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NURS 256 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE LATESTUPDATED RATED A.
A device that encourages patient to inhale slowly and deeply to maximize lung
inflation and alveoli expansion. U
Used to prevent and treat atelectasis
Incentive Spirometry
When is an incentive spirometer used?
post surgery
only class of fluids that are able to carry oxygen
increase tissue oxygenation
increase plasma volume
most expensive and least available fluid
Blood and Blood Products
A slowly progressive respiratory disease of airflow obstruction involving the
airways, pulmonary parenchyma, or both
COPD
What are the S/Sx of COPD?
~Chronic cough
~Sputum production
~Dyspnea
~Weight loss
~Barrel chested
What are these the S/Sx for?
~Low grade fever
~Cough, non productive or mucopurulent; hemoptysis
~Night sweats, fatigue and weight loss
Tuberculosis
,Chemotherapy main side effect
Anemia
National Patient Safety Goals
Provide evidence- and expert-based solutions to problem areas in terms of patient
safety
Same concentration of solutes and solvents
ISO=same
Isotonic
Why would a hypotonic solution be ordered?
used when a cell becomes dehydrated
"DO NOT give with increased innercranial pressure, burn victims and or trauma"
Why would an isotonic solutions be ordered?
increase extracellular fluid volume
Chemotherapy Side Effect Management
Benadryl, Zofran, and Steroid are to be started day before chemo
Insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by combination of
genetic immunologic, and environmental factors
Type 1 Diabetes
Previously classified as juvenile diabetes
What are the Risk factors for Type 1 Diabetes?
~Early onset
~Familial
~Genetic predisposition
~Possible immunologic or environmental
Insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion
~Obesity
~Age
, ~Previous impaired fasting glucose or glucose tolerance
~Hypertension
~HDL < 35 or Triglycerides > 250
~HX of gestational diabetes or babies over 9 pounds
A chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease of the skin in which epidermal
cells are produced at the abnormally rapid rate.
Psoriasis
How do you manage psoriasis?
May be aggravated by stress, trauma, and seasonal and hormonal changes.
~Treatment includes bathing to remove scales
>Topical
>Phototherapy
>Systemic
An opacity or cloudiness of the lens
cataracts
S/ Sx of cataracts include
~Increased incidence w/ aging; by age 80 yrs. more than half of all Americans have
cataracts
~Cataracts are a leading cause of disability in the US
What is is called when you have loss of sight from the inside to the outside?
macular degeneration
Conditions of the inner ear include:
the illusion of motion or spinning sensation
Vertigo
How do you administer ear drops to an adult?
pull ear back and up
leave head tilted for 2-5 minutes
How do you administer ear drops to a child?
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