-PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) - --warm flush all
over body
-does not need to be asleep for procedure
-must lay flat
Inject into occluded artery
-Colonoscopy - --rectal bleeding after
-bloated and distended stomach
-means something was perforated something in bowel
-Patient with Crohn's disease has mucous and blood in stool, what do you
do? - -Document as normal findings
-signs and symptoms of PAD - --no hair on legs
-shiny skin or shins
-pain-cold feet
-Patient pain with CAD - -Does not go away with rest
, -Patient education with anemia - --encourage periods of rest
-monitor urine and stool for blood
-teach about body temperature
-What are we trying to prevent a patient with HTN and diabetes from
getting? - -PVD
-Patient has pain when walking - --concerned about DVT
-Doppler study
-measure legs
-characteristics of pain
-Signs and symptoms of DIC - --abdominal tenderness
-PE (report immediately)
-tachycardia
-increased BP
-MONA - -morphine, oxygen, nitrates, aspirin
-Common findings in aging process - --urgency
-frequency
-nocturia
-Patient with DVT and is on Warfarin and Heparin. Why both? - -Warfarin
takes 7 takes to be therapeutic
-Barium Swallow Stud - -Increase fluids to prevent complications
-Education for female patient with E. Coli - -Good peri care
-malignant hypertension - --elevated BP
-blurred vision
-headache
-history of high cholesterol
-dyspnea
-Patient with history of hypertension, smoker, family history of CAD, and is
overweight. What intervention would the nurse put in place? - -—diet
changes with a dietician
-smoking cessation
-encourage exercise
-What two tests are used to diagnose CHF - --BNP (lab)
-chest X-ray (diagnostic test)
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