Icu sedation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM: READING COMPREHENSION, CHEMISTRY, GRAMMAR, BIOLOGY, VOCABULARY & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, CRITICAL THINKING, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY AND MATH VERSION 2 (With answers) Reading Comprehension Neurologists and biological psychologists have witnessed a sharp increase in the knowledge and understanding of particular structures of the brain over the past two decades. As technology becomes ever more advanced, scientists are able to isolate the functions of even small regions of ...

2023 HESI Med-Surg RN Custom Exam (for Med Surg II Class) Pics & Q&As Included (A+)Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. While assessing a client with diabetes mellitus, the nurse observes an absence of hair growth on the client's legs. What additional assessment provides further data to support this finding? a. Palpate for the presence of femoral pulses bilaterally. b. Assess for the presence of a positive Homan's...

CPPS Practice Exam 2023 Questions and Answer CPPS Practice Exam 2023 Questions and Answer You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify appropriate events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best opportunity for an RCA? - ANSWER-a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a skin tear from the tape b. A patient with no known allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic requiring transfer to ICU. c. The...

CPPS Practice Exam Questions Answered Correctly | VERIFIED You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify appropriate events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best opportunity for an RCA? a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a skin tear from the tape b. A patient with no known allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic requiring transfer to ICU. c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscop...

1. various oxygen administration devices 2. intubation equipment 3. suction equipment 4. chest tube placement equipment 5. Bag-valve device with various sizes of mask 6. medications for pain and agitation 7. fluids for vascular support 8. Venous and arterial line equipment 9. cardiac monitor and defibrillator clinical simulation 1 A respiratory therapist assigned to the ED is asked to assist in the evaluation of a 24 year old male victim of a motorcycle accident who w...

ICU EXAM 1 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS Nociceptors differ from other nerve receptors in the body in that they: - ANSWER ☑☑adapt very little to continual pain response A postsurgical patient is on a ventilator in the critical care unit. The patient has been tolerating the ventilator well and has not required any sedation. On assessment, the nurse notes the patient is tachycardic and hypertensive with an increased respiratory rate of 28 breaths/min. The patient has been suctioned ...

delirium - Answer an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. Dementia - Answer a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes RASS - Answer Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale CAM ICU test - Answer -4 questions and a command -Only tool validated for ...

Case Study of a 25-Year-Old Female with Complaints of a Severe Headache and Agitation Immunopathology Contributed by Jessica Dwyer, MD and Bruce Rabin, MD, PhD Clinical History A 25-year-old African American female with no significant past medical history presented to the hospital with complaints of a severe headache and agitation for approximately one week. While in the emergency department, she became extremely agitated and violent, requiring physical restraints and benzodiazepin...

Questions to ask patients who OD - CORRECT ANSWER what did you take, when, how much, last oral intake, any precautions taken, weight Opiates and opioids - CORRECT ANSWER morphine, codeine, and heroin, methadone, oxycodone hypoventilation, respiratory arrest, pinpoint pupils, sedation, coma, hypotension sympathomimetics - CORRECT ANSWER epinephrine, albuterol, cocaine, methamphetamine hypertension, tachycardia, dilated pupils, agitation, seizures, hyperthermia sedati...

Which of the following structures will result in the most radiopaque shadow on a CXR a. aorta b. heart c. lungs d. ribs correct answer: d. ribs Your patient just had an anteroposterior chest film taken. When you view the film, what may be a consideration? correct answer: The heart may appear larger than it really is. What is indicated by blunting of the costophrenic angles seen on a PA or lateral CXR? correct answer: Excess pleural fluid What chest x-ray view is best used to id...

NRNP 6566 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2023 Update NRNP 6566 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2023 Update Question 1 Which statement is correct about fluoroquinolones? fluoroquinolones are effective treatment for urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis Fluoroquinolones are recommended treatment in uncomplicated skin infections fluoroquinolones are not associated with tendon rupture fluoroquinolones are never indicated in the treatment of pediatric infections Question 2 A 42...

SLUDGEM - salivation, sweating lacrimation urination defecation, drooling, diarrhea gastric upset and cramps emesis muscle twitching/miosis (pinpoint pupils) Opiates and opioids - morphine, codeine, and heroin, methadone, oxycodone hypoventilation, respiratory arrest, pinpoint pupils, sedation, coma, hypotension sympathomimetics - epinephrine, albuterol, cocaine, methamphetamine hypertension, tachycardia, dilated pupils, agitation, seizures, hyperthermia sedative hypnotics - diazepam,...