Nurs 2530 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 2530 - LAB 2 TEST WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION...

NURS 2530 Quiz 1 with Correct Answers What are the 3 phases of swallowing? - ANSWER-oral, pharyngeal, esophageal What is the oral phase of swallowing? - ANSWER-Food is chewed and mixed with saliva to make a bolus ball then moved through the mouth to the throat/pharynx What is the pharyngeal phase of swallowing? - ANSWER-The food moves past the base of the tongue and down the throat to the esophagus. The soft palate elevates, the larynx moves up and forward, the vocal cords close, and the...

What are the 3 phases of swallowing? - ️️oral, pharyngeal, esophageal What is the oral phase of swallowing? - ️️Food is chewed and mixed with saliva to make a bolus ball then moved through the mouth to the throat/pharynx What is the pharyngeal phase of swallowing? - ️️The food moves past the base of the tongue and down the throat to the esophagus. The soft palate elevates, the larynx moves up and forward, the vocal cords close, and the epiglottis deflects down What is the esop...

NURS 2530: Module 2 Lesson 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers A patient was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. The patient has been drinking fruit juice and has increased his intake of fluids, but has failed to take his antibiotic as prescribed because it caused gastric upset. Three days later, the patient presents to the clinic with fever, malaise, nausea, and vomiting. What might you suspect? - ANSWER-Patient may now have a systemic infection The patient is displaying generalize...

NURS 2530 Module 2 Lesson 1 Test With Solution...

NURS 2530: Module 2 Lesson 2 Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass Why are the hands rinsed with the fingertips held lower than the wrist? - ANSWER- Water flows from the least to the most contaminated area, rinsing microorganisms into the sink The hands and forearms are kept lower than the elbows, and the fingertips are kept lower than the wrists during washing to promote the flow of water from the least to the most contaminated area, rinsing microorganisms into the sink. Use of an ade...

When is it acceptable to use antiseptic hand rub rather than soap and water? (Select all that apply.) - ️️- after adjusting a nasal cannula on a patient - after removing gloves after changing a wound dressing - after moving a patient's belongings on the bedside table When hands are visibly dirty or contaminated with proteinaceous material or visibly soiled with blood or other body fluids, you need to wash them with soap and water. If hands are not visibly soiled, use an alcohol-base...

NURS 2530 Module 2 Lesson 2 With Solution...

Lab 1 NURS 2530 Exam Study Guide Solutions tachycardia - ANSWER-abnormally fast heart rate, 100 plus beats per minute in adults bradycardia - ANSWER-slow heart rate, less than 60 beats per minute in adults radial pulse - ANSWER-thumb side of forearm at wrist; common site to assess peripheral pulse and status of circulation to hand sphygmomanometer - ANSWER-pressure manometer, exclusive or vinyl cough that encloses and inflatable rubber bladder, and a pressure bulb with a release valve th...

A nurse assists a patient with a urinary catheter to ambulate down the hall. The nurse holds the catheter bag below the level of the patient's bladder. What link in the chain of infection is the nurse breaking by doing so? - ️️Portal of entry By not allowing the urine from the bedside drainage bag to re-enter the bladder, the nurse is breaking the chain of infection at the portal of entry. Emptying the bedside drainage bag may be an example of controlling the reservoir. Host suscepti...