NUR 113 Exam 4: PERFUSION Questions With
Complete Solutions
- ↓ risk for bleeding
- keep the bubble
- don't massage or aspirate with administration
Correct Answers lovenox
- chronically swollen limbs
- thick-brownish skin at ankles
- venous stasis ulceration
- itchy, scaly skin
- hair loss Correct Answers signs and symptoms of
chronic venous insufficiency
- Cramping /aching in calves, thighs, & buttocks
due to ischemia (toxins)
- reproducible pain experienced during walking and
relieved by rest Correct Answers intermittent
claudication
- elevate legs
- avoid prolonged standing/sitting & crossing legs
- support hose (TED hose) Correct Answers
treatment for chronic venous insufficiency
- End stage of chronic venous insufficiency
- Skin of the lower legs ulcerates because of stasis
of blood Correct Answers venous stasis ulceration
, - leg elevation
- *wound care with moist dressings*
- support hose
- debridement Correct Answers treatment for
venous stasis ulceration
- Low-molecular weight heparin
- Oral anticoagulation
- *Elevate FOB with knees slightly flexed*
- Early mobilization and leg exercises
- SCDs
- TED hose Correct Answers prevention for DVT
- pain, color changes, edema, pulses +1 or absent,
gangrene
- no smoking, avoid exposure to cold, pain control,
CCBs, amputation Correct Answers S/S and
treatment for Buerger's disease
- prevents new clots formation & extension of
existing clots (MI, PE, DVT)
*short half life (90 min)* Correct Answers heparin
- Result from faulty venous valves that ↓venous
return
- Takes years to develop Correct Answers chronic
venous insufficiency
- Skin pale (pallor) when legs elevated
Complete Solutions
- ↓ risk for bleeding
- keep the bubble
- don't massage or aspirate with administration
Correct Answers lovenox
- chronically swollen limbs
- thick-brownish skin at ankles
- venous stasis ulceration
- itchy, scaly skin
- hair loss Correct Answers signs and symptoms of
chronic venous insufficiency
- Cramping /aching in calves, thighs, & buttocks
due to ischemia (toxins)
- reproducible pain experienced during walking and
relieved by rest Correct Answers intermittent
claudication
- elevate legs
- avoid prolonged standing/sitting & crossing legs
- support hose (TED hose) Correct Answers
treatment for chronic venous insufficiency
- End stage of chronic venous insufficiency
- Skin of the lower legs ulcerates because of stasis
of blood Correct Answers venous stasis ulceration
, - leg elevation
- *wound care with moist dressings*
- support hose
- debridement Correct Answers treatment for
venous stasis ulceration
- Low-molecular weight heparin
- Oral anticoagulation
- *Elevate FOB with knees slightly flexed*
- Early mobilization and leg exercises
- SCDs
- TED hose Correct Answers prevention for DVT
- pain, color changes, edema, pulses +1 or absent,
gangrene
- no smoking, avoid exposure to cold, pain control,
CCBs, amputation Correct Answers S/S and
treatment for Buerger's disease
- prevents new clots formation & extension of
existing clots (MI, PE, DVT)
*short half life (90 min)* Correct Answers heparin
- Result from faulty venous valves that ↓venous
return
- Takes years to develop Correct Answers chronic
venous insufficiency
- Skin pale (pallor) when legs elevated
