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The Glascow coma scale is used to determine? correct answers Neurological status
What factors/things are in an acute care setting? correct answers a. Hospital ward
b. Emergency Department
c. Hospital in the home
What health care workers are involved in the treatment of a patient in an acute setting?
correct answers Physiotherapists
Nurses
Pharmacist
Establishing rapport with patients prior to surgery is important because? correct answers
Being able to listen to and alleviate their concern
What are 3 types of pain? correct answers Acute, chronic and cancer pain
When Should the nurse complete an initial pain assessment? correct answers At the same
time when you complete your patients vital signs
What following interventions are appropriate for reducing a patient's temperature? correct
answers paracetamol, Neurofen
The primary action of metoclopramide (Maxalon) is to: correct answers Increase peristalsis
A Patient returns from theatre with a temperature of 38 degrees, what does this mean? correct
answers This is part of the normal inflammatory response to surgery
The part of the body responsible for the initiation of vomiting is? correct answers Medulla
Which one of the clinical reasoning cycle step describes what you want to happen? correct
answers Establish Goals
The strength of a drug in terms of the concentration or amount delivered is correct answers
Potency
Surgery and general anaesthesia cause a increase in stress response. Explain how the stress
response alters glucose metabolism correct answers Stress response triggers the release of
catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline), increase production of glucagon by the liver,
and stimulates inflammatory markers and increases cortisol release. .... Resulting in increased
insulin resistance, decreased peripheral glucose utilization, and impaired insulin secretion,
leading to hyperglycaemia
True or fasle
coronary heart disease, hypertension (HT) and acute myocardial infarction are documented in
about 2/3 of heart failure patients correct answers true