Nursing Fundementals
Terms
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- -ectomy
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Removal
ex: mastectomy - -centesis
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tap, puncture
ex. thoracentesis
- -stomy
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mouth, to form an opening
ex. colostomy - -tomy
- incision, cut into
- -opsy
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to look at
ex. biopsy - -oscopy
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viewing of
ex. colonosopy - Environmental Theory
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Florence Nightengale
Modify unhealthy conditions of environment to put client in best condition - Forgetting about the stressor
- Repression
- Purposely avoiding thinking about the stressor
- Supression
- Rejecting information
- Denial
- Relieving oneself of personal accountability by attributing responsibility to someone or something else
- Rationalization
- Taking anger out on something or someone else who is less likely to retaliate
- Displacement
- Behaving in a manner that is characteristic of a much younger age
- Regression
- Attributing that which is unacceptable in oneself to another
- Projection
- Manifesting emotional stress through physical disorder
- Somatization
- Excelling at something to make up for weakness of another kind
- Compensation
- Channeling one's energies into an acceptable alternative
- Sublimation
- Acting just opposite of one's feelings
- Reaction Formation
- Taking on the characteristics of another
- Identification
- Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
- Steps of the Nursing Process
- G6-PD deficiency
- RBCs are made vulnerable during stress. Most often affects African-American's and people of Mediterranean Decent. men more affected than women.
- JCAHO Patient ID
- Name, DOB, ID bracelet
- previous illnesses, surgeries, family Hx
- Health Hx
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BP, P, T, R
Apical Pulse - Vital Signs- count pulse and respirations for a full minute
- Physical Assessment
- Move from head-toe or by each body system
- Glucometer
- device for checking blood sugar
- CPR
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation
begin with compressions, then give 2 breathes and begin alternating 30 compressions to 2 breathes - PCA
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patient controlled analgesia
primarily used to relieve acute pain after surgery - Types of Pain
- Cutaneous, Visceral, Neuropathic, Acute, Chronic
- TED hose
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thromboembolic disorder hose, knee-high or thigh high,
prevent thombi or emboli - SCD
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sequential compression device
boots - Diagnostic Surgery
- removal and study of tissue to make Dx
- Exploratory Surgery
- more extensive means to Dx a problem, usually involves exploration of a body cavity or use of scopes inserted through small incisions
- Curative Surgery
- removal or replacement of defective tissue to restore function
- Palliative Surgery
- Relief of Sx or enhancement of function without cure
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Correction of defects, improvement of appearance, or change to a physical feature
- Incision
- clean separation of skin and tissue with smooth edges
- Lacerations
- A separation of skin and tissue in which edges are torn and irregular
- Abrasion
- A wound in which the surface layers of skin are scraped away
- Avulsion
- Stripping away of large areas of skin an underlying tissue leaving cartilage and bone exposed
- Ulceration
- A shallow crater in which skin and mucous membranes are missing
- Puncture
- Opening of skin, underlying tissue, or mucous membrane caused by a narrow sharp pointed object
- Contusion
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injury to soft tissue
bruise - Traction
- manual, skin, and skeletal
- Adynamic Ileus
- lack of bowel motility
- Ewald tube
- orogastric, lavage, single lumen
- Levin
- nasogastric, lavage, gavage, decompression, single lumen
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attitude of complacency
last stage of dying - Acceptance
- pupil constriction when looking at an object close by and dilation when looking at an object in the distance
- Accomodation
- demonstrating full attention to what is being said; hearing both the content being communicated and the unspoken message
- Active Listening
- process of chemical distribution that requires and energy source
- Active Transport
- problem that currently exists
- Actual diagnosis
- Care that lacks concern for cultural differences
- Acultural nursing care
- technique that involves tissue compression to reduce pain
- Accupressure
- pain-management technique that involves long thin needles inserted into the skin
- Accupuncture
- an illness that comes on suddenly and lasts a short time
- Acute illness
- discomfort that is of short duration
- Acute pain
- manner in which an organism responds to change
- Adaptation
- drugs that assist in accomplishing the desired effect of a primary drug
- Adjuvants
- legal provisions through which federal,state, and local agencies maintain self-regulation
- Administrative laws
- entering a health care agency for nursing care and medical or surgical treatment
- Admission
- written statement identifying a competent person's wishes concerning terminal care
- Advance Directive
- specialized areas of nursing expertise, such as a nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery
- Advance practice
- absent of a fever
- Afebrile
- learning by appealing to a person's feelings, beliefs, or values
- Affective domain
- touching that demonstrates concern or affection
- Affective Touch
- bubble of air in the vascular system
- Air Embolism
- skills that maintain the patency of natural or artificial airways
- Airway Management
- continuous recording of HR and rhythm during normal activity
- Ambulatory Electrocardiogram
- sealed glass container for a drug
- Ampule
- pain-relieving drug
- Analgesic
- standing with arms at the sides and palms forward
- Anatomic Position
- Principles of teaching Adult Learners
- Androgogy
- personal, handwritten account of an incident
- Anecdotal Record
- electrolytes with a negative charge
- Anions
- loss of appetite
- Anorexia
- measurements of body size and composition
- Anthropometric data
- grieving that begins before a loss actually occurs
- Anticipatory grieving
- elastic stockings
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Antiembolism stockings
TED hose - absence of urine, or up to 100 mL volume in 24 hours
- Anuria
- number of ventricular contractions per minute
- Apical HR
- absence of breathing
- Apnea
- collection bag over a stoma
- Appliance
- irregular pattern of heartbeats
- Arrhythmia
- electrical heating or cooling device
- Aquathermia pad
- laboratory test using blood from an artery
- Arterial Blood Gas
- inability to breathe
- Asphyxiation
- systematic collection of information
- Assessment
- airless, collapsed lung areas
- Atelectasis
- listening to body sounds
- Auscultation
- period during which sound disappears then reappears when taking a blood pressure measurement
- Ausulatatory gap
- equipment that allows the simultaneous collection of multiple vital sign data
- Automated Monitoring Devices
- technique for bathing that involves the used of 8-10 premoistened, warmed, disposable cloths contained in a plastic bag
- Bag Bath
- strip or roll of cloth
- Bandage
- psychological mechanism for delaying the inevitable
- Bargaining
- part of a syringe that holds the medication
- Barrel
- agency that provides extened custodial care
- Basic Care Facility
- unauthorized physical contact
- Battery
- washing with a basin of water at the bedside
- Bed Bath
- force exerted by blood in the arteries
- Blood Pressure
- efficient use of the musculoskeletal system
- Body Mechanics
- collection of data according to the functional systems of the body
- Body Systems Approach
- larger dose of drug administered initially or when pain is intense
- Bolus
- undiluted medication given fairly quickly in a vein
- Bolus Administration
- instillation of liquid nourishment four to six times a day in less than 30 minutes
- bolus Feeding
- a pulse rate less than 60 beats per minute in an adult
- Bradycardia
- slower than normal respiratory rate at rest
- Bradypnea
- drug placement against the mucous membranes of the inner cheek
- Buccal application
- general wasting of body tissue
- Cachexia
- time duration for blood to resume flowing in the base of the nail beds
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Capillary Refill Time
CRT - cessation of heart contraction or life sustaining heart rhythm.
- Cardiac Arrest
- Impaired blood flow to the heart
- Cardiac Ischemia
- volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per minute
- Cardiac output
- techniques used to restore breathing and circulation for lifeless victims
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- dental cavities
- Caries
- pattern in which one nurse manages a patient's care for a designated period
- Case Method
- electrolytes with a positive charge
- Cations
- scale that uses 0 C as a temperature at which water freezes and 100 C at point at which water boils
- Centigrade Scale
- venous access device that extends to the vena cava
- Central Venous Catheter
- ear wax
- cerumen
- illness that comes on slowly and lasts a long time
- Chronic Illness
- discomfort that lasts longer than 6 months
- Chronic Pain
- statutes that protect the personal freedoms and rights of individuals
- Civil Laws
- standardized multidisciplinary plans for a specific Dx or procedure that identify specific aspects of care to be performed during a designated length of stay
- Clinical Pathways
- device used to collect urine from a catheter
- Closed Drainage System
- a wound in which there is no opening in the skin or mucous membrane
- Closed Wound
- summoning personnel to administer advanced life support techniques
- Code
- manner in which nurses or health care personnel must manage the care of a client during cardiac or respiratory arrest
- Code Status
- style of processing information by listening or reading facts and descriptions
- Cognitive Domain
- undissolved protein substances
- colloids