NUR 6560 Final Exam Review v2

NUR 6560 Final Exam Review v2 NURS 6560 Final Exam Review General Pre and Post Op Care • Hemoglobin in relation to surgery • Predictors of increased morbidity and mortality post-operatively • Risks factors for poor wound healing • Medications the patient should take on the morning of surgery • Positioning in the PACU Head, Neck, Esophagus, and Diaphragm • Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) diagnosis and treatment • Otitis Externa – secondary treatment • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma- treatment related complications • Achalasia risk factors • Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia repair Cardiology • EKG interpretation of different types of MI according to the leads presenting with signs of ischemia • Society of Thoracic Surgeon’s statistics and synopsis regarding patient outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting and mortality • INR management • Mitral stenosis with catheter-based balloon mitral valvotomy and reduction of the transvalvular pressure gradient • Types of aortic aneurysms and immediate surgery Pulmonary and Shock • Fatty Lipoma • Thymoma and autoimmune disorders • Positive TB skin test and when treatment is needed • Cardiac pressures related to shock and PE • Treatment for neurogenic shock, distributive-septic shock, and cardiogenic shock Acute Abdomen, Stomach/Duodenum, Appendix Disorders • Abdominal pain and epigastric pain workup and presentation • Symptoms of colicky pain • Gas stoppage sign • Pancreatitis labs • ureteral colic s/s • Perforated bowel s/s • Rebound tenderness • Diverticulitis s/s • When is a pelvic exam indicated and when can it be deferred? • Gastric resection and how vitamins absorption is affected • Post-op care of abdominal surgery • Gastroparesis • perforated ulcer s/s and resection and hospital complications …………………………………CONTINUED………………………………………