Review Part 1
What you can *EAT*
*E*-evaluate
*A*-assess
* T-*teach - answers✔✔Do not delegate
Addison's = down down down up down
Cushings= up up up down up
hypo/hypernatremia, hypo/hypertension, blood volume, hypo/hyperkalemia, hypo/hyperglycemia -
answers✔✔Addison's & Cushings
Elevate veins, D-Angle Arteries - answers✔✔Better peripheral perfusion?
Appearance (all pink, pink and blue, blue (pale)
Pulse (>100, <100, absent)
Grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
Activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
Respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent) - answers✔✔APGAR
MTV or My chicken hez tb measles, chickenpox (varicella) Herpes zoster/shingles TB -
answers✔✔Airborne precautions
private room, neg pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr mask & respirator N95 for TB -
answers✔✔Airborne precautions protective equip
spiderman! sepsis, scarlet fever, streptococcal pharyngitis, parvovirus, pneumonia, pertussis,
, influenza,
diptheria,
epiglottitis,
rubella,
mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia, adeNovirus
(Private room and mask) - answers✔✔Droplet precautions
MRS WHISE
protect visitors & caregivers when 3 ft of the pt.
Multidrug-resistant organisms
RSV, Shigella, Wound infections, Herpes simplex, Impetigo, Scabies, Enteric diseases caused by micro-
organisms (C diff),
Gloves and gowns worn by the caregivers and visitors
Disposal of infectious dressing material into a single, nonporous bag without touching the outside of the
bag
PMGG= Private room/ share same illness, mask, gown and gloves - answers✔✔Contact precaution
Varicella zoster
Cutaneous diptheria
Herpes simplez
Impetigo
Peduculosis
Scabies - answers✔✔Skin infection- *VCHIPS*
S/S chest pain, dyspnea, tachycardia, pale/cyanotic, sense of impending doom. (turn pt to LEFT side and
LOWER the head of bed.) - answers✔✔Air or Pulmonary Embolism