Nursing 130 - Exam 1 Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam 135 Questions and 100% Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
"a" - CORRECT ANSWER: without or lack of
"brady-" - CORRECT ANSWER: slow
"dys-" - CORRECT ANSWER: difficulty
"tachy-" - CORRECT ANSWER: rapid
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) - CORRECT ANSWER: Personal daily care tasks
including: bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating, drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting
Adaptive Devices - CORRECT ANSWER: Special equiptment that helps a person who
is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living, a.k.a. assistive devices
Afebrile - CORRECT ANSWER: without fever
Ambulation - CORRECT ANSWER: Walking
Apical Pulse - CORRECT ANSWER: left side of chest below the nipple
Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER: Absence of Breathing
Aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER: the inhalation of food, fluid, or foreign material into the lungs 1 / 2
Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER: weakening or wasting away of muscles
brachial pulse - CORRECT ANSWER: inside of elbow, about 1-1.5" above the elbow
Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER: Slow Heart Rate < 60 BPM
Commonly used pulse sites? - CORRECT ANSWER: Radial, Carotid, Apical, Brachial
Contracture - CORRECT ANSWER: the permanent and painful shortening of a muscle,
tendon, or ligament that can restrict movement
Define Blood Borne Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER: Microorganisms found in human
blood that can cause infection and disease in humans
Define Blood Pressure - CORRECT ANSWER: Blood pressure is the measurement of
the force of blood against the walls of the arteries.
Define Chain of Command - CORRECT ANSWER: The line of authority in a facility
Define Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER: Knowledge of right and wrong
Define Impairment - CORRECT ANSWER: a partial or complete loss of function
Define infection prevention - CORRECT ANSWER: The set of methods to prevent and
control the spread of disease
Define OBRA - CORRECT ANSWER: federal law that sets the minimum standards for
nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment, and information on the rights of residents
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