NURSING 335 (NURSING 335)

NURSING 335 revision questions with their answers

Sheila Dalton is a 52-year-old woman who has a history of chronic low back pain and COPD. She had a posterior spinal fusion of L4-S1 earlier today. Her pain is currently controlled at 2/10 and increases with movement. She was started on a hydromorphone patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with IV bolus dose that is 0.2 mg and continuous rate of 0.2 mg/hour. The nurse reported that Sheila’s nausea has improved after receiving ondansetron IV four hours ago. She has had increased pain despite us...

Unfolding Clinical Reasoning Case Study: Breast Cancer I. Data Collection History of Present Problem: Jan Stam is a 50-year-old Caucasian woman who has been healthy with no previous medical history. One year ago she noted a small palpable lump in her right breast about the size of an almond. Because she has been healthy she assumed it was nothing and ignored it. Over the last month she has noted that this lump has been increasing in size. Her mammogram confirmed a 5 cm. mass. She then had ...