correct answer
3 D's (psychosocial/cognitive disorders) correct answer 1. Dementia
2. Delirium
3. Depression
24 hour urine specimen correct answer Void and discard first sample then from
there voiding into specimen container
Absent/unable to palpate pulse amplitude correct answer 0
Acquired immunity correct answer Body produces antibodies
a. Natural - you get the infection
b. Artifical - you get vaccinated so your body makes the antibodies
Acute pain vs chronic pain correct answer Acute: lasts less than 6 months
Chronic: lasts 6 months or more, can be intermittent
,Adventitious breath sounds correct answer Abnormal
Wheezing - narrowing of airways resulting in high pitched musical whistling sound
Rhonchi - mucus in the airways, cleared with coughing
Crackles/rales - alveoli fill with fluid
Stridor - presence of foreign body in airways resulting in hard, loud, high pitched
sounds
Friction rub - inflammed pleura rubbing against chest wall loudest over lower
lateral anterior surface
Adverse drug reaction vs adverse drug event correct answer Reaction:
May or may not be preventable
Mild to severe
May occur in normal therapeutic use
Event:
*Preventable
Undesirable occurance related to med errors
Afebrile correct answer Body temperature not elevated
,Ageism correct answer Attitudes that stereotype the older adult on the basis of
chronologic age
Agonist correct answer A drug that acts like another substane and therefore
stimulates an action
Airbone precautions correct answer Gown, gloves, goggles, N-95 mask
For
Chicken pox
Measles
SARS
TB
Avian flu
Albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin) correct answer Class: Bronchodilator, short-acting
beta-2 agonist
Indications: bronchospasm
Effect: relaxes smooth muscles of bronchioles
Implications: used as a rescue inhalor only
Side effects: tachycardia, tremors, insomnia, headache
, Alopecia correct answer Hair loss/baldness
Alopecia correct answer Hair loss/baldness
ANA (American Nurse Association) definition of nursing correct answer - Art and
sciene of caring and focusing on the protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and human functioning
- Prevention of illness and injury
- Facilitation of healing
- Alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence
- Diagnosis and treatment of human responses
- Advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communites and
populations in recognition of the connection of all humanity
Angina correct answer Temporary decrease of blood flow to the heart
Aniscoria correct answer Unequal pupil size
Anorexia correct answer Loss of appetite
Anthelmintic enema correct answer For intestinal parasites
Anuria correct answer 24 hr urine output less than 50mL