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EVERY test bank/study guide question for Adult Health Exam 3 1. What is an ability that is a primary difference in the skills of a certified critical care nurse compared with nurses certified in medical-surgical nursing? a. Diagnose and treat life-threatening diseases b. Detect and manage early complications of health problems c. Provide intensive psychologic support to the patient and family d. Use advanced technology to assess and maintain physiologic function 1. d. One of the primary c...

1. Types of Traction Skin: Weights attached to patient’s skin to decrease muscle spams and immobilize the extremity before surgery. Ex Bryant traction (for hip dysplasia in children) and Buck ‘s traction for hip fracture in adult patients). Skeletal: Screws are inserted into bone. Used for long bone fractures such as femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, ulna, radius, metacarpals, phalanges and metatarsals. Halo: used for cervical bone fractures. Nurse should make sure wrench to release rods is ...

• Labs o Creatine kinase MB (CK-MB): 2-6 ng/mL  Release 4-6 hrs after MI  Myocardial muscle  So myocardial muscle death it will release CK-MB, elevated means cell death so a cardiac problem o Troponin: < 0.3 ng/mL  If pt has chest pain, first thing is do ECG and check troponin  Found in cardiac muscle  Enters blood stream before creatine kinase  Go to gold standard for cardiac cell death, rises 3 hours after injury, MI  Elevated levels point to cell dea...

- You cannot get HIV through kissing. - Not a disease you can get casually. - Retroviral disease – it replicates backward – that’s why it is difficult to cure. o Many are living longer with HIV. It is more a chronic disease today. Just like diabetes. - HIV is not AIDS o AIDS is the end stage of HIV. Takes about 8-10 years from HIV to AIDS. o Some do develop AIDS very quickly. - HIV is a virus suppresses/destroys the immune system. - Many will die from opportunistic diseases...

NR 324 ADULT HEALTH Week 2 Lab Prep, Latest Fall 2020 Complete Solution, All Answers Correct

NR 324 ADULT HEALTH Week 2 Lab Prep, Latest Fall 2020 Complete Solution, All Answers Correct