Athabasca University (AU )

What is perioperative nursing? care of the client before, during and after surgery What is preoperative nursing? -before surgery -begins with decision to have surgery entering OR What is intraoperative nursing? during surgery i.e. OR to PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) What is postoperative nursing? after surgery i.e. PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) to full recovery Care of the patient having surgery has shifted from hospital focused to ___ focus home based Many surgeries and proce...

what is the functional unit of the kidney? nephron How does the nephron work? 1. Blood is filtered by the glomerulus as it enters at the Bowman's capsule 2. The filtrate passes through the proximal convoluted tube 3. It passes through the loop of Henle 4. It passes through the distal convoluted tubule 5. It passes through the collecting duct 6. The filtrate is modified to form urine 7. The urine exits the duct and enters the ureters 8. It enters the bladder 9. It exits through the ...

1 ADPIE assess, diagnosis, plan, implement, evaluate 2 Nursing Process a method to practice in organized systematic way leads to inferences about the meaning of patient's response to a health problem or the patient's functional state of health 3 Assessment collection and verification of data from patients & secondary sources as family then analysis 4 purpose of assessment establish database about the patients needs health problems and responses to these problems - nurs...

The stretchable quality of the cervical mucus at the time of ovulation is known as? a. Menarche b. Spinnbarkeit c. Mittelschmerz d. leukorrhea b. Spinnbarkeit A nurse is teaching a group of clients who are pregnant about measures to relieve backache during pregnancy. Which of the following should the nurse include? Select all that apply. a. avoid any lifting b. perform legal exercises twice daily c. perform the pelvic rock exercise daily d. use proper body mechanics e. avoid const...

premonitory signs of labor - braxton hicks contractions - lightening - increase in clear and non-irritating vaginal secretions (mucus plug) - "bloody show" on toilet paper - energy spurt / nesting - small weight loss - sometimes diarrhea - back ache - cervix ripening true vs false labor: pain true labor: - pain in lower back that radiates to abdomen false labor: - discomfort localized in abdomen - NO LOWER BACK PAIN true vs false labor: contractions true labor: - contra...

pain during childbirth increases the demand for oxygen and alters placental exchange of O2 and CO2 visceral pain slow, deep pain, poorly localized. dominates in first stage of labor with uterine contractions (tissue ischemia) and cervical dilation somatic pain faster, sharp pain, precisely located. dominates during transitional phase of stage 1 and stage 2 of labor descending fetus puts direct pressure on maternal tissues (distention of vagina and perineum) physiologic effects of ...

When caring for a patient with mild preeclampsia, it is critical that during assessment the nurse be alert for signs of progress to severe preeclampsia. Progress to severe preeclampsia is indicated by this assessment finding: a. Proteinuria greater than 2+, in two specimens collected 6 hours apart b. Platelet count of 180,000/mm3 c. Positive ankle clonus d. Blood pressure of 154/94 and 156/100, 6 hours apart c. Positive ankle clonus A nurse is admitting a client with a clinical diagnois ...

very preterm less than 32 weeks preterm born before completion of 37 weeks gestation, regardless of birth weight late preterm 34 0/7 - 36 6/7 weeks early term 37 0/7 -38 6/7 weeks full term 39 0/7- 40 6/7 weeks late term 41 0/7 -41 6/7 weeks post term 42 0/7 weeks and beyond post mature born after completion of week 42 of gestation and showing the effects of progressive placental insufficiency gravida total number of pregnancies term scoring number of babies born at term (37 w...

diabetes risks to a pregnancy macrosomia, IUGR, miscarriages, preterm labor, infections, shoulder dystocia congenital malformations: neural tube and cardiac defects interventions for a diabetic pregnant person diet/nutrition, exercise, insulin, monitoring blood glucose, urine testing, close surveillance of baby mode of birth for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus usually a scheduled delivery date, either an induction or c-section diabetes postpartum breastfeeding is encouraged insu...

BUN 10-20 Typical urine output An infant: 500-600 mL/ day A toddler/2-year-old: 500-780 ml/day A 5 to 8-year-old: 600-1200 mL/day A 9 to 14-year-old: mL/ day 15 and up: +1500/day Creatinine 0.6-1.2 mg/dL chief concern of a child with a renal disorders o Burning or cries on urination o Bloody or dark urine o Frequent urination o Abdominal pain o Flank pain o Enuresis o Frequent thirst o Weight gain o Strong urine odor o Increase in abdomen size o Periorbital edema o...