of medication from the body. It is primarily done through the
kidneys.
Excretion
Pink and moist is how we want this to look when changing an ostomy
Stoma
This is the normal order for the physical assessment
Inspect, palpate, percuss, and auscultate
Name something that would cause bradycardia in a patient and something that would cause
tachycardia in a patient
Brady- medications athletes hypothermia hyperthyroidism Tachycardia pain stress fever
exercise
hypovolemia medications
, Increased pulse rate hypotension poor skin turgor elevated temp dry mucus membranes
Dehydration
A BMI of this is considered obese
30
This is the term to explain the exchange of O2 and CO2 in the lungs
Ventilation
Name an intervention that will help prevent constipation
Fiber, fluids, exercise
This maneuver is caused by bearing down or straining it can cause bradycardia hypotension
and syncope
Valsalva maneuver
Name 2 risk factors for UTI
Females improper wiping, not voiding after intercourse, foley, uncircumcised males,
menopause, frequent sexual intercourse, holding in urine
3 interventions to prevent UTIs
Cranberry juice, increase fluids, wipe front to back, void after intercourse, pericare drink 2-
3L a day
This is when there is a small urine loss with abdominal pressure from sneezing cousing or
laughing
Stress incontinence
Name 2 symptoms of a PE
SOB, dyspnea, chest pain, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure hemoptysis
(bloody sputum)
Name 2 symptoms of a DVT
