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Feeding and Eliminat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANURIA | absence/without urine; volume is less than 100 ml w/in 24 hours |
| DYSURIA | painful/difficulty with urination |
| FREQUENCY | the need to void often |
| URINE INCONTINENCE | inability to prevent passing urine |
| OLIGURIA | less than 400 ml urine within 24 hours |
| URINARY RETENTION | incomplete emptying of the bladder (urine left in the bladder after voiding) |
| URGENCY | strong feeling that urine must be eliminated quickly |
| NOCTURIA | voiding more than twice at night |
| DIURESIS | increased urinary output |
| NOCTURNAL ENURESIS | involuntary discharge of urine after the age of 5 when bladder control should have been established |
| HESITANCY | involuntary delay in initiating urine |
| POLYURIA | large amounts of urine output. (more than 1500 cc per day) |
| STRESS INCONTINENCE | loss of small amounts of urine is lost during situations when intraabdominal pressure rises (sneezing, coughing, laughing, rising from bed or chair) |
| RESIDUAL URINE | urine left in the bladder |
| MICTURITION | voiding or urination |
| CYSTITIS | inflammation of bladder - frequent urgency and burning with bladder infection |
| LASIX | drug to make you urinate |
| normal ph of urine | 5.5 to 7.0 (H+ ions) |
| normal specific gravity | 1.001 to 1.035 |
| what does cloudy urine mean? | infection or bacteria |
| HEMATURIA | urine containing blood from somewhere from urinary system |
| PYURIA | pus in urine (bacterial infection in urinary bladder or kidney) |
| PROTEINURIA | protein in urine (stress, infection, strenous exercise or disorder of the kidney) |
| GLYCOSURIA | glucose/sugar in kidney |
| KETONURIA | ketones on urine (ketoacidosis from uncontrolled DM) |
| URINAL | cylindrical container for mails for urine collection |
| COMMODE | chair with container inserted to catch urine or feces; used at bedside as toilet |
| BEDPAN | metal or plastic seat-like device, placed under buttocks while in bed |
| STRESS | urethral sphincter failure |
| URGE | need to void as perceive frequently |
| REFLEX | spontaneous loss of urine when bladder is stretched |
| FUNCTIONAL | inability to recognize the urge to void |
| OVERFLOW | urine leakage |
| CREDES MANEUVER | A method for expressing urine by pressing the hand on the bladder, especially a paralyzed bladder. |
| KEGEL EXERCISES | isometric exercises to strenghten pelvic floor muscles |
| LEUKOCYTES | present in urine if infected |
| PERISTALSIS | rhythmic muscular movement to elementary canal |
| STEATORRHEA | fatty stools |
| MELENA | black tarry stools |
| STOOL FOR OB (OCCULT BLOOD) | if you see bright blood in stool = lower GI Bleed.; if you see very dark or black blood = upper GI bleed, blodd has been digested |
| 2 KINDS OF ENEMAS | oil retention and cleansing |
| OIL RETENTION ENEMA | hold for 30 minutes |
| CLEANSING ENEMA | 500 to 1000 cc's |
| normal protein | 20 to 02% protein |
| method of feeding a blind person | clock face method |
| DYSPHAGIA | difficulty swallowing |
| DYSPHASIA | difficulty speaking |
| XEROSTOMIA | dryness of mouth due to reduction of amt of salivary secretion |
| DYSOSMIA | distortion of normal smell perception |
| DYSGEUSIA | normal tastes are interpreted as being unpleasant or completely different from usual taste of food or chemical compound |
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