Take My Breath Away
Extreme acute asthma attack characterized by hypoxia, hypercapnia, and acute respiratory failure; life-threatening
What is status asthmaticus?
Name the waves of an ECG
What is p before qrs, then t, and sometimes u?
Order of GI assessment
Eschar and slough covers the entire wound.
What is unstageable wound?
RICE
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate
Lung sound heard with fluid; lung sound heard with constriction or blockage
What are crackles and wheezing respectively?
You check these before administering blood pressure medications.
Check apical pulse and blood pressure.
Signs and symptoms of malnutrition
What is weakness, fatigue, anemia, and dry, brittle skin, hair, and nails?
Delays wound healing
What are nutritional deficiencies, inadequate blood flow, infection, diabetes, obesity, etc.?
Prevent contractures and helps with circulation
What is ROM?
Diagnostics for PE
What are D-dimer, CTA, and V/Q scan?
Flow of blood through the heart
What is unoxygenated blood enters the RA > tricuspid valve > RV > pulmonic valve > pulmonary arteries > pulmonary veins > LA > bicuspid valve > RV > aortic valve > aorta > body?
Complications of diarrhea and vomiting
What are dehydration and electrolyte imbalances?
Wound assessment
What is location, size, depth, undermining and tunneling, wound margins, wound base, and surrounding tissue?
Neurovascular assessment
Mucous hypersecretion, cilia dysfunction, airflow limitation, hyperinflation of lungs, alveolar destruction, loss of elastic recoil, gas exchange abnormalities, pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale, systemic effects
What is COPD pathology?
Labs to help diagnose MI
What is troponin, ECG, creatine kinase (CK or CK-MB), myoglobin?
Sucralfate
Prevent and treat ulcers - take before meals and not with antacids.
Father transmits to only sons
What is Y-linked disorder?
Compartment syndrome manifestations
6 P's - pain, pallor, paresthesias, pulselessness, pressure, paralysis
Used to remove air, fluid, blood from pleural space. Suction chamber has continuous gentle bubbling. Water seal chamber has tidaling and intermittent bubbling with breathing. Collection chamber has no bubbling. Report output of 100ml+ first hour and 200+ml/hr after.
Nurse's role in thrombolytic therapy
Administering the medications (IV, sub-Q, oral), scheduling and monitoring labs, monitor ECG, assessing patient for bleeding or worsening of condition of clots.
Absent bowel tones
What is paralytic ileus, bowel obstruction, peritonitis, perforation?
Complications of HIV
What is rheumatoid arthritis?