nur 104
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katyemma10 on February 13, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 stage 1 ulcer | Redness/erythema |
| stage 2 ulcer | blister or shallow crater |
| stage 3 ulcer | deep with necrosis of sub q tissue |
| stage 3 ulcer | full thickness, damage involves, muscle, bone, supportive tissue |
| serous | watery exudate with few cells, serous membranes of the body, meninges, plueral spaces |
| purulent | leukoctyes, liquefied dead tissue debris, dead bacteria |
| suppurative | formation of "pus" thick liquid associated with inflammation |
| sanguineous | containing large amounts of RBCs |
| WBC Neutrophils | INC with bacterial infection or inflammatory disease. Hallmark of acute inflammation |
| Neutrophils facts | make up 50-70% of differential. The first WBC to the site of infl. |
| Eosinophils WBC | INC in response to parasite inf and allergies. Eosinophils vary inversley with cortisone levels. |
| Eosinophils facts | make up 1-2% of differential. Stain red. |
| Basophils | stain blue, 1% or less of diff, same as mast cells, store house for histamine. |
| Lymphocyte WBC | 25-33% appear lat in inflamm response, generally represent chronic inflamm. |
| Lymphocyte facts | Large round cells, start in the bone marrow, cluster in the lymph nodes, Major kinds: T cells and B cells |
| Monocytes WBC | 4-6% of wbc, Macrophages, extremely mobile and phagocytic. |
| 6,000-10,000 wbc/cmm of blood | A healthy person has WBC count of? |
| leukocytosis | more than 30,000 wbc/cmm due to inflamm |
| leukopenia | decrease in wbc, seen in TB typhoid, cancer trx |
| 1ml = ? gtts | 1ml = 15 gtts |
| 15ml = ?tbl sp | 15ml = 1 tbls sp |
| 30 ml = ? ounces | 30ml = 1 ounce |
| 500ml = ? pint | 500ml = 1 pint |
| 1000ml = ? qaurts | 1000ml = 1 quart |
| 4000ml = ? gallon | 4000ml = 1 gallon |
| Radon | radioactive decay product that accounts for over 50% of human exposure to ionizing radiation |
| 5ml = ? teaspn | 5ml = 1 tsp |
| dysphagia | trouble difficulty swallowing |
| Eurythropoietin | stimulate production of rbc s |
| Plasma Protein | affects medication levels as some meds travel bound to these proteins |
| Serum analysis | used to assess the availability of proteins for nutrition and wound healing |
| Why is Decaron ussually given? | COrtico steroid...reduces inflammation |
| Ventrogluteal site | preferred site for pts over 7 mos of age, palm on greater trochanter fingers on ileac crest |
| vastus lateralis | preferred site for infants, one palm above knee/one palm below greater trochanter |
| supporation | the formation of pus by bacteria in an infected wound |
| 8500 | normal wbc value |
| Vit C | which vit promotes wound healing |
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