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1. What does light tan stool indicate?
Answer: Undigested fat in stool.
2. What are the 2 big models for setting priorities?
Answer: Airway, Breathing, Circulation (ABC).
Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy: BOTTOM = MOST IMPORTANT (physiological needs); TOP =
creativity, acceptance, etc.
3. What is a metabolic pathway?
Answer: A series of chemical reactions that either builds a complex molecule or breaks down a
complex molecule into simpler compounds.
4. What does "dorsal/posterior" mean?
Answer: At the back of the body.
5. What does the directional term "posterior" mean?
Answer: Toward the back.
6. What should you know about Atenolol (Tenormin)?
Answer: Check pulse and BP first.
- Beta blocker
- Treats high BP (hypertension) and chest pain
- Reduces risk of heart attack
- Oral or IV administration
7. What is a 24-hour urine specimen?
Answer: A urine specimen consisting of all urine voided in a 24-hour period.
i. Discard the first void. This is when the timed period begins.
8. What are the parts of a homeostatic regulatory mechanism?
Answer: Receptor, control center, effector.
9. Which substance is called the universal solvent, and why?
Answer: Water, due to its polarity and ability to dissolve many different solutes.
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,10. How do you give ear drops to a child?
Answer: Pull the ear down and back.
11. What are the properties of a solid?
Answer: Constant volume and shape.
12. What if you lost your med or can't find it?
Answer: Call the pharmacy.
13. What is implementation?
Answer: Move into action or carry out the intervention.
DOCUMENT what you do.
14. What is positive feedback (in terms of the effector)?
Answer: - The response is to reinforce the initiating stimulus
- The action of the effectors amplifies the action
- Stimulus and response go in the same direction
- Aim is to restore homeostasis
- If not checked, it can lead to a dangerous situation
15. What should you know about sublingual medications?
Answer: Given underneath the tongue. Don't take a drink right after; give oral meds first,
sublingual second.
16. What are the self-esteem needs in Maslow's hierarchy?
Answer: Desire for strength, achievement, competency, freedom, independence, recognition,
attention.
17. List the levels of structural organization from simple to complex.
Answer: 1. Chemical
2. Cellular
3. Tissue
4. Organ
5. Organ system
6. Organism
18. What is a catalyst?
Answer: A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being
permanently changed or consumed.
19. What are parenteral medications?
Answer: Meds that are injected (via needle) into the body by various routes. They are absorbed
faster and more completely than drugs given by other routes.
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,20. What does the epigastric region refer to?
Answer: Stomach: just above the stomach.
21. What does the directional term "cranial/cephalic" mean?
Answer: Toward the head.
22. What does cloudy urine indicate?
Answer: Cloudy due to pus, mucus, protein, or standing urine.
23. What are the intervention guidelines?
Answer: - Assess something
- Pt safety
- Agree with other therapies
- Based on evidence-based practice
- Compatible with the POC
- Must have a frequency and due date
24. What is thermal inertia?
Answer: The resistance to a change in temperature due to a large body volume.
25. What are the function and other structures involved in the endocrine system?
Answer: Function: Provides communication within the body via hormones and directs a long-term
change in other organ systems to maintain homeostasis.
Structures: pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroids, endocrine pancreas, adrenals, testes, and
ovaries.
26. What does the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) tell us?
Answer: That we can use this drug for this disorder.
27. What are subcutaneous injections?
Answer: Injection of medication under the skin into fatty or connective tissue. Injected at a 45- or
90-degree angle.
1 inch needle, 25-28g.
28. Give an example of an intervention.
Answer: "Pt will not develop skin breakdown by 3/10/24."
29. What is the difference between a goal and an intervention?
Answer: Goal is "what we want" and intervention is "what we do." A goal is a broad statement; an
intervention is more detailed.
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, 30. How do we know if diuretic therapy is helping?
Answer: a. I&O
b. Weight decreases (best indicator!!)
c. BP decreases
31. What are covalent bonds?
Answer: Atoms share their valence electrons.
32. What are the 3 checks of drug administration?
Answer: 1. Check the drug with the MAR or medication information system when pulling from
storage.
2. Check the drug when preparing it.
3. Check the drug before administering it.
Before you pour, after you pour, at the bedside.
33. Which organs are found in the right hypochondriac region?
Answer: Liver, gallbladder; below the ribs.
34. What is dissociation?
Answer: The splitting of a compound into smaller molecules.
35. What is a base?
Answer: A solute that removes hydrogen ions from a solution, raising pH (proton acceptor).
Strong base: dissociates completely.
36. What is evisceration?
Answer: Protrusion of viscera through an incision.
37. What is a channel protein?
Answer: A protein that forms a channel in the semipermeable membrane.
38. How do you measure an NG tube?
Answer: Measure from the tip of the nose, extending to the earlobe, and then down to the xiphoid
process.
39. What is positive feedback?
Answer: Amplification or enhancement of the original change in conditions, rather than opposing
it. Tends to produce extreme responses.
Found in the body when a potentially dangerous/stressful process must be completed quickly to
restore homeostasis (e.g., blood clotting).
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1. What does light tan stool indicate?
Answer: Undigested fat in stool.
2. What are the 2 big models for setting priorities?
Answer: Airway, Breathing, Circulation (ABC).
Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy: BOTTOM = MOST IMPORTANT (physiological needs); TOP =
creativity, acceptance, etc.
3. What is a metabolic pathway?
Answer: A series of chemical reactions that either builds a complex molecule or breaks down a
complex molecule into simpler compounds.
4. What does "dorsal/posterior" mean?
Answer: At the back of the body.
5. What does the directional term "posterior" mean?
Answer: Toward the back.
6. What should you know about Atenolol (Tenormin)?
Answer: Check pulse and BP first.
- Beta blocker
- Treats high BP (hypertension) and chest pain
- Reduces risk of heart attack
- Oral or IV administration
7. What is a 24-hour urine specimen?
Answer: A urine specimen consisting of all urine voided in a 24-hour period.
i. Discard the first void. This is when the timed period begins.
8. What are the parts of a homeostatic regulatory mechanism?
Answer: Receptor, control center, effector.
9. Which substance is called the universal solvent, and why?
Answer: Water, due to its polarity and ability to dissolve many different solutes.
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,10. How do you give ear drops to a child?
Answer: Pull the ear down and back.
11. What are the properties of a solid?
Answer: Constant volume and shape.
12. What if you lost your med or can't find it?
Answer: Call the pharmacy.
13. What is implementation?
Answer: Move into action or carry out the intervention.
DOCUMENT what you do.
14. What is positive feedback (in terms of the effector)?
Answer: - The response is to reinforce the initiating stimulus
- The action of the effectors amplifies the action
- Stimulus and response go in the same direction
- Aim is to restore homeostasis
- If not checked, it can lead to a dangerous situation
15. What should you know about sublingual medications?
Answer: Given underneath the tongue. Don't take a drink right after; give oral meds first,
sublingual second.
16. What are the self-esteem needs in Maslow's hierarchy?
Answer: Desire for strength, achievement, competency, freedom, independence, recognition,
attention.
17. List the levels of structural organization from simple to complex.
Answer: 1. Chemical
2. Cellular
3. Tissue
4. Organ
5. Organ system
6. Organism
18. What is a catalyst?
Answer: A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being
permanently changed or consumed.
19. What are parenteral medications?
Answer: Meds that are injected (via needle) into the body by various routes. They are absorbed
faster and more completely than drugs given by other routes.
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,20. What does the epigastric region refer to?
Answer: Stomach: just above the stomach.
21. What does the directional term "cranial/cephalic" mean?
Answer: Toward the head.
22. What does cloudy urine indicate?
Answer: Cloudy due to pus, mucus, protein, or standing urine.
23. What are the intervention guidelines?
Answer: - Assess something
- Pt safety
- Agree with other therapies
- Based on evidence-based practice
- Compatible with the POC
- Must have a frequency and due date
24. What is thermal inertia?
Answer: The resistance to a change in temperature due to a large body volume.
25. What are the function and other structures involved in the endocrine system?
Answer: Function: Provides communication within the body via hormones and directs a long-term
change in other organ systems to maintain homeostasis.
Structures: pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroids, endocrine pancreas, adrenals, testes, and
ovaries.
26. What does the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) tell us?
Answer: That we can use this drug for this disorder.
27. What are subcutaneous injections?
Answer: Injection of medication under the skin into fatty or connective tissue. Injected at a 45- or
90-degree angle.
1 inch needle, 25-28g.
28. Give an example of an intervention.
Answer: "Pt will not develop skin breakdown by 3/10/24."
29. What is the difference between a goal and an intervention?
Answer: Goal is "what we want" and intervention is "what we do." A goal is a broad statement; an
intervention is more detailed.
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, 30. How do we know if diuretic therapy is helping?
Answer: a. I&O
b. Weight decreases (best indicator!!)
c. BP decreases
31. What are covalent bonds?
Answer: Atoms share their valence electrons.
32. What are the 3 checks of drug administration?
Answer: 1. Check the drug with the MAR or medication information system when pulling from
storage.
2. Check the drug when preparing it.
3. Check the drug before administering it.
Before you pour, after you pour, at the bedside.
33. Which organs are found in the right hypochondriac region?
Answer: Liver, gallbladder; below the ribs.
34. What is dissociation?
Answer: The splitting of a compound into smaller molecules.
35. What is a base?
Answer: A solute that removes hydrogen ions from a solution, raising pH (proton acceptor).
Strong base: dissociates completely.
36. What is evisceration?
Answer: Protrusion of viscera through an incision.
37. What is a channel protein?
Answer: A protein that forms a channel in the semipermeable membrane.
38. How do you measure an NG tube?
Answer: Measure from the tip of the nose, extending to the earlobe, and then down to the xiphoid
process.
39. What is positive feedback?
Answer: Amplification or enhancement of the original change in conditions, rather than opposing
it. Tends to produce extreme responses.
Found in the body when a potentially dangerous/stressful process must be completed quickly to
restore homeostasis (e.g., blood clotting).
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