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Respiratory arrest - Correct Answer breathing stops Respiratory depression - Correct Answer breathing slows due to narcotics Lung scans use - Correct Answer radio isotopes What is a pulmonary function test - Correct Answer measures amount of air moving into and out of the lungs The process of respiration - Correct Answer The respiratory system brings oxygen into the lungs and removes carbon dioxide Average heart rate of an adult is - Correct Answer 60 to 100 beats per minute Respiration involves - Correct Answer inhalation (inspiration) and exhalation (expiration). Breathing up right and forward is the - Correct Answer orthopneic position Tachypnea is - Correct Answer rapid breathing Respirations are more than 24 per minute Bradypnea is slow breathing - Correct Answer Respirations are fewer than 12 per minute Apnea is lack of or absence of breathing - Correct Answer Sleep apnea and periodic apnea of newborns are other types of apnea Kussmaul respirations - Correct Answer Deep and rapid respirations characteristic of diabetic acidosis Hypoventilation - Correct Answer Respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular Hyperventilation - Correct Answer Respirations are rapid and deeper than normal Dyspnea - Correct Answer Is difficult, laboured, or painful breathing Cheyne - Correct Answer Stokes Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth, and then become shallow and slow Breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds,Cheyne - Correct Answer Stokes respirations are common when death is near Orthopnea - Correct Answer Is breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting Nasal cannula - Correct Answer you can eat while wearing it Partial rebreather mask - Correct Answer block the intake of the atmospheric air only partially. Use of such masks result in patient breathing about 40% to 60% concentration of oxygen. Nonrebreather mask - Correct Answer it is designed to prevent mixing of atmospheric air or the air exhaled by the patient with the oxygen. This type of mask allows up to 90% concentration of oxygen to be delivered Venturi mask - Correct Answer This type of mask increases the supply of total oxygen for breathing, but the concentration of oxygen supplied is only about 24% to 28% Thrombus - Correct Answer Is a blood clot The entire system from mouth to anus is how long - Correct Answer 30 feet (9 meters) long Accessory organs are - Correct Answer the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, and pancreas, what position is when the client is sitting up in bed and leaning over a table in order to breathe easier - Correct Answer orthopneic position what is another term for bloody sputum - Correct Answer hemoptysis the amount of hemoglobin that contains oxygen is referred to as - Correct Answer oxygen concentration miss pyer is breathing very slow and cannot get enough Air into her lungs what is this called - Correct Answer respiratory depression Recca a support worker is providing care to his resident who has a history of asthma and is having an asthma attack what should he do - Correct Answer Call for help when a client is sensitive to a substance his or her body reacts with signs and symptoms what are these called - Correct Answer an allergy carbon dioxide released from a car is considered to be what - Correct Answer a pollutant part of a lung has a collapsed what is the condition called - Correct Answer Atecectasis What is the correct term for reduced amount of oxygen in the blood - Correct Answer hypoxemia a radioisotope is administered for what reason - Correct Answer lung scan what is mucus from the respiratory tract that is expectorated through the mouth called - Correct Answer sputum a client has a red heart and hot area along the course of a vein the support worker knows This condition is - Correct Answer phlebitis When respirations gradually increase in rate and depths and then becomes shallow and slow, it is called - Correct Answer Chreyne Stokes respirations what substance gives red blood cells their color - Correct Answer hemoglobin Harry has heart failure what does this mean - Correct Answer the heart cannot pump blood normally a support worker has assisted the client to use an incentive spirometer what is the next step - Correct Answer coughing what is the largest artery in the body - Correct Answer the aorta what mask allows clients to talk and eat during oxygen administration - Correct Answer nasal cannula Narcotics affect oxygen needs because they do what - Correct Answer depress the respiratory center in the brain the client can only breathe deeply and comfortably when sitting what is this called - Correct Answer orthopnea what is the muscular part of the heart - Correct Answer The myocardium each lung is covered by a two layer sack what is the correct term for this sack - Correct Answer pleura what does the term hypoxia mean - Correct Answer cells don't have enough oxygen what is the correct term for respirations fewer than 12 per minute - Correct Answer bradnypnea The nurse has administered a supository to a client when should the support worker expect the client to have bowel movement - Correct Answer in 30 minutes why is diarrhea a serious condition for infants and children - Correct Answer infants and children have large amounts of water in their bodies and are at risk for dehydration what is a disease in which stomach contents flow back from the stomach into the esophagus - Correct Answer gastroesophageal reflux disease what does the term defecation mean - Correct Answer the process of excreting feces from rectum through the anus the client complaints of Constipation the support worker would expect the client's stools to be what - Correct Answer hard and dry what is the usual position for defecation - Correct Answer sitting or squatting what kind of foods are needed for normal fecal elimination - Correct Answer fruits and vegetables what is the first step when emptying an ostomy pouch - Correct Answer the drain at the bottom is opened what is fecal incontinence - Correct Answer inability to control the passage of feces and gas through anus what is an enema - Correct Answer the introduction of a fluid into the rectum and lower colon What is the term that describes movement of feces through intestines - Correct Answer peristalsis what fluids increases peristalsis - Correct Answer warm fluids where is chime produced - Correct Answer stomach Constipation is - Correct Answer the passage of a hard dry stool Phlebitis is - Correct Answer inflammation of vein, presents as purple veins, pain, warm and red the resting phase, heart chambers fill with blood.- - Correct Answer diastole (the relaxation phase) the working phase, the heart contracts. - Correct Answer -systole (the contraction phase) With heart failure what is going on with the heart- - Correct Answer the heart is not pumping normally The heart has four chambers. what do they do - Correct Answer Upper chambers receive blood and are called atria. The right atrium receives blood from body tissues. The left atrium receives blood from the lungs Lower chambers pump blood and are called ventricles. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs for oxygen. The left ventricle pumps blood to all parts of the body. The heart is hollow and has three layers: - Correct Answer Pericardium (outer layer) Myocardium (the thick, muscular part of the heart) Endocardium (lines the inner surface of the heart) Factors affecting fecal elimination - Correct Answer Normal, regular elimination is the goal. Diet—high-fibre foods Diet—other foods Disability Aging Frequency of urination is affected by: - Correct Answer The amount of fluid intake the support worker has transferred the client to the commando the client has finished voiding what step is next - Correct Answer assist with hand washing miss galloways having with her ovaries removed due to cancer what hormone would need replacement after surgery - Correct Answer estrogen what does the term for loss of urine in response to sudden urgent need to void - Correct Answer urge incontinence why does a filled urinal present safety hazards - Correct Answer it's easily spilled HIV can cause what - Correct Answer aids miss fowler's experiencing increased heart rate and high blood pressure what hormones could cause this - Correct Answer epinephrine and norepinephrine the resident experiences a loss of urine with exercise and certain movement the support worker knows this is called - Correct Answer stress incontinence Maggie has low levels of thyroid hormone she can expect to have the following changes in her body - Correct Answer slowed body process slowed movements and weight gain hematuria is what - Correct Answer blood in the urine, influenza is caused by what - Correct Answer a virus a persistent autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body is called - Correct Answer lupus nocturia means - Correct Answer frequency to urinate at night unless directed otherwise urinary drainage bags are emptied - Correct Answer at the end of every shift what is the term for leakage of urine from a bladder that is always full - Correct Answer overflow incontinence What does dyseria mean - Correct Answer painful or difficult urination how often is catheter care provided to a client with a catheter - Correct Answer according to care plan what is the correct term for the opening at the end of the urethra - Correct Answer meatus for a client who has a catheter the drainage bag must be kept in which position - Correct Answer below bladder a female client with the catheter to prevent excess catheter movement the support workers should - Correct Answer secure it to her inner thigh because her call bell was not answered properly a client who usually has control of her bladder was not able to use the bathroom and soiled herself what is this called - Correct Answer functional incontinence what is the correct term for process of releasing a female sex cell - Correct Answer ovulation 
