NUR 2206 Final 2
- What is anabolism?
Answer Building up of molecules from simpler ones.
- What is anuria?
Answer 24-hour output less than 50 mL.
- What is catabolism?
Answer Breakdown of complex molecules into smaller ones.
- What is defecation?
Answer Discharge of feces from the body.
- What is dysuria?
Answer Painful urination.
- What is emesis?
Answer Vomiting. (Emesis basin).
- What is enteral nutrition?
Answer Receiving medications through a tube.
- What is enuresis? 1 / 3
Involuntary urination.
- What is flatulence?
Answer Excessive formation of gases in the GI tract.
- What is hematocrit?
Answer RBC in the blood.
- What is a nasogastric tube?
Answer Tube through nose into stomach for feeding. Check in place via Xray.
- What is nocturia?
Answer Regularly needing to get up to use the bathroom during the night.
- What does NPO stand for?
Answer Nothing by mouth.
- What is neurogenic bladder?
Answer Unable to use any other bladder management method, such as those with neurogenic bladder dysfunction related to a disability (e.g., spinal cord injury), require long-term use of an indwelling catheter.
- What is oliguria?
Answer 24-hour urine output is less than 400 mL.
- What is parenteral nutrition? 2 / 3
The administration of nutritional support via the intravenous route. (IV).
- What is a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube?
Answer Tube (PEG)
surgically placed in the stomach for feedings.
- What is polyuria?
Answer Excessive output of urine (diuresis).
- What is stool?
Answer Bowel elimination.
- What is medical asepsis?
Answer Clean Technique--- most microorganisms are rid of.
- What is contaminated?
Answer The introduction of a clean area to one of bacteria and microorganisms.
- What is dehiscence?
Answer Partial or total separation of wound layers due to excessive stress on wounds that are not healed.
- What is evisceration?
- / 3
Answer Medical emergency. Complete separation of the wound with protrusion of viscera (organ) through incision.