Health assessment exam 2 review unit 3 neurological system Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURSING 1 EXAM 1 Osteomalacia - Metabolic disease that causes poor & delayed mineralization of the bone cells in mature bones - Main cause is a Vitamin D deficiency Diagnostic procedures for O steomalacia Serum calcium, phosphate, vitamin D, BUN, creatinine, bone densitometry x-rays Symptoms of Osteomalacia Generalized skeletal pain & tenderness without a history of injury (hips are the most common site) Reluctant to ambulate Low back pain Pain in the ribs, feet, & other areas Waddling gait At r...

NUR 2633MCH EXAM 2MODULE 3, 4, 5 LESSON CONTENT: FETAL MONITORING ● Equipment used - Fetal monitor, paper, belts, Ultrasound for fetal heart tones, and Toco - for uterine contractions. ● 5 pieces of information on the fetal monitor - baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations, maternal uterine activity ● Baseline - where the fetal heart rate is over time. Normal parameter is 110 - 160 ● Variability - the changes the fetal heart rate makes moment to moment due to the influen...

MODULE 6 LESSON CONTENT: Pediatric assessments need to be completed on all children from day 1 to age 18, and some literature will cite 21 years of age. Much like the approach to adult assessments the nurse must introduce herself, identify her patient, provide for privacy and ensure proper communication. Cultural diversity, temperament, age, developmental stage, cognitive or physical disabilities as well as language barriers all must be taken into consideration when approaching the child. Nurse...

MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 Mental Health Exam 3 Concept Guide (Modules 7, 8, 9) Chapter 12- Somatoform disorders Potential Nursing diagnoses for dissociative disorders: Disturbed personal identity- Amnesia or fugue related to a traumatic event Disturbed body image- Symptoms of depersonalization; feeling of unreality or body image distortions Ineffective coping- Alterations in consciousness, memory, or identity Ineffective role performance- Abuse of substances related to dissociation Ineffective c...

Mental Health Exam 3 Concept Guide (Modules 7, 8, 9) Chapter 12- Somatoform disorders Potential Nursing diagnoses for dissociative disorders: Disturbed personal identity- Amnesia or fugue related to a traumatic event Disturbed body image- Symptoms of depersonalization; feeling of unreality or body image distortions Ineffective coping- Alterations in consciousness, memory, or identity Ineffective role performance- Abuse of substances related to dissociation Ineffective coping/ ineffective fa...

NUR2092 Health Assessment Final Study Guide Questions & Answers. Abnormal resp sound: Snap crackle pop: Crackles. Cardiac cycle, ventricles are pushing blood out of the ventricles is : Nurse is assessing an older adults instrumentals of activities of daily living : Obese client, BP cuff is standard size: Know Erb’s point and Mitral Valve locations. Patients skin is shiny and tight without hair: Peripheral Artery Disease: Is! Enlargement of the fingers and nails, angle greater than ...