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Signs ✔✔Things you can see or measure
symptoms ✔✔Subjective information (The patient must tell you)
Pack years ✔✔Packs per day multiplied by the number of years.
Advanced directives are? ✔✔documents that provide instructions incase the patient is unable to.
These instructions should be notarized and copies given to the family and physician.
If a patient has a DNI order you can still? ✔✔Provide non invasive ventilation ( BiPAP)
A durable power of attorney allows? ✔✔A person to make decisions for the patient.
What is normal urine output? ✔✔40mL per hour or 1 Liter per day.
,Where does sensible water loss occur? ✔✔Through the urine or vomiting, Diarrhea.
Where does insensible water loss occur? ✔✔Through the skin or exhalation.
What is normal Central venous pressure? ✔✔2 to 6 mmHg
What should you recommend for patients with an elevated CVP? ✔✔Diuretics
What should you recommend for a patient with a low CVP? ✔✔Fluids.
The abbreviation ADL stands for? ✔✔Activities of daily living.
What is Orthopnea? ✔✔Difficulty breathing while laying flat. Often seen in CHF patients.
What is general malaise? ✔✔A generalized run down feeling, nauseas, weak, fatigued,
headache. Think electrolyte imbalance.
What does Dysphagia mean? ✔✔Difficulty swallowing.
, Why does peripheral edema most commonly occur? ✔✔edema is most likely caused by CHF or
renal failure.
What is Acites? ✔✔Acites is fluid in the abdomen. Typically caused by liver failure.
What causes clubbing of the fingers? ✔✔Chronic hypoxemia.
How fast should color return to a finger during a capillary refill test? ✔✔Blood should return in
less than 3 seconds.
What is Diaphoresis? ✔✔A state of profuse sweating.
What is Jaundice? ✔✔A yellowish appearance of the skin caused by increased bilirubin in the
blood and tissue.
What is Erythema? ✔✔Redness of the skin due from capillary congestion, inflammation, or
infection.
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Signs ✔✔Things you can see or measure
symptoms ✔✔Subjective information (The patient must tell you)
Pack years ✔✔Packs per day multiplied by the number of years.
Advanced directives are? ✔✔documents that provide instructions incase the patient is unable to.
These instructions should be notarized and copies given to the family and physician.
If a patient has a DNI order you can still? ✔✔Provide non invasive ventilation ( BiPAP)
A durable power of attorney allows? ✔✔A person to make decisions for the patient.
What is normal urine output? ✔✔40mL per hour or 1 Liter per day.
,Where does sensible water loss occur? ✔✔Through the urine or vomiting, Diarrhea.
Where does insensible water loss occur? ✔✔Through the skin or exhalation.
What is normal Central venous pressure? ✔✔2 to 6 mmHg
What should you recommend for patients with an elevated CVP? ✔✔Diuretics
What should you recommend for a patient with a low CVP? ✔✔Fluids.
The abbreviation ADL stands for? ✔✔Activities of daily living.
What is Orthopnea? ✔✔Difficulty breathing while laying flat. Often seen in CHF patients.
What is general malaise? ✔✔A generalized run down feeling, nauseas, weak, fatigued,
headache. Think electrolyte imbalance.
What does Dysphagia mean? ✔✔Difficulty swallowing.
, Why does peripheral edema most commonly occur? ✔✔edema is most likely caused by CHF or
renal failure.
What is Acites? ✔✔Acites is fluid in the abdomen. Typically caused by liver failure.
What causes clubbing of the fingers? ✔✔Chronic hypoxemia.
How fast should color return to a finger during a capillary refill test? ✔✔Blood should return in
less than 3 seconds.
What is Diaphoresis? ✔✔A state of profuse sweating.
What is Jaundice? ✔✔A yellowish appearance of the skin caused by increased bilirubin in the
blood and tissue.
What is Erythema? ✔✔Redness of the skin due from capillary congestion, inflammation, or
infection.
