Rnsg 1215 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Presbyopia - ANSWER-Lens loses elasticity, becoming hard and glasslike, which decreases ability to change shape to accommodate for near vision. Cataract formation (đục thuỷ tinh thể) Cataracts are a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Estimated that 80% are preventable or curable with surgery - ANSWER-Or lens opacity, resulting from a clumping of proteins in lens Glaucoma (tăng nhãn áp) Glaucoma incidence increases with age. African Americans 3 to 6 times more likely to d...

Subjective Data - ANSWER-What person says about themselves during history taking Objective Data - ANSWER-What the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination What makes up the patient's database? - ANSWER-Subjective data + objective data + patient's record + lab studies T/F: Database info allow the nurse to make a clinical judgment or diagnosis about the pt's health state. - ANSWER-True KEY is organization of ...

Presbyopia - correct answer Lens loses elasticity, becoming hard and glasslike, which decreases ability to change shape to accommodate for near vision. Cataract formation (đục thuỷ tinh thể) Cataracts are a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Estimated that 80% are preventable or curable with surgery - correct answer Or lens opacity, resulting from a clumping of proteins in lens Glaucoma (tăng nhãn áp) Glaucoma incidence increases with age. African Americans 3 to 6 times ...

Define assessment - correct answer The collection of subjective and objective data about a patient's health. What is subjective data? - correct answer Information provided by the affected individual (i.e., what the person says about himself/herself during history taking) What is objective data? - correct answer Information obtained by the health care provider through observation and inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. What is database?...

subjective data - correct answer what the person says about himself or herself objective data - correct answer what you observe through measurement, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation symptom - correct answer is a subjective sensation that the person feels from the disorder. (eg nausea) sign - correct answer is an objective abnormality that you as the examiner could detect on physical examination or through diagnostic testing (eg vomiting) Present Health or History o...

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RNSG1215 | RNSG 1215 HA Exam 1 Study Guide.-Recognize and understand the signs and symptoms associated with withdrawal from alcohol &/or tobacco - (a) change in the appetite (b) muscles pain. (c) nausea. (d) shakiness. Understand the concept of tolerance - concept of tolerance- voluntarily having an acceptance, objection and the rejection components. The capacity of body to endure or become less responsive to a substance like a drug. Why is alcohol bioavailability increased in the body ...

A physical examination requires the sequential use of what four assessment techniques? - ANSWER-Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, and Auscultation (usually performed in this order) _______________ is close, careful observation of the individual as a whole and then of each body system. - ANSWER-Inspection When observing a patients body to compare the right side to the left side, we are trying to determine it's _______________. - ANSWER-Symmetry When inspecting a patient good lighting, ...

Define assessment - ANSWER-The collection of subjective and objective data about a patient's health. What is subjective data? - ANSWER-Information provided by the affected individual (i.e., what the person says about himself/herself during history taking) What is objective data? - ANSWER-Information obtained by the health care provider through observation and inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. What is database? - ANSWER-The totality o...

At puberty, the female breasts enlarge in response to estrogen and... - ANSWER-progesterone Elevated sebaceous glands, known as Montgomery glands, are located at the breast's... - ANSWER-areolas The functional part of the breast that allows for milk production consists of the tissue termed... - ANSWER-glandular Fibrous tissue that provides support for the glandular tissue of the breasts is termed... - ANSWER-Cooper ligaments The size and shape of the breasts in females are related t...