Fundamentals Test 3

Front 1

Supine, side-lying, prone

Back 1

Positions while in bed

Front 2

Supine

Back 2

1)Patient resting on his back

2)Horizontal

Hint 2

Recommended: After spinal surgery and administration of some types of spinal anesthetics

Front 3

Variations of supine

Back 3

1) Fowler: elevating the head of the bed 60 to 90 degrees

2) Semi-fowler: Elevation of 30 to 60 degrees

3) Low fowler: Elevation of 15 to 30 degrees

Front 4

Fowler, semi fowler, low fowler

Back 4

1) Improve cardiac output and respiration

2) Promote urinary and bowel elimination

3) Do not place a patient who had abdominal surgery in a fowler position unless ordered

Front 5

Dorsal recumbent

Back 5

1)Patients lay on their back with knees flexed and soles of the feet flat

2) When used: Variety of procedures and examinations

Hint 5

Variation of supine

Front 6

Dorsal lithotomy

Back 6

1) Like dorsal recumbent except the feet are usually placed in stirrups and the legs are spread further apart and abducted

2) When used: Examining pelvic organs

Hint 6

Variation of supine

Front 7

Side-lying or lateral

Back 7

Rest on side

Front 8

Sims position

Back 8

1) A variation of side lying

2) The weight is distributed over the anterior ileum, humerus, and clavicle

Hint 8

Variation of side lying

Front 9

Prone

Back 9

Lying face down

Front 10

Knee chest

Back 10

1) Variation of prone; where the patient is face down on the bed with the head turned to one side

2) The chest, elbows, and knees rest on the bed and the thighs are perpendicular to the bed. The lower legs rest flat

Hint 10

Variation of prone

Front 11

Rom

Back 11

Full range of motion (ROM) exercises should be performed either actively or passively several times a day

Front 12

Active ROM

Back 12

Patient can independently perform activities of daily living but for some reason is immobilized or limited in activity, or is unable to move one extremity to injury or surgery

Front 13

Passive ROM

Back 13

Exercises are performed on the patient who cannot actively move

Front 14

Suspected deep tissue injury

Back 14

1) Localized discolored intact skin that is maroon or purple, or blood filled blister resulting from damage to underlying soft tissue from pressure or shearing

Hint 14

Painful, firm, mushy, boggy, warmer, or cooler when compared to adjacent tissue

Front 15

Stage 1

Back 15

An area of red, pink, or mottled skin that does not blanch with fingertip pressure

No blanching

Hint 15

Induration: Skin that feels hard

Front 16

Stage 2

Back 16

1) Partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and or dermis

2) May look like abrasion, a blister, or shallow crater

3)Unblached deep

Front 17

Stage 3

Back 17

1) Full thickness

2) Skin loss looks like a deep crater and may extend to the fascia

3) Subcutaneous tissue is damaged or necrotic

4) May damage surrounding tissue

5)Drainage

Front 18

Stage 4

Back 18

1) Full thickness

2) Skin loss with extensive tissue necrosis or damage to muscle, bone, or supporting structures

3) Sinus tracts may be present

4) Eschar (build up of necrotic tissue)

Front 19

Unstagable

Back 19

1) Loss of full thickness of tissue

2) Eschar/slough