Brainarium

Focus Assessment: Visual acuity - ️️The degree of detail the eye can discern in an image Near vision = newspaper print - Rosenbaum Snellen Chart = 20 ft in front of the patient Eye assessment questions to ask - ️️"When was the last eye exam and findings?" (2 years is recommended) "Any medications for eye disorders?" "Do you wear corrective glasses or contact lenses?" "Have you ever been diagnosed with a disease of the eye?" "Do you have any family hist...

what is diphenoxylate and atropine used for? - ️️slowing peristalsis to alleviate diarrhea why is diphenoxylate atropine for short term use? - ️️b/c schedule V drug so preventing dependency priority nursing assessment for vomiting? - ️️symptoms that precipitate it and electrolyte status what needs to be taken with psyllium and how much? - ️️8 oz of water to prevent obstruction of esophagus how long till psyllium to take effect? - ️️24 hours what needs to be increased...

What is meant by the term "emergent property"? - ️️A property which a collection or complex system has, but which the individual members do not have. What is a hypothesis? - ️️A rational accounting for a set of observations, guided by inductive reasoning. What is a theory? - ️️A hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and not rejected. What is qualitative data? - ️️Information about qualities; information that cannot actually be measured. What is quantitative dat...

What is the nursing process? - ️️A systematic problem-solving process that guides all nursing actions What is the purpose of the nursing process? - ️️To help the nurse provide goaldirected, client-centered care What are the two types of goals used in nursing? - ️️Short-term and long-term What are the steps of the nursing process? - ️️Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluation (ADPIE) Assessment - ️️Gather data Diagnosis - ️️Identify client's health needs

Which is associated with early increased intracranial pressure? - ️️Headache Which wave corresponds with the AV valve bulging during ventricular contraction? - ️️C Wave Viruses injure cells differently than other causes of cellular injury because they - ️️Are incorporated into the cell, where it uses the cell's RNA or DNA for selfreplication Cholecystitis is caused by - ️️Inflammatory reactions Which statement is true?: Women have a lower hemoglobin level than men. Men...

What factors influence personality and mental growth potential in a child - ️️- genetic makeup - cultural background - family environment - socioeconomic status - access to community resources and support Intellectual Health Disorders - ️️- commonly defined based on two factors: intellectual functioning significantly below average (an IQ of 70 to 75 or lower with onset during the developmental period) and concurrent deficits in adaptive functioning in conceptual, social, and pra...

A nurse is completing the initial admission assessment and history for a patient . Which of the following history findings is the priority action for the nurse to take? - ️️allergy, history, previous condition, reason for admission What is the medical term for the patient having difficulty breathing in a supine position? - ️️Orthopnea What does Murphy's sign suggest? - ️️acute cholecystitis by asking the patient to take in and hold a deep breath while palpating the right sub...

Which of the following extends the elbow?-Correct Answer-triceps brachii When climbing stairs, which muscle or muscle group flexes your knee?-Correct Answerhamstring group This type of muscle makes up the walls of hollow organs, such as the stomach and uterus-Correct Answer-smooth muscle Which of the following is NOT a muscle of the rotator cuff? subscapularis teres minor infraspinatus supraspinator teres major-Correct Answer-teres major

Endemic - ️️(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field Subclinical - ️️Stage of a disease or disorder not severe enough to produce symptoms that can be detected or diagnosed. Functions NORMALLY. What is an example of etiology? - ️️ETIOLOGY: Study of causes or reason of disease. 1) Latrogenic: UNKNOWN 2) Idiopathic: UNINTENDED or UNWANTED Allostasis - ️️The body's ability to maintain a STABLE physiological envi...

Homogeneous - ️️Consisting of 2 or more substances in the same phase; uniform throughout Heterogeneous - ️️does not have uniform composition throughout; its components are easily visually distinguishable Pure substance - ️️When separated, components of both homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures yield ____ ________. Pure substance - ️️classified as elements or compounds; has well defined physical and chemical properties Hypothesis - ️️a tentative explanation or predic...

The plaintiff's attorney in civil litigation decides to send a set of statements to the defendant for the purpose of having the defendant admit or deny each statement. This discovery is called a: - ️️request for admission defendant - ️️individual, company, or institution being sued or accused plaintiff - ️️the person who brings the case to court example. spouse, doctor and priest are all allowed to see you if in jail but your employer doesn't mean shit In a criminal case...

Signs consistent with a diagnosis of glomerulonephritis include inuria. a. -smelling urine. blood cell casts in the urine. - ️️A The oliguric phase of acute tubular necrosis is characterized by and diminishing cognition. excess and electrolyte imbalance. sium and phosphorous loss in the urine. m retention and potassium loss in the urine. - ️️B Somatic death refers to death nerve cells. dary to brain damage. a body organ. the entire organism. - ️️D An increase in ...

transilluminator - ️️used to detect blood, fluid, or mass in a cavity red glow will show presence of air in the fluid tuning fork - ️️used for Weber-Rinne tests Largest gland in the body - ️️liver why can you see internal organs in a newborn? - ️️very thin abdominal muscles when does sweat and oil glands activate? - ️️adolescence Staging of decubitus ulcers - ️️Stage 1: Epidermis Stage 2: Epidermis and Dermis Stage 3: Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous Stage 4: ...

Why do organisms share many characteristics in common? - ️️common ancestory Name three molecular features an organism is likely to share with its closest relatives - ️️genes, metabolic pathways, and structural proteins Name three reasons scientific names are used. Give examples - ️️-common names all convey meaning in casual usage but they can also cause confusion -those names all refer to more than one species -often common names do not reflect what the animal actually is Name...

Alzheimer's Disease - ️️- Most common form of irreversible dementia - Between 40-60 % of all dementias are Alzheimer's - Over 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer's - It is estimated that 60% of all nursing home residents have Alzheimer's disease - Typically death occurs in 4-8 years (called the long goodbye) - Alzheimer's is not normal aging - Learning new information make take longer - May be difficult to filter out noise Alzheimer's pathphysiology - ️️- Neuro...

A family brings in a non-responsive client. The family reports the client is catatonic due to schizophrenia, has a history of diabetes, seizures & COPD. What is the nurse's initial action? - ️️check the client's blood sugar What is a good activity for a client diagnosed w/ schizophrenia who is paranoid? - ️️allow the client to initiate the activity A client asks the nurse if he hears the devil talking. What is the nurse's best response? - ️️even though the voice seems ...

antagonists to complex IV - ️️cyanide, sodium azide, carbon monoxide antagonists to complex III - ️️ What enters the citric acid cycle - ️️acetyl CoA Enzyme that produces FADH2 - ️️Succinate dehydrogenase positive regulators of the citric acid cycle - ️️AMP, NAD+, ADP negative regulators of the citric acid cycle - ️️ATP, acetyl CoA, NADH, citrate, What inhibitor was used to show citric acid cycle was cyclic - ️️malonate

Prodromal stage of infection - ️️During this stage the person is most infectious and symptoms are becoming more specific; pathogen is multiplying Illness stage of infection - ️️Signs and symptoms are occurring Convalescence stage of infection - ️️Recovery Urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, blood stream infections, and pneumoniaventilated associated infections are mostly acquired where? - ️️Hospital What kinds of patients are at risk for infection? - ️️-T...

Interest rates, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and other factors that affect the general health and well-being of a nation or the regional economy of an organization. - ️️Economic Forces Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings - ️️Technology Outcomes of changes in the technology that managers use to design, produce, or distribute goods and services - ️️Technological Forces Pressures emanating from the social structure of a country or so...