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10-20 - Answer -normal BUN
1. Location (is the localized or radiating? Superficial or Deep?)
2. Character or Quality (burning, sharp, dull, aching, gnawing, throbbing, shooting)
3. Quantity or Severity ("profuse menstrual flow soaking five pads per hour")
4. Timing (when it started, how long its been happening, how frequent)
5. Setting(where were you when it started)
6. Aggravating or Relieving Factors
7. Associated Factors
8. Patient's Perception (patient states what they think it might be) - Answer -8 critical characteristics
4-6 - Answer -Patients receiving continuous enteral feedings should have gastric residuals
checked every _________-________hours, according to agency policy.
3.5-5 - Answer -normal potassium
0.6-1.2 - Answer -Normal Creatinine
35-45 - Answer -Normal hematocrit is ____- ____%
12-18 - Answer -Normal Hemoglobin
stronger - Answer -canes should be held on the stronger or weaker side of the body?
weaker - Answer -when ambulating with a crane client should move stronger or weaker leg foward with
the cane?
6-12 - Answer -when ambulating with a crane client should advance about ____to ____ inches at a time
Trendelenburg - Answer -position on back feet elevated higher than head. Postural drainage and venous
flow
Modified Trendelenburg - Answer -feet elevated 20 degrees
head slightly elevated
, Increased venous return
treats hypovolemia
dorsal recumbent - Answer -lying on back with legs bent and feet flat. Head and shoulders supported by
pillow, forearms on pillow or at his/her side
semifowlers - Answer -head of bed raised 30-45 degrees
fowlers - Answer -semi-sitting body position in which a person's head and shoulders are elevated 45 to
60 degrees
high fowlers - Answer -60-90 degrees
sims - Answer -body position in which a person is lying on his left side with the upper knee flexed and
raised toward the chest
orthopenic position - Answer -sitting up and leaning over a table to breathe. Allows for chest expansion,
is used in patients with COPD
Reverse Trendelenburg - Answer --entire bed is tilted with the foot of the bed lower than the head
-position promotes gastric emptying and prevents esophageal reflux
1.010-1.025 - Answer -Normal urine specific gravity is generally between
urea - Answer -urine with a specific gravity greater than 1.025 have a greater ______________
concentration. can indicate dehydration
fluid volume deficit - Answer -Normal hematocrit may be elevated (greater than 45%) in patients with
__________________
275-295 mOsm/kg - Answer -Normal serum osmolality
heart failure - Answer -a client who has ___________ may have a prescription for fluid restriction (to
reduce workload on the heart)
9-10.5 - Answer -normal calcium range
Hypernatremia - Answer -hypotonic iv fluids are indicated for treatment of _________________ that is
related to fluid loss in order to rehydrate cells
Beneficence - Answer -the ethical principle of _____________ consists of Doing good or causing good to
be done; kindly action
fidelity - Answer -fulfillment of promises or ____________
justice - Answer -_____________ is fairness in care delivery and use of resources