Respiratory Disorders
A viral respiratory infection
What is influenza
Normal sodium level
What is 135-145
The HgbA1C level diagnosing diabetes
What is greater than 6.5%
Risk factors associated with diarrhea.
What are dehydration, acid base imbalance, electrolyte imbalance?
Main function of the renal system.
What is fluid regulation and waste removal?
The two categories of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
What are chronic bronchitis and emphysema?
The 4 electrolytes discussed in this unit.
What is sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium?
The role of insulin
What is push glucose into the cell to lower blood glucose levels
Patient education for clients with constipation.
What is increase fluid and fiber intake, ambulation, and stool softerners?
Blood disorder associated with chronic kidney disease.
What is anemia?
Manifestations of pneumonia
Crackles, tachypnea, fever, hypoxia, cough
The electrolyte maintaining fluid balance
What is sodium
The 3 P's!
What is polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia (Type 1 diabetes)
Dietary recommendations for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
What is a shorter urethra?
Action of albuterol
What is dilating and relaxing smooth muscle to increase gas exchange
The manifestations of hyponatremia
What is cerebral changes, tremors, weakness, seizures, coma
The pathophysiology of Type 1 diabetes
What is deficiency in insulin production or defective insulin
Physical findings in appendicitis.
What is periumbilical pain, nausea and vomiting, localized right lower quadrant abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, fever, and elevated WBC's?
The manifestations of pyelonephritis
What is fever, flank pain, and nausea/vomiting
A client positioning indicating worsening of respiratory condition
What is tri-pod positioning
The cause of hypernatremia
What is dehydration and/or renal failure
The manifestations of hypoglycemia
What is low blood glucose, confusion, sweating, shaking, weak, and visual changes
Biggest risk factor of appendicitis.
What is rupture with peritonitis?
Medical name of kidney stones.
What is urolithiasis?
The nicknames for bronchitis and emphysema.
What are pink puffers and blue bloaters?
The electrolyte imbalance risk with client taking diuretic medication.
What is altered potassium or sodium?
Define the effects of insulin
What is lower blood glucose levels?
The risk factors for developing PUD
What is H pylori, NSAIDs, smoking, alcohol, corticosteroids
Lab values associated with the renal system.
What are BUN, creatinine, and glomerular filtration rate?
What is hyper responsive airway leading to inflammation & bronchoconstriction
What is cardiac arrest & respiratory failure
The treatment for hypoglycemia
What is simple carbs for awake client and dextrose of glucagon for an unresponsive or NPO client
The pathophysiology of PUD
What is an imbalance between the mucosal barrier and acid leading to tissue damage
Signs of urinary tract infection.
What is flank pain, urinary frequency, urgency, and odor to urine?
The asthma action plan
What is the steps for client to follow in controlling and preventing asthma from worsening.
What is restrict fluids and correct slowly
The assessment findings indicating nephropathy complication of diabetes
What is decreased urine output, elevated creatinine, BUN or decreased GFR
The manifestations of cholecystitis
What is pain, nausea, jaundice, steatorrhea, clay stools, and/or dark urine
Major underlying cause of kidney failure.
What is hypertension and uncontrolled diabetes?