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Observing and Report
CNA Observing and Reporting Changes in Condition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What reflects the three body processes essential for life? | Vital Signs |
| Some agencies consider this the fifth vital sign. | Pain level |
| This measures temperature. | Thermometer |
| This is felt with every heart beat. | Pulse |
| This is the most common location to check a pulse on an adult. | Radial pulse |
| This is the most common location to check a pulse on an infant. | Brachial pulse |
| This involves one inhalation and one exhalation. | Respiration |
| The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery is called? | Blood pressure |
| The worst pain possible is rated as a level______ on the pain scale? | 10 |
| These events are elective, urgent, or an emergency. | Surgery |
| Pre-operative refers to ? | Before surgery |
| Many patients experience this prior to surgery. | Fear and concern |
| This professional is responsible for explaining all risks and benefits to having surgery. | Physician |
| This is a state of quiet, calmness, or sleep produced by a drug. | Sedation |
| A loss of consciousness and all feeling or sensation is? | General anesthesia |
| A loss of feeling or sensation in a large area of the body is? | Regional anesthesia |
| A loss of feeling or sensation in a small area of the body is? | Local anesthesia |
| A doctor that specializes in anesthesia. | Anesthesiologist |
| An RN specialist is the advanced study of giving anesthetics is? | Anesthetist |
| This must be stimulated for blood flow in the legs in the post-operative patient? | Circulation |
| Leg exercises, ambulation, elastic stockings, and sequential compression devices all prevent this. | Thrombus |
| The surgical needs protection after surgery. | Incision |
| Anesthesia, pain medication, and inadequate fluids can cause this post-surgical challenge. | Constipation |
| This is the most serious consequence of infection. | Sepsis |
| Anxiety and restlessness is an early sign of shock in which body system? | The Central Nervous System |
| An elevated heart rate and a narrow pulse pressure is an early sign of shock in which body system? | The Cardiovascular System |
| This vital sign change suggests the patient is in a late stage of shock. | Blood pressure |
| An increase in this vital sign is often and early sign of patient deterioration. | Respiratory rate |
| A decrease in this measurement indicates kidney involvement in shock. | Urine output |
| Blood pumping out of the heart is rich in what? | Oxygen |
| Blood pumping into the heart is low in oxygen and rich in what? | Carbon Dioxide |
| Changes in skin integrity often occur as a patient does what? | Ages |
| This can be prevented by nursing measure. | Pressure Injury |
| This stage of a pressure injury is covered with eschar, exudates, or necrosis. | Unstageable |
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