Complex cr nr 341 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Torts: Doing something legally wrong  Intentional: Assault (Verbal threats), battery (Physical harm, putting your hands on them without permission), false imprisonment (medical restraint is a necessity) (Haldol to sedate them is chemical restraint)  Unintentional: Negligence (no harm to patient we just didn’t do what we were supposed to), Malpractice (when harm is done to the patient)

+ Autonomic Nervous System - Parasympathetic . Nervous System (Decreases rate of SA node/Slows impulse conduction of AV node) - Sympathetic Nervous System + Increases rate of SA node + Increases impulse conduction of AV node + Increases cardiac contractility Causes of Heart Failure + HTN, Drugs (Recreational and Prescription), Electrolyte imbalances (K+ , Mg+ , Ca+) , CAD, Heart Attack (MI), Valvular heart disease, Hypoxia, Hyperthyroid (Endocrine), - SA node is the normal pacemaker...

Critical care exam 1 personal notes Leah COMPLEX CR NR341

COMPLEX CR NR 341 Critical Care EXAM 2 CHAMBERLIN COLLEGE OF NURSING

What are symptoms of a stroke, brain attack, and CVA? -Correct Answer= *Headache *Confusion *Seizures *Incontinence *Vomiting *Disorientation *Diplopia *Ptosis *Hypertension *Apraxia *Decreased Neuromuscular control *Memory Impairment *Aphasia (L Hemisphere for CVA) *Decreased cough/Swallow Reflex *Agnosia (Decr. Sensory interpretation) *Hemiparesis/hemiplegia *Emotional Liability *Loss of corneal reflex *Homonymous *Hemianopsia *Spatial-Perceptual Defects What are symptoms ...

What does CVP stand for Ans- Central Venous Pressure What does Preload mean? Ans- The VOLUME of BLOOD going INTO the HEART during Diastole (AKA the Volume of blood in ventricles***) What is the normal range of Preload? Ans- 2-6 L What level normally is responsible for measuring Preload? Ans- CVP is normally responsible What does a CVP level of < 2 indicate is occurring? Ans- Fluid Volume Deficit What does a CVP level of > 6 indicate? Ans- Fluid Volume Excess What medication can be ...

NR 341 Critical care exam 2 personal notes

A 50-year-old male comes to the nurse practitioner clinic for evaluation. He complains of chills, pelvic pain, and dysuria. He should be diagnosed with (VS in image): acute bacterial prostatitis. chronic bacterial prostatitis. urinary tract infection. nonbacterial prostatitis. A. Acute bacterial prostatitis should always be considered first in a male patient who presents with these symptoms. He may have cloudy urine and symptoms of obstruction, like dribbling. Chronic bacterial prostati...

EKG STRIPS SINUS RHYTHM Normal Sinus Rhythm Sinus Bradycardia Sinus Tachycardia Sinus Arrest Sinus Arrythmia Atrial Atrial Fibrilation Atrial Flutter Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia Other Asystole Bundle Branch Block Sinoatrial Block Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm Accelerated Junctional Rhythm Idioventricular Rhythm Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome HEART BLOCK First Degree Heart Block Second Degree Heart Block Type I S...