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ATI - RN Mental Health Nursing Latest October 2024 update What do you assess for during a Mental Status Exam (MSE)? - Answer--1. level of consciousness 2. physical appearance 3. behavior 4. cognitive and intellectual abilities alert - Answer--able to fully respond by opening eyes, attend to normal tone of voice and speech, and answer questions spontaneously and appropriately lethargy - Answer--able to open eyes and respond, but is drowsy and falls asleep readily obtundation - Answer--need...

4 assessment techniques - Inspection Palpation Percussion Auscultation ABC's - airway, breathing, circulation airway is most important Abnormal lung sounds - Rales = fluid in the bases (LA) Wheezing = bronchial constriction (LA) Rhonchi = large amount of secretion (midlung) Stridor = obstruction in (UA) Abnormal lymph nodes - large, tender, fixed, hard Abnormal skin findings - cool to touch hot to touch diaphoretic jaundice (yellow) cyanotic(blue) pallor urticaria (hives) pete...

Nocicpetive Pain - Answer One's perception of pain. Gate-control theory: Spinal gateway in dorsal horn that controls pain. Book: Pain transmission is the conduction of pain impulses along the Aδ and C fibers (primary order neurons) into the dorsal horn of the spinal cord (Figure 14-1). Here they form synapses with excitatory or inhibitory interneurons (second order neurons) in the substantia gelatinosa of the dorsal horn. What is pain tolerance influenced by? - Answer Perceptual dominance...

NUR 230 Exam 4 Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (GRADED) | Galen College Of Nursing. Final Exam Peds/Maternity Sickle Cell Anemia: - Dx = Newborn Screening - Patient having extreme leg or abdominal pain = Give Morphine - Patient with pain and fever = Blood culture to test for infection - NO CURE, but possible bone marrow transplants - If a patient with sickle cell is in pain and has had pain med but still has a headache….CALL MD… patient could be having a stroke and need...

TEST BANK FOR WONG'S NURSING CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN 11TH EDITION BY HOCKENBERRY Chapter 30: The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. An injury to which part of the brain will cause a coma? a. Brainstem b. Cerebrum c. Cerebellum d. Occipital lobe ANS: A Injury to the brainstem results in stupor and coma. Signs of damage to the cerebrum are specific to the involved area. Individuals with frontal lobe injury may have impaired memory, personality changes, or alter...

Nephrology: Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS) Questions and Answers Graded A What is dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS)? Rare syndrome characterised by neuro. Sx of varying severity that affects dialysis px (particularly when they first start on haemodialysis) - thought to be due to cerebral oedema What are the risk factors for DDS? Risk factors • First dialysis treatment • Markedly elevated blood urea conc. Predialysis (i.e. >175 mg/dL or 60 mmol/L) • Chronic kidney disease ...

ATLS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED APPROVED BY: Want to earn $103 per month? 1. what is the #1 cause of preventable deaths after trauma?: hemorrhage 2. what initital labs should be drawn when starting an IV in trauma?: type and cross CBC for baselines preg test for females blod gases and lactate for shock 3. what are the 3 contra indications for a foley in trauma?: blood at eth urethral meatus perineal ecchymosis high riding or non-palpable prostate pel...

NUR 230 Exam 4 Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (GRADED) | Galen College Of Nursing. Sickle Cell Anemia: - Dx = Newborn Screening - Patient having extreme leg or abdominal pain = Give Morphine - Patient with pain and fever = Blood culture to test for infection - NO CURE, but possible bone marrow transplants - If a patient with sickle cell is in pain and has had pain med but still has a headache….CALL MD… patient could be having a stroke and needs a CT scan: on test - Ma...

definition of; - multiple casualties - mass casualties - incidents in which nr of pat and severity of injuries do not exceed capability of facility to render care - nr of pat and severity of their injuries exceed capability of facility and staff term; upward deflection after QRS complex in a patient with hypothermia J (Osborn) wave clinicians can quickly assess A, B, C and D in a trauma pat (10 sec assessment), how? identify themselves, asking pat for his or her name, and asking what ha...