Nursing 1 Final topics and study guide
1. As a person ages what happens to their total body water and weight?: It decreases from 60% to 50%
2. How long can the brain go without blood flow and oxygen?: 4 minutes
3. What can a result of brain death be from?: Prolonged shock
4. What are some Factors that increase the risk of developing sepsis?: -Being older than 65
-Having a chronic illness
-Having a welled immune system
-Having severe burns
-Being critically ill
5. What are some signs a pt may be going into anaphylactic shock?: -Pt complains of being short of breath
-Pt complaints that their chest or throat feels tight
6. What can lead to shock?: A pulmonary embolism or a tumor blocking blood flow
7. What do you treat hypovolemic shock with?: Fluids
8. What are some signs/symptoms of Hypovolemic shock?: -Tachycardia
-Cool and clammy skin
-Pale skin
-Rapid breathing (tachypenia)
9. Acute pain: pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or surgery
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, 10. How long does acute pain last?: less than 6 months
11. Chronic pain: episode of pain that lasts for 6 months or longer; may be intermittent or continuous
12. Examples of chronic pain: -Neck pain caused by a previous accident years ago
-pain that accompanies a desease (Phantom limb pain or atheritis)
13. What are nonpharmalogical therapies?: Used in conjunction with drug therapies
14. Can nonpharmalogical therapies help pain by theirselves?: No
15. You have a nonverbal pt who is in the er, while assessing them you need to know their pain level,
what would you use to find this out?: The Wong baker FACES pain scale
16. Examples of Emergency surgery: Ruptured aortic aneurysm or appendix, traumatic limb amputa- tion, loss of extremity pulse from
emboli
17. Examples of urgent surgery: Fracture repair, infected gallbladder
18. examples of elective surgery: Joint replacement, hernia repair, skin lesion removal
19. Examples of optional surgery: cosmetic surgery
20. Palliative surgery examples: colostomy, tumor debulking, Colostomy
21. What Is screening and correcting nutritional deficiencies before surgery for?: To lessen the impact of
metabolic stress from the surgery so patients recover sooner.
22. Discharge criteria for perianethesia care unit or ambulatory surgery: No nausea or vomiting/ tolerating PO
intake
23. What are pts taught after surgery: -wound care
-medication information (Including side ettects)
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1. As a person ages what happens to their total body water and weight?: It decreases from 60% to 50%
2. How long can the brain go without blood flow and oxygen?: 4 minutes
3. What can a result of brain death be from?: Prolonged shock
4. What are some Factors that increase the risk of developing sepsis?: -Being older than 65
-Having a chronic illness
-Having a welled immune system
-Having severe burns
-Being critically ill
5. What are some signs a pt may be going into anaphylactic shock?: -Pt complains of being short of breath
-Pt complaints that their chest or throat feels tight
6. What can lead to shock?: A pulmonary embolism or a tumor blocking blood flow
7. What do you treat hypovolemic shock with?: Fluids
8. What are some signs/symptoms of Hypovolemic shock?: -Tachycardia
-Cool and clammy skin
-Pale skin
-Rapid breathing (tachypenia)
9. Acute pain: pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or surgery
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, 10. How long does acute pain last?: less than 6 months
11. Chronic pain: episode of pain that lasts for 6 months or longer; may be intermittent or continuous
12. Examples of chronic pain: -Neck pain caused by a previous accident years ago
-pain that accompanies a desease (Phantom limb pain or atheritis)
13. What are nonpharmalogical therapies?: Used in conjunction with drug therapies
14. Can nonpharmalogical therapies help pain by theirselves?: No
15. You have a nonverbal pt who is in the er, while assessing them you need to know their pain level,
what would you use to find this out?: The Wong baker FACES pain scale
16. Examples of Emergency surgery: Ruptured aortic aneurysm or appendix, traumatic limb amputa- tion, loss of extremity pulse from
emboli
17. Examples of urgent surgery: Fracture repair, infected gallbladder
18. examples of elective surgery: Joint replacement, hernia repair, skin lesion removal
19. Examples of optional surgery: cosmetic surgery
20. Palliative surgery examples: colostomy, tumor debulking, Colostomy
21. What Is screening and correcting nutritional deficiencies before surgery for?: To lessen the impact of
metabolic stress from the surgery so patients recover sooner.
22. Discharge criteria for perianethesia care unit or ambulatory surgery: No nausea or vomiting/ tolerating PO
intake
23. What are pts taught after surgery: -wound care
-medication information (Including side ettects)
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