Pulselessness - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A 28-year-old female patient inquires about options for contraception. The nurse recognizes that if the patient takes an estrogen-based oral contraceptive, her risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) doubles based on what statement that is made by the patient? a. "I smoke 1 ½ packs of cigarettes a day." b. "I have a job as a waitress." c. "I like to sit in my hot tub in the evenings." d. "It's been three years since my last child was born." - A Women of childbearing age who take e...

4 Precipitating Factors of Angina - The 4 Es 1) Exertion 2) Eating 3) Emotional distress 4) Extreme Temperature (hot or cold) s/s of arterial occlusion - The 4 Ps 1) Pain 2) Pulselessness 3) Pallor 4) Paresthesia MADD DOG (acronym for CHF treatment) - M-morphine A-aminophylline D-digoxin D-dopamine D-diuretics O-oxygen G-Gasses (ABGs) Causes of Heart Murmur (SPASM acroynm) - S-stenosis of a valve P-partial obstruction

Orthopedic Pearls Card Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+ Which bone cancer is most likely to start in the spine or pelvis of children? Ewing's Sarcoma (5-25 y/0 ) Lytic lesion with layered periosteal reaction "onion peel" on X-Ray What age group is osteosarcoma most likely to affect? Second decade of life What is the Dx? Patient in his 20s with progressive bone pain worse at night and a sunburst appearance on X-ray. Osteosarcoma (Osteosarcoma = sun) What is the most c...

four rules of prioritization - Answer-1. acute beats chronic 2. fresh postop (<12hrs) beats medical or other surgical 3. unstable beats stable 4. the more vital the organ, the higher the priority (only use as tiebreaker) things that make a pt stable - Answer--Use of the word STABLE -A CHRONIC illness -Post-op MORE than 12 hours old -Local or regional anesthesia -Unchanged assessment -Lab abnormalities of an A or B -ready for/to be discharge, or admitted longer than 24 hrs ago. -exp...

*Neurovascular Assessment* correct answers *6 p's (pain, pallor, paresthesia, pulselessness, pressure, paralysis) Peripheral vascular: -Color/temperature -Pulses -Capillary refill -Edema Peripheral neurologic: -Sensation and motor function -Pain Immunity correct answers protection from disease or illness maintained by the physiological defense mechanisms Ex: skin, WBC, mucus membranes Inflammation correct answers a localized response to an injury, allergy, or pathogen; first line o...

Medications for pulselessness (asystole, Vfib, PEA): - ANSWEREpinephrine, Amiodarone Medications for slow rhythms (sinus brady, junctional escape, idioventricular, blocks) - ANSWERAtropine, epinephrine infusion, dopamine Medications used for fast rhythms (Afib, Aflutter, SVT, junctional tachycardia): - ANSWERCardizem, Amiodarone, Digoxin, Betablockers, adenosine, lidocaine, Procainamide Inherent SA node rate - ANSWER60-100 The normal PR interval - ANSWER0.12-0.20 Time frame betwee...

Internal Medicine PAEA Questions with Complete Solutions Graded A+ 2024. diagnose AAA: US what size AAA do you treat with surgery > 5 cm or growing >0.5 cm/year pain out of proportion to abdominal PE mesenteric ischemia-- triade- POP, afib, recently on digitalis pericardal knock constrictive pericarditis-> this is a loud s3 how do you diagnose constrictive pericarditis echo shows pericardial thickening and normal left ventricular function what murmur "widened pulse pressure" A...

ATI RN MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCTORED EXAMS (LATEST 25 NEW VERSIONS) (100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) Medical Surgical ATI Lyme Disease A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a severe form of stage II Lyme disease. Understanding of the patient teaching. ANS: My joints ache because I have Lyme disease. Chronic complications memory problem and fatigue Musculoskeletal: Osteoporosis/Osteomyelitis A nurse is assessing for compartment syndrome in a client who has a short leg cas...

ATI RN MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCTORED EXAMSWITH 25 LATEST MULTIPLE VERSIONS EXAMS 2020 | 2021 | 2022/2023 GRADE A+ Real exam 2023 /2024 updateMedical Surgical ATI Lyme Disease A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a severe form of stage II Lyme disease. Understanding of the patient teaching. ANS: My joints ache because I have Lyme disease. Chronic complications memory problem and fatigue Musculoskeletal: Osteoporosis/Osteomyelitis A nurse is assessing for compartment syndro...

Medical Surgical ATI Lyme Disease A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a severe form of stage II Lyme disease. Understanding of the patient teaching. ANS: My joints ache because I have Lyme disease. Chronic complications memory problem and fatigue Musculoskeletal: Osteoporosis/Osteomyelitis A nurse is assessing for compartment syndrome in a client who has a short leg cast. Which of the following findings is a manifestation of this condition? ANS: Pain that increases with passi...