QUESTION: What is the therapeutic effect of head-of-the-bed elevation and neutral head and neck alignment on increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? . QUESTION: Under normal circumstances the cerebral vasculature exhibits pressure and chemical autoregulation. What happens when autoregulation is lost? QUESTION: The nurse is monitoring a patient’s intracranial pressure (ICP). While the nurse is provQuestioning hygiene measures, she observes that the ICP reading is sustained at 18 mm Hg. What is t...

NR 340 Week 3 Exam One Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, pgs 228-324 Overview of CC Critical Care Nursing Trends and Issues Focus on Quality and Safety National Patient Safety Goals Harms Targeted for Reduction Communication Other Trends and Issues The Critical Care Psychosocial Support (HIGHEST CONCERN) Geriatric Concerns Ethical Principles Nurse Involvement in Ethical Decision Making Selected Issues Concerns of the Critically Ill Respiratory Alterations Nursing Respiratory Anatomy Physiology of...

Critical Care Ethical Principles CC Nurse Stressors Sources of stress for patients and families Communication with critically ill patients Pain Management Anxiety Delirium: causes and assessment. Sedative Agents Nutrition support: assessment; complications of tube feedings; parenteral nutrition: complications Mechanisms of Injury in Trauma Levels of Trauma Care Assessment Priorities Triage process and levels of care Facial Fractures Uncomplicated Rib/Sternal Fractures Flail Chest Pneumothorax Op...

Discuss the pathophysiology of HF Discuss the various classifications of HF Discuss Mr. Duke’s signs and symptoms that were consistent with HF Describe Mr. Duke’s predisposing risk factor for HF List nursing diagnoses appropriate for Mr. Duke’s care Briefly define the following terms: cardiac output (CO), cardiac index (CI), central venous pressure (CVP), preload, afterload, pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), and pulmonary artery occlusive pressure (PAOP). Describe the benefits of using a pu...