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36 Cards in this Set
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Cardiac Output
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Smelzer: Ch. 26-33
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Pt c/o of chest pain?
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"This pain is going on for 45 minutes."
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Left- sided heart failure?
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Rales in lungs
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Right-sided heart failure?
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Ascites
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what is a key diagnostic indicator of heart failure?
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BNP
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CHF diagnostic tests? (Select all that apply)
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Echocardiography, chest x-ray, ECG, cardiac stress test
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No p waves present, only a wavy line, the ventricular contraction & QRS complex 0.08?
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Atrial fibrillation
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Pt is V. tach, what do you do?
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Check pt for a pulse.
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Unlicensed nurse taking care of a CHF pt who c/o of chest pain tells the RN, the RN should do what?
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Go to the pt's room and assess pt's chest pain.
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Pt is diaphoretic, cyanotic, SOB?
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Place pt in semi-fowler.
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Management of HTN?
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reduce sodium intake.
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Understanding DASH diet?
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"I will eat fruits or vegetable c each meal."
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PVC?
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early ventricular depolarization.
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Pt's peripheral has edema, redness, and ulcer?
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elevate pt's heel.
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chest pain is caused by?
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decrease oxygen in the muscle.
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with your cardiac pt?
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always check BP & HR.
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Pre/Post-operative
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Smeltzer: Ch. 18-20. Potter & Perry: Ch. 38.
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Intervention for pt who had knee surgery?
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Ambulate TID.
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Pt c crackles, SOB?
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Atelectasis
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Pt post-op 1 hr?
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monitor urine output q 15 mins.
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scenario where pt has chestnut allergies?
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change latex equipment.
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informed consent during pre-op
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get informed consent signed before med admin.
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Cognition
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Smeltzer: Ch. 60-65. Abrams: Ch. 7, 13, 53.
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16 y/o hit c baseball, unconscious, wakes up but doesn't recall the event?
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Classic concussion
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can measure brain death?
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EEG
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pt w head trauma injury, Glascow coma scale would be?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 6 d. 10 |
c. 6
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primary brain tumor?
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originates in the cell & structures of the brain.
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pt c Huntington understands the disease process by saying?
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"How do I initiate a living will?"
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MG? (Select all that apply)
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Ptosis, diplopia, respiratory failure
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Mannitol?
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Decrease intracranial pressure
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Migraine HA?
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constriction of blood vessels
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MG test, med used?
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Edrophonium chloride (Tensilon)
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Pt sways c eye close checking for equilibrium?
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Positive Romberg
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Proper self assessment?
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"My wife checks the heel of my shoe."
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MG pt?
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Have pt repeat back instructions.
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Auditory (Select all that apply)
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Tinnitus, vertigo
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