Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
a communicable disease is? Correct Answers the infectious
process transmitted from one person to another
axillary temperature is used mainly for? Correct Answers -
safe, easy
- good for uncooperative clients
biophysical developmental theories (geselles theory) Correct
Answers explains how bodies grow and change
can a nurse restrain a patient? Correct Answers no, you need a
doctors order
Chain of infection Correct Answers infectious agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transmission
portal of entry
susceptible host
classification of pressure injuries Correct Answers blanchable:
something that you can make disappear by applying pressure on
it
slough: dead tissue separating from living tissue
Stage 1: Non-blanchable erythema of intact skin
, Stage 2: Partial-thickness skin loss with exposed dermis
Stage 3: Full-thickness skin loss with subcutaneous fat visible
Stage 4: Full-thickness skin and tissue loss with exposed bone or
tendone
Unstageable pressure injury: Full-thickness skin and tissue loss
obscured by slough
Deep-tissue pressure injury: Localized area of non-blanchable
dark discoloration, or epidermal separation with dark wound bed
or blood-filled blister
Cognitive developmental theory is proposed by? Correct
Answers Jean Piaget (had IV periods)
deep tendon reflexes (DTR) Correct Answers test used to
determine whether muscles respond properly by using a hammer
facts about footdrops: Correct Answers footdrop is a type of
debilitating contracture
the patient is unable to lift the toes off the ground
patients with left- or right-sided paralysis are at increased risk
for developing footdrop
how do you check shoulder rotation? Correct Answers keep the
thumbs up and put arms back