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Beta blockers - Answer Lower HR by reducing blood pressure and opening blood flow to improve blood flow. Calcium channel blockers - Answer Lower B/P and HR by preventing calcium from entering the heart and blood vessel walls. Atropine - Answer Increases HR Dopamine - Answer Increases HR by improving blood flow Dobutamine - Answer Increases HR by helping the heart pump blood. What medications will the nurse use to treat decreased after load? - Answer Dopamine, epinephri...

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While monitoring a patient who has fluid overload, which assessment is most concerning to the nurse? A.Bounding pulse B.Neck vein distention C.Pitting edema in the feet Presence of crackles in the lungs - Answer ANS: D Fluid overload may lead to pulmonary edema and heart failure. Any patient with fluid overload, regardless of age, is at risk for these complications. Older adults or those with cardiac problems, kidney problems, pulmonary problems, or liver problems are at greater risk...

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Serves as guidelines for critical care nurses, establishes goals for patient care. - ANSWERSAACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice What makes delirium different from dementia? - ANSWERSDelirium is fast onset, acute in nature, and there is usually a cause to it. True or False: Delirium is associated with low rates of mortality and morbidity? - ANSWERSFalse- it is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. 3 Types of Delirium and characteristics - ANSWERSH...

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Standards serve as __________ for clinical practice. They _________ _____ for patient care and provide mechanisms for nurses to _____ the achievement of patient goals - ANSWERSguidelines; establish goals; assess The _________ of patients' illness makes their care the top priority of critical care nurses. - ANSWERSacuteness What are two issues that critical care nurses face because of the fast-paced environment, critical nature of illness, and issues surrounding life and death patients? ...

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what is portal hypertension - ANSWER restriction of blood flow through the portal vein what can portal hypertension lead to? - ANSWER - ascites - splenomegaly - GI-esophageal varices and bleeding - jaundice - signs of hepatic failure

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25 pages

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Standards serve as __________ for clinical practice. They _________ _____ for patient care and provide mechanisms for nurses to _____ the achievement of patient goals - ANS guidelines; establish goals; assess The _________ of patients' illness makes their care the top priority of critical care nurses. - ANS acuteness What are two issues that critical care nurses face because of the fast-paced environment, critical nature of illness, and issues surrounding life and death ...

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DocLaura

Serves as guidelines for critical care nurses, establishes goals for patient care. - ANS AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice What makes delirium different from dementia? - ANS Delirium is fast onset, acute in nature, and there is usually a cause to it. True or False: Delirium is associated with low rates of mortality and morbidity? - ANS False- it is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. 3 Types of Delirium and characteris...

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DocLaura

The expectoration of blood from respiratory tract. - ANS Hemoptysis Aspiration of air and fluid from pleural space Performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes - ANS thoracentesis Decrease in arterial oxygen tension in blood. Manifested by changes in mental status, dyspnea, increase in BP, changes in HR, dysrhythmias, central cyanosis, diaphoresis, cool extremities usually leads to hypoxia - ANS hypoxemia Decrease in O2 supply to tissues and cells. - AN...

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Acid Base chapter - ANS info card acid-base balance w/ associated conditions - ANS severe pneumonia- respiratory acidosis drug OD- resp acidosis pulm embolism- resp acidosis Emphysema- resp. acidosis Hyperventilating- respiratory alkalosis Rapid, shallow breathing at a rate of 32 breaths/minute- respiratory alkalosis fever- resp alkalosis fear/anxiety- resp alkalosis Suctioning- metab. alkalosis Diarrhea-metabolic acidosis acid-base balance w/ ass...

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COMPLEX MED SURG EXAM 1 SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!

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P wave - Correct AnswersUsually round & upright 0.06 to 0.12 seconds QRS complex - Correct Answersnormal duration 0.4 to 0.10 (one small box to 2.5 small boxes) PR interval - Correct Answersnormal duration 0.12 to 0.20 ST segment - Correct Answersshould be isoelectric the "J point" should come back to baseline 10 times method - Correct Answerscount the number of R waves in a 6 second strip and multiply by 10 Big block method - Correct AnswersDivide the number of big boxes betw...

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Serves as guidelines for critical care nurses, establishes goals for patient care. - Correct AnswersAACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice What makes delirium different from dementia? - Correct AnswersDelirium is fast onset, acute in nature, and there is usually a cause to it. True or False: Delirium is associated with low rates of mortality and morbidity? - Correct AnswersFalse- it is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. 3 Types of Delirium and ch...

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Complex Med Surg-Bundle

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Chest tube insertion site monitoring - Answer check for pain, redness, infection & subcutaneous crepitus Chest tube bedside equipment - Answer occlusive dressing, sterile water, and two enclosed hemostat clamps. AT ALL TIMES Expected findings in a chest tube assessment - Answer gentle constant bubbling in the suction control chamber, rise and fall of water in the water seal chamber with inspiration and expiration, drainage system below chest and in upright position FIRST action...

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Characteristics of Normal Sinus - Answer Rate: 60-100 Regular Present and upright P waves QRS present and upright <= to 0.10sec 1:1 P:QRS PR interval is <=0.20sec Characteristics of sinus tach - Answer Rate 100-150 characteristics of sinus brady - Answer Rate <60 Characteristics of Supra Ventricular tach (SVT) - Answer Rate 151-200... May not be able to see P wave due to fast rate Characteristics of Atrial Flutter - Answer Rate 60-150 Regular or irregular P...

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What is preload? - Answer the volume/pressure of the blood returning and filling the heart What is afterload? - Answer the pressure the left ventricle must overcome to eject its blood (more resistance=more afterload) Decreases preload: inhibits Na+ reabsorption thereby promoting fluid loss For HTN, HF, cardiogenic shock SE: hypotension, hypokalemia, ototoxicity Teaching: watch for dizziness when standing, eat foods with K+ - Answer K+ wasting diuretics (furosemide) Blocks...

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Aneurysm - Answer Permanent dilation of an artery to at least two times it's normal diameter Most common artery for aneurysm - Answer Abdominal aorta between the renal arteries and the aortic bifurcation Saccular aneurysm - Answer our pouching --> specific portion of the vessel Fusiform aneurysm - Answer Affecting the circumference of the artery Aortic dissection - Answer Tear in the lining of the aorta that causes blood to accumulate within the aortic wall Aneurysm ...

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atrial fibrillation - Answer rapid, random, ineffective contractions of the atrium Atrial Flutter - Answer irregular beating of the atria; often described as "a-flutter with 2 to 1 block or 3 to 1 block" normal sinus rhythm - Answer heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node with a rate in patients at rest of 60 to 100 beats per minute P wave - Answer atrial depolarization QRS complex - Answer ventricular depolarization PR interval - Answer delay of AV node to a...

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Oxygen toxicity signs and symptoms - Answer substernal discomfort, paresthesias, dyspnea, restlessness, fatigue, malaise, progressive respiratory difficulty, refractory hypoxemia, alveolar atelectasis, and alveolar infiltrates evident on chest x-rays. Manifestations similar to ARDS. oxygen toxicity - Answer A condition of excessive oxygen consumption resulting in cellular and tissue damage. oxygen delivery methods - Answer Low flow: nasal cannula, nasal catheter, simple mask, partial...

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Woman should have the choice for yearly mammograms if they wish at what age? - Answer 40-44 age for when woman should get mammograms yearly - Answer 45-54 age for mammograms every 2 years - Answer 55+ At what age should woman and men begin colon testing? - Answer 50 how often should colonoscopys be done? - Answer 10 years When should cervical cancer testing start? - Answer age 21 What age should paps be done every 3 years - Answer 21-29 What ages should woman h...

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Standards serve as __________ for clinical practice. They _________ _____ for patient care and provide mechanisms for nurses to _____ the achievement of patient goals - Answer guidelines; establish goals; assess The _________ of patients' illness makes their care the top priority of critical care nurses. - Answer acuteness What are two issues that critical care nurses face because of the fast-paced environment, critical nature of illness, and issues surrounding life and death patients...

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42 pages

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