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NUR 220 - Final Exam Study Guide/NUR 220 - Final Exam Study Guide. I. Evidence-based Health Assessment a. Priority Levels i. First level 1. Life threatening problems – LIFE THREATENING a. AIR WAY PROBLEMS b. BREATHING PROBLEMS i. Rate, depth, pattern and breathing sounds c. CIRCULATION PROBLEMS i. Heart rate, BP, tissue perfusion, beating of the heart (what is their EKG?) ii. Second Level 1. Avoid deterioration 2. Change in mental status 3. Acute pain a. Short term – 3to 6 months b. Soft tis...

NUR 220 - Final Exam Blueprint/NUR 220 - Final Exam Blueprint. Evidence-basedHealthAssessment a)PriorityLevels - 1stlevel:emergent,lifethreatening,immediate - ABCs+V:airway,breathing,cardiac/circulation+vitalsigns - 2ndlevel:nextinurgency;requiringpromptinterventiontoforestallfurtherdeterioration - lstatuschange,acutepain,acuteurinaryeliminationproblems,untreatedmedicalproblems, abnormallabvalues,infection/safety/securityrisk - 3rdlevel:importanttopatient’shealthbutcanbeaddressedaftermoreurgen...

NUR 220 - Final Exam Blueprint/NUR 220 - Final Exam Blueprint. Evidence-basedHealthAssessment a)PriorityLevels - 1stlevel:emergent,lifethreatening,immediate - ABCs+V:airway,breathing,cardiac/circulation+vitalsigns - 2ndlevel:nextinurgency;requiringpromptinterventiontoforestallfurtherdeterioration - lstatuschange,acutepain,acuteurinaryeliminationproblems,untreatedmedicalproblems, abnormallabvalues,infection/safety/securityrisk - 3rdlevel:importanttopatient’shealthbutcanbeaddresseda...

NUR 220 - Final Exam Study Guide/NUR 220 - Final Exam Study Guide. I. Evidence-based Health Assessment a. Priority Levels i. First level 1. Life threatening problems – LIFE THREATENING a. AIR WAY PROBLEMS b. BREATHING PROBLEMS i. Rate, depth, pattern and breathing sounds c. CIRCULATION PROBLEMS i. Heart rate, BP, tissue perfusion, beating of the heart (what is their EKG?) ii. Second Level 1. Avoid deterioration 2. Change in mental status 3. Acute pain a. Short term...

NUR 197 - Patho and Psych Study Guide/NUR 197 - Patho and Psych Study Guide. Learn how to interpret arterial blood gas value: Rule of the Bs: “If the pH and the Bicarb are BOTH in the SAME DIRECTION, then it is metaBOLIC” BICARB VALUE: 22-26 PH: 7.35-7.45 Examples pH: 7.23 paO2: 72 BiCarb: 20 PaCO2: 40 --- Metabolic Acidosis pH: 7.66 pa02: 73 Bicarb 24 PaCO2: 49 --- Respiratory Alkalosis ***Compensated means the pH would be normal… Uncompensated means the pH would be ab...

NUR 450 - Final Exam Review/NUR 450 - Final Exam Review. 1. A patient with leukemia is considering whether to have hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The nurse will include which information in the patient’s teaching plan? a. Donor bone marrow is transplanted through a sternal or hip incision. b. Hospitalization is required for several weeks after the stem cell transplant. c. The transplant procedure takes place in a sterile operating room to minimize the risk for infection. ...

NURSING N490 - Final Exam Study Guide/NURSING N490 - Final Exam Study Guide. MUSCULOSKELETAL Musculo-Skeletal Assessment Most common impairment: pain, weakness, deformity, movement limitation, stiffness, joint crepitation (crackling sound) Ask pt about changes in sensation and size of muscle Past Hx that affects the system o TB; poliomyelitis; DM; parathyroid; hemophilia; rickets; infection; o Trauma o Ask pt about infection of ears, tonsil, teeth… bc they can spread to the ...

NURSING 440 - Exam 3 Study Guide/NURSING 440 - Exam 3 Study Guide. Musculoskeletal and Orthopedic Disorders Fractures • Complete: break is completely through bone • Incomplete: bone is still in one piece • Displaced: two ends separated from one another 1. Comminuted 2. Oblique • Nondisplaced: periosteum is intact and bone is aligned. 1. transverse 2. spiral 3. greenstick

NURSING 440 - Exam 2 Study Guide/NURSING 440 - Exam 2 Study Guide. Acute Kidney Injury Clinical Manifestations • RIFLE classification o Risk (R) o Injury (I) o Failure (F) o Loss (L) o End-stage renal disease (E)

NUR 340 – Final Exam Study Guide/NUR 340 – Final Exam Study Guide. . PharmacoDynamics and Pharmacokinetics I. PharmacoDynamics- is the science of dealing with interactions between living organisms and foreign chemicals. *What does the drug do to the body? • Receptor Site II. Pharmacokinetics- The study of absorption, distribution, metabolism (biotransformation), and excretion of drugs *What does the body do to the drug? i. Absorption- Route ii. Distribution- Lipid soluble ...