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PREVENTION/HEALTH PROMOTION/IMMUNIZATION LEVEL OF PREVENTION  PRIMARY o Goal: preventing the health problem, the most cost-effective form of healthcare o Example: immunizations, counseling abo ut s afety, injury and disease prevention  SECONDARY o Goal: detecting disease in early, asymptomatic, or preclinical state to minimize its impact o Example: screening tests, such as BP check, mammography, colonoscopy, ASA in hx MI  TERTIARY o Goal: minimizing negative disease induced outcomes o E...

CONCEPT FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES Exemplar Acute Kidney Injury Learning Outcomes • Describe the pathophysiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, and direct and indirect causes of acute kidne y inju ry (AKI). • Identify risk factors associated with AKI. • Utilize the nursing process in providing competent nursing care to the patient with AKI. • Identify therapies used in the collaborative care of individuals with AK

Pharmacology Final Review 1. Calcium supplement for osteoporosis--why would they have flank pain 2. A nurse is preparing to administer a dose of lactulose to a client who has cirrhosis. The client sta tes, "I don't need this medication. I am not constipated." The nurse should explain that in clients who have cirrhosis, lactulose is used to decrease levels of which of the following components in the bloodstream? a. Glucose b. Ammonia i. Rationale: Lactulose, a disaccharide, is a sugar that wor...

1 Pharmacology Midterm 1. A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child who is resistant to taking medication. Which of the following strategies should the nurse use to elicit the child’s cooperation? a. Offer the child a choice of taking the medication with juice or water b. Tell the child it is candy c. Hide the medications in a large dish of ice cream d. Tell the child he will have a shot instead 2. A nurse is caring for a client who has difficulty swallowing medications and is prescribed enteri...

NCLEX-RN Free 180 questions 1. An emergency department (ED) nurse working triage has assessed four clients. Which client should receive the highest priority? 1. Alert client who fell on the side wa lk . Skin warm and dry to the touch, with a three inch laceration on the right knee continuously oozing dark red liquid. 2. Elderly client who moans when the nurse asks, "Can you hear me?" Respirations even/non labored. Skin slightly cool to touch with pale nailbeds. 3. A client who "passed out" b...

Key Concepts RNSG 1301 Final exam Fall 2019 (updated) When studying remember to know the indications, contraindications, common and severe adverse effects, special considerations regarding admini stra tion, teaching points and the nonpharmacologic treatment that can be implemented for the condition to improve drug effectiveness. There may be two or more questions on some of the high alert or frequently administered drugs to make sure you are knowledgeable of the adverse effects, management of ov...

NURSING 1 EXAM 1 Osteomalacia - Metabolic disease that causes poor & delayed mineralization of the bone cells in mature bones - Main cause is a Vitamin D deficiency Diagnostic procedures for Osteo mal acia Serum calcium, phosphate, vitamin D, BUN, creatinine, bone densitometry x-rays Symptoms of Osteomalacia Generalized skeletal pain & tenderness without a history of injury (hips are the most common site) Reluctant to ambulate Low back pain Pain in the ribs, feet, & other areas Waddling gait

A nurse is teaching the parent of an infant about ways to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? Answer: give the infant a pacifi er at bedtime/ pacifier at bedtime A nurse is providing teaching to the family of a school-age child who has juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? Answer: Encourage the child to perform independent self care/ encourage self care Ce...

ASK WHAT TO FOCUS ON IN ZOOM Central Nervous System Stimulants CNS stimulants are used clinically to treat both attention deficit disorders and narcolepsy. Paradoxically, these drugs calm hyperkinet i c children and help them to focus on one activity for a longer period. They also redirect and excite the arousal stimuli from the RAS (Figure 22.4; see also Figure 22.1). The CNS stimulants that are used to treat attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy include: methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta,...

Career Mobility Online Level 2 RNSG 1538 Health Care Concepts III Final Exam-Student Blueprint- Summer 2021 # Objective Concept/Focus Area NCLEX-RN Client Need Category Integrative Process Bloo m’s Taxonomy Reference 1 1,3 Interpersonal Relationships: Personality Disorders: Characteristics Psychosocial integrity Nursing Process Analysis Videbeck, pg. 342-343