NUR 280 Comp (NUR280)

Comp #1 Spinal Cord Injury/Surgery/Procedure - Expected finding: o Decreased reflexes o Numbness/tingling o Inability to urinate (from low spinal cord injury) - Not Expected: o Decreased RR. o Headache (increased ICP) o CSF halo (yellow fluid) - Post-Op: o Airway, circulation o Monitor for ICP, Neuro checks, VS closely - Complication: o Autonomic Dysreflexia. S/S:  Numbness & tingling (expected)  Severe hypotension  Cessation of breathing (not expected). Heparin/Enoxaparin (LMWH) - Anti...

The nurse is preparing a staff presentation on legal and ethical issues in nursing. The nurse would be correct to include which of the following examples? A. Putting a client in a geriatric chair with the lap tray in front of the client in the day room to watch television is false imprisonment B. Telling a client that you will put in a feeding tube if the client does not eat is an example of battery C. Telling a client with bipolar disorder who is suicidal that they have a right to refu...

THE NURSE IS CARING FOR A CLIENT WITH HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INTERVENTIONS SHOULD THE NURSE TAKE? Assist the client with appropriate behavior during group therapy sessions. RATIONALE: Histrionic personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking behaviors, usually beginning in early childhood, including inappropriate seduction and an excessive desire for approval. THE NURSE IS WORKING ON A MED SURG UN...

NUR 280 Comp Review – Comp 1 Comp 2 Comp 3- 2020. 1. Cane- place on strong side, move with weak a. Hand grip level at client’s greater trochanter b. Elbows flexed at 15 to 30 degrees c. Hold 4-6 inches from the side of the foot d. Hold in the unaffected side and move together with the weaker side e. Inspect the cane tips regularly for worn rubber f. For client with 1 upper extremity, hemicanes or quadripod canes are used g. For walker, instruct client to put all 4 points of the walke...

NUR 280 COMP Study Guide - Gallen College Of Nursing. A NURSE IS CARING FOR AN OLDER ADULT CLIENT WHO HAD SURGERY FOR AN INTESTINAL TRACT OBSTRUCTION AND HAS AN NG TUBE. WHICH SHOULD THE NURSE INCLUDE IN THE PLAN OF CARE? 1, 3, 4, 5 1. Discontinue suction when assessing for peristalsis 2. Encourage the use of an incentive spirometer every two hours while awake – maintain sequential compression devices to bilateral lower extremities 3. Irrigate the NG tube with normal saline as expir...