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AHS II Unit K
Nursing Skills
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Positioning and supporting the body so that all body parts are in correct anatomical position | Allignment |
| Without urine | Anuria |
| A device placed on a bed to keep the top bed linens from contacting the legs and feet | Bed Cradle |
| A rubber, metal, or other type of tube that is passed into a body cavity and used for injecting or removing fluids. | Catheter |
| Bed that is made following the discharge of a patient | Closed Bed |
| A bath in which all parts of a patient's body are bathed while the patient is confined to bed. | Complete Bed Bath |
| Tightening or shortening of a muscle. | Contracture |
| Positioning the patient in a sitting position with his or her feet and legs over the side of the bed prior to ambulation. | Dangling |
| Evacuation of fecal material from the bowel; a bowel movement. | Defecation |
| Insufficient amounts of fluids in the tissues. | Dehydration |
| Swelling; excess amount of fluid in the tissues | Edema |
| Folding in accordion pleats; done with bed linens. | Fan Folding |
| Blood in the urine | Hematuria |
| A record that notes all fluids taken in or eliminated by a person in a given period of time. | Intake and Output |
| To expel urine. Another word for urinate. | Micturate |
| Special folding technique used to secure linen on a bed. | Mitered Corner |
| Blood that is hidden; also a test done on stool to check for the presence of blood. | Occult Blood |
| Decreased or less-than-normal amounts of urine secretion. | Oliguria |
| A bed with the top sheets fanfolded to the bottom | Open Bed |
| Care of the mouth and teeth | Oral Hygiene |
| Bath in which only certain body parts are bathed or in which the health care provider bathes those parts of the body that the patient is unable to bathe. | Partial Bath |
| Care of the body including bathing, hair & nail care, shaving and oral hygiene. | Personal Hygiene |
| A scale of 0 - 14 used to measure the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance, with 7 being neutral. | pH |
| Increase in or production of urine; excessive urination. | Polyuria |
| Special test strip containing chemical substances that react to the presence of certain substances in the urine or blood. | Reagent strip |
| Protective devises that limit or restrict movement. | Restraint |
| Weight or mass of a substance compared with an equal amount of another substance that is used as a standard. | Specific Gravity |
| A sample of stool. | Stool specimen |
| Solid medication that has a base of cocoa butter or glycerine and is desighne to melt after insertion into a body cavity (i.e. rectum or vagina) | Suppository |
| Examination of urine by way of physical, chemical or microscopic testing. | Urinalysis |
| Special devise used to collect urine and consisting to a urinary catheter. | Urinary-drainage unit |
| To expel urine from the bladder. | Urinate |
| A sample of urine. | Urine specimen |
| To empty the bladder; to urinate | Void |
| If found in the urine, it can indicate kidney disease | Albumin |
| A breakdown product of the hemoglobin on red blood cells. If found in the urine, it can indicate liver, disease, hepatitis or bile duct obstruction. | Bilirubin |
| A urine specimen with this odor can indicate an old specimen. | Amonia |
| Equipment used to transfer weak or paralyzed patients. | Mechanical Lift |
| A urine specimen that is free from contamination. | Midstream Urine |
| Used by male patients to empty the bladder. | Urinal |
| Bilirubin that has been converted by intestinal bacteria. The presence of large amounts usually indicate heart, spleen, liver or hemolytic disease. | Urobilinogen |
| A urine specimen collected over a 24 hour period. | Twenty-four hour urine specimen |
| What should you do FIRST before transferring Mr. Flynn from his bed to a stretcher? | Lock the wheels of the stretcher |
| If the chart states that a patient was admitted "ambulatory" it means that they were: | Walking |
| The day of surgery, a MD wants the pt. to sit up on the side of bed for a few minutes. She would write an order for the pt. to: | Dangle |
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