evidence-based practice - using techniques backed by evidence to be best practice
nursing process - 6 phase problem solving approach / ADPIE
health promotion - set of positive actions we can take to teach and help pt. live healthier
life
follow-up visit - visit to track progress
complete visit - full physical in primary care setting
focused visit - limited, short-temr problem, 1 body system or concern
emergency visit - get into fast for quick action
facilitation - general, leads, minimal cues
clarification - summarize, simplify, stay on track
reflection - echo client words
explanation - inform person, use factual info
empathy - name feeling and allow expression / express feeling behind words
clarify - ask about inconsistent info
shake - when taking oral temp, BLANK a mercury-free glass thermometer down to
35.5C and place at base of tongue in either posterior sublingual pocket (not in front of
tongue!)
3-4 minutes - how long do you leave oral thermometer if person is afebrile?
8 minutes - how long do you leave thermometer if person is febrile?
15 minutes - how long do you wait if person has just taken hot or iced liquids to take oral
temp?
2 minutes - how long do you wait if person has just smoked before taking oral temp?
2-3 cm - how far do you insert rectal thermometer?
, infrared - tympanic membrane thermometers sense BLANK emissions of tympanic
membrane (eardrum)
multiple, average - temporal artery thermometers use infrared emissions from temporal
artery / slide probe across forehead / takes BLANK readings and produces BLANK
result
auscultatory gap - when Korotkoff sounds disappear during auscultation
general survey - study of whole person, general health state, any obvious physical
characteristics, objective parameters that apply to whole person
physical growth - what is best index of a child's overall health?
gait - feet shoulder width, foot placement is accurate, walk is smooth and even,
balanced without assistance
posture - pt. stands comfortably erect as appropriate for age
position - pt. sits comfortably with arms relaxed at side and head turned to examienr
cachetic/emaciated - loss of body weight and muscle
atrophy - muscle wasting away
hypertrophy - enlargement of tissue or organ d/t increase in size of cells
affect - mood / comfortable and cooperative with provider
BMI - marker of optimal healthy weight for height and indicator of obesity or malnutrition
after age 2 - when does baby's chest circ surpass size of head?
when you call name - when does general survey begin?
lanugo - fine, downy hair of newborns
vernix caseola - thick, cheesy substance made up of sebum and shed epithelial cells
that is present at birth
cholasma - brown patch of hyperpigmentation on face with pregnancy or taking oral
contraceptives
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