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Acetylcholine - Decrease causing depression & Alzheimer's Increase causing PD Analgesics vs opioid - Analgesic relieve pain without causing the loss of consciousness Opioids are the most effective pain relievers available Benzo use: - Anxiety Insomnia Seizures Muscle spasm Alcohol withdraw ...

3 areas of the health promotional model - 1. individual characteristics and experiences 2. behavior-specific knowledge and effect 3. behavioral outcomes, in which the patient commits to or changes a behavior acknowledgement / acceptance - as a patient and family acknowledge the change, they move ...

coining and cupping - coining - wild illness used for headaches rub into skin with spoon or coin cupping - heated glass jar these are often thought as abuse COLDSPA - Character Onset Location Duration Severity Pattern Associated factors Decerebrate - arms rotated internally , flexed, arche...

Angina Pectoris - Acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds oxygen demand Aortic Regurgitation - (Aortic insufficiency) incompetent aortic valve that allows backward flow of blood into the left ventricle during diastole Aortic Stenosis - Calcification of aortic valve cusps that ...

Types of wound drains - 1. Vacuum Assisted Closure 2. Jackson Pratt drain (JP drain) 2. Hemovac drain 3. Penrose drain???? 7 rights of medication administration - Right medication Right dose Right patient Right route Right time Right documentation Right indication Ac - Ac = before meal, ...

5 fundamentals of knowing - empirical - facts ethical - moral values personal -knowing oneself aesthetic - immediate situation synthesizing - pulling them all together 5 steps of PICO/t - - identify question - collect best evidence relevant to the question - critically appraise evidence - in...

Breifs - Who is on team All members understand & agree upon goal Roles and responsibilities understood Plan of care Staff and providers availability throughout shift Workload among team members Availability of resources CALL BACK IM SAFE - I - illness M - medication S-stress A-alcohol & dr...

A client who scores _ or lower on the Glascow Coma Scale is needs emergency attention - 10 A client with a score of _ or lower is generally considered to be in a coma - 7 A hard area on the prostate or hard, fixed, irregular nodules on the prostate suggest? - Cancer A swollen, tender prostate may...

Clara Barton - - Founded the American Red Cross Dorthea Dix - - reformed conditions of the mentally ill & prisoners - Asylum Movement Florence Nightengale - - Founder of modern nursing - led nurses to Crimean War and care for wounded soldiers - "Lady of the Lamp" - statistician: kept mortali...

2 Step Challenge - assertively voice concerns at least 2 times - then run it up the ladder ABCs Priority - Airway Breathing Circulation Accountability - ability to answer for one's own actions active listening (SOLER) - Pt Centered Care Sit facing pt Observe open posture Lean toward pt Est...