NUR 2755 Multidimensional Care IV
MDC4 Final Exam
Why teach patient to deep breath and cough after surgery
- prevent pneumonia
Gave double dose of medication, what to do first?
- Assess patient
What to do when patient comes back from surgery, and they're declining
(rapid, shallow respirations, elevated heart rate, blood pressure dropping),
what do you do??
- Call rapid response team
Allergy exposure situation
,- more exposure to allergen the more risk to developing a reaction
,Patient in lithotomy position for surgery, where would their experience post
op discomfort??
- Shoulders
Why do we have drainage tubes/what's the purpose??
- To help prevent infection
Why do we give a patient with multiple sclerosis Baclofen??
- To treat muscle spasms
Patient has head to toe trauma and at risk for developing ARDS, what is the
earliest sign?
- Increased respiratory rate
What is the most common first symptom with a patient with a PE?
- Chest pain
Pain response in an unconscious patient? (peripheral pain response)
- Squeezing the nail beds
, What are measures for a patient with a head injury, how do we prevent
increase intracranial pressure?
- Decrease
stimulus Slow
movements
Don't cough hard or
blow nose Deep
Breaths
Slow exhale to help with pain control
MDC4 Final Exam
Why teach patient to deep breath and cough after surgery
- prevent pneumonia
Gave double dose of medication, what to do first?
- Assess patient
What to do when patient comes back from surgery, and they're declining
(rapid, shallow respirations, elevated heart rate, blood pressure dropping),
what do you do??
- Call rapid response team
Allergy exposure situation
,- more exposure to allergen the more risk to developing a reaction
,Patient in lithotomy position for surgery, where would their experience post
op discomfort??
- Shoulders
Why do we have drainage tubes/what's the purpose??
- To help prevent infection
Why do we give a patient with multiple sclerosis Baclofen??
- To treat muscle spasms
Patient has head to toe trauma and at risk for developing ARDS, what is the
earliest sign?
- Increased respiratory rate
What is the most common first symptom with a patient with a PE?
- Chest pain
Pain response in an unconscious patient? (peripheral pain response)
- Squeezing the nail beds
, What are measures for a patient with a head injury, how do we prevent
increase intracranial pressure?
- Decrease
stimulus Slow
movements
Don't cough hard or
blow nose Deep
Breaths
Slow exhale to help with pain control
