If FOBT come back positive... - ✔️✔️follow-up w/ Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
Rebound Tenderness - ✔️✔️Pain that's felt on the release of pressure applied to the
abdomen. Could indicate peritonitis.
FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) - ✔️✔️Detects human blood from the lower
intestines. Colon Cancer screening
Hemoccult - ✔️✔️a test for occult (hidden) blood in stool or body secretions
Emesis - ✔️✔️Vomiting
Impaction Signs & Symptoms - ✔️✔️Continuous oozing liquid stool, distention,
flatulence, nausea, vomiting
Causes of Diarrhea - ✔️✔️C Diff, food poisoning, food intolerance
Emesis and Diarrhea can lead to.... - ✔️✔️Dehydration
Tests to assess hepatobiliary diseases & pancreatitis - ✔️✔️Liver function, serum
amylase, serum lipase
Hct & HgB ordered to test for... - ✔️✔️Anemia
FOBT - ✔️✔️Fecal Occult Blood Test
FOBT is used to.... - ✔️✔️Detect colon cancer
Micurition - ✔️✔️The act of passing urine
Nephrons function is.... - ✔️✔️To remove waste from body
Erythropoietin - ✔️✔️A hormone released by the kidneys that stimulates red blood cell
production
Renin-angiotensin - ✔️✔️Helps control blood pressure by responding to a decrease in
blood volume.
, Aldosterone - ✔️✔️Released by kidneys. Helps regulate sodium and potassium levels
in the body. This helps control blood pressure and the balance of fluids and electrolytes
in the blood
Prostacyclin - ✔️✔️Released by kidneys. Vasodilator and inhibits platelet activation.
Kidneys convert inactive vitamin D into... - ✔️✔️Active vitamin D
Detrusor - ✔️✔️Main muscle to expel urine from the bladder
Trigone - ✔️✔️Triangular area in the urinary bladder where the ureters enter and the
urethra exits.
PVR (Post Void Residual) - ✔️✔️Amount of urine left in bladder after voiding
Pyelonephritis - ✔️✔️Infection of the kidney
UTI symptoms - ✔️✔️Dysuria (buring urination, urgency, frequency), incontinence, low
back or flank pain
UI (Urinary Incontinence) types - ✔️✔️Urge, Stress, Overflow, Functional
Young adults - ✔️✔️18-34
Middle Age - ✔️✔️35-64
Older Adults - ✔️✔️Over 65
Young adult health concerns - ✔️✔️Stress, Infertility, Obesity, Exercise
Middle Age health concerns - ✔️✔️Health Promotion, Stress, Obesity, Anxiety &
Depression
Passive Health Promotions (all ages) - ✔️✔️Fluoride in water, seat belts laws, IPV
Laws, Handwashing signs, OHSA laws
IPV Law - ✔️✔️Intimate Partner Violence Laws
Active Health Promotion (Young/Middle adults) - ✔️✔️Oral hygiene, Not driving
impaired, No RX abuse, Minimal alcohol use, Not smoking, Condom use, Choosing a
job away from pollutants.
Active Health Promotion (Young adults) - ✔️✔️Meditation, Laughter, Healthy BMI, No
STD, Healthy diet, Daily activity