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WAYS OF DESCRIBING THE ABDOMEN
FLAT
ROUNDED
PROTUBERANT
SCAPHOID
ASCITES
SEROUS FLUID IN THE PERITONEUM
STRAIE
STRETCH MARKS
PINK OR BLUE WHEN NEW
TURN SILVERY WHITE OVER TIME
AUSCULTATION
PALPATING FIRST CAN ALTER THE MOBILITY OF THE BOWEL SOUNDS
LISTEN FOR 5 MIN IF YOU DONT HEAR BOWEL SOUNDS
IF YOU HEAR BOWEL SOUNDS LISTEN FOR 2 MIN
BORBORYGMI
STOMACH GROWELING
IT IS ACTUALLY YOUR INTESTINES
DISTENTION
EXCESS AMOUNTS OF FLATUS OR LIQUID OR SOLID WASTE IN THE INTESTINES
GENITOURINARY QUESTIONS TO ASK A FEMALE CLIENT
WHAT AGE DID YOU BEGIN MENSTRATING
HOW LONG IS YOUR CYCLE
DATE OF LAST CYCLE
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PREGNANT
HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE
MEASURES TO ASSIST IN RELAXATION DURING A PELVIC EXAM
LITHOTOMY POSITION
WARM THE SPECULUM
PICTURE ON CELING TO FOCUS ON
ENCOURAGE RHYTHMIC BREATHING
ASK CLIENT TO RELAX THIER MUSCLES
REMIND CLIENT NOT TO HOLD THIER BREATH
QUESTIONS TO ASK THE MALE CLIENT
DO YOU EXAMINE YOUR TESTICLES?
IF SO HOW OFTEN
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT SEXUAL FUNCTION
INTAKE AND OUTPUT
MONITORING I&O HELPS EVALUATE FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE STATUS
TIMES TO MONITOR I&O
FLUID INTAKE OR URINARY OUTPUT IS LESS THAN NORMAL
ABNORMAL LOSSES ARE OCCURING SUCH AS FROM SURGICAL DRAIN OR VOMITING
IV THERAPY BEING ADMINISTERED
MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT EFFECT FLUID BALANCE
CLIENT IS NOT STABLE
MEASURING BODY WEIGHT
EACH KILOGRAM OF WEIGHT LOST OR GAINED IS EQUIVELENT TO I LITER OF FLUID
ABRASION
SKIN RUBS AGAINST A HARD SURFACE
LACERATION
AN OPEN WOUND OR CUT
FRICTION
2 SURFACES RUB TOGETHER
SHEAR
WHEN TISSUE LAYERS MOVE ON EACH OTHER
WHEN MOVING A PATIENT IN BED FRICTION HOLDS THE SKIN TO THE BED BUT THE DEEPER TISSUE IS MOVED CAUSING A SEPERATION IN THE TISSUE
PRESSURE ULCER
TISSUE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY COMPRESSION OF SOFT TISSUE OVER BONEY PROMINANCE
MOST COMMON SITES-COCCYX, ISCHIAL TUBEROSITIES, HEELS AND TROCHANTERS
PRURITIS
ITCHING
EPITHELIAZATION
PART OF WOUND HEALING
PINK EPIDERMAL CELLS REPRODUCE AND MIGRATE ACROSS THE WOUND
GRANULATION TISSUE
A SCAB
BASAL METABOLISM
THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT INVOLINTARY ACTIVITIESAT REST
Author
abnrml101
ID
72075
Card Set
TEST 3
Description
NURSING TEST 3 PART 1
Updated
2011-03-10T18:17:03Z
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