Broward College - North Campus

A newly hired experienced nurse is preparing to change a patient’s abdominal dressing and hasn’t done it before at this hospital. Which action by the nurse is best? a. Ask another nurse to do it so the correct method can be viewed. b. Check the policy and procedure manual for the agency’s method. c. Change the dressing using the method taught in nursing school. d. Ask the patient how the dressing change has been recently done. ANS: B The Joint Commission requires accredited hospital...

Vernon Russel vSim/Vernon Russel vSim. Stoke is a syndrome of acute focal neurologic deficit from a vascular disorder that injures brain tissue. This can occur from, atherosclerosis, dissecting aneurysm, infectious vasculitis, syphilis, congenital defects, coronary artery spasm. The pathology process beings from increased blood levels of LDLs that can irritate or damage the inner layer of coronary vessels. The LDL enters the vessel after damaging the protective barrier, accumulates, and form...

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Doris Bowman Vsim 2/Doris Bowman Vsim 2. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Removal of the uterus and the cervix. It is a surgical procedure through an incision (vertically or horizontally to bikini line, 3-5 small incisions) in your lower abdomen. Bilateral Saplingo-oophorectomy Removes both ovaries and fallopian tubes

Mona Hernandez vSim/Mona Hernandez vSim. Mona Hernandez had influenza 10 days prior to admittance. Symptoms: Dry couch, fever, malaise. Saw PCM yesterday and was diagnosed via chest x-ray (white spots in RLL) with pneumonia, admitted at this time. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. It is caused by bacteria, virus, or fungi. Sputum sent to lab to determine cause. Infection inflames alveoli which then fill with pus/fluid which reduces O₂ in blood.

Marvin Hayes vSim/Marvin Hayes vSim. A premalignant lesion (adenoma) progresses to invasive adenocarcinoma via a complex unknown mechanism that most often involves genetic alterations. Most lesions of the large bowel are moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas. Tumors tend to grow slowly and remain asymptomatic for a long time. Tumors in the sigmoid and descending colon undergo circumferential growth and constrict the intestinal lumen. Tumors in the ascending colon are usually large at di...

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Kim Johnson vSim/Kim Johnson vSim. Spinal Cord Injury is damage to the spinal cord caused by fracture, contusion, dislocation, subluxation or compression of the nerves. Most common sites can be C5, C6, C7, T12, L1, L4-L5, and L5-S1 vertebrae. The classification of spinal cord injury could be Paraplegia: spinal cord injury that occurs in the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral segments and involves paralysis in the lower half of the body.