Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
This class of drugs works by preventing viruses from multiplying.
What are antivirals?
This device helps prevent blood clots after surgery.
What are SCDs (Sequential Compression Devices)?
This type of medication relieves pain without causing loss of consciousness.
What is an analgesic?
These drugs reduce inflammation and pain, such as ibuprofen.
What are NSAIDs?
This disease is caused by uric acid buildup in joints.
What is gout?
Acyclovir is commonly used to treat this viral infection.
What is herpes?
The MOST important breathing exercise to prevent postoperative complications is using this device.
What is an incentive spirometer?
This type of anesthesia causes loss of sensation in a specific region (e.g., epidural).
What is regional anesthesia?
These drugs slow the progression of autoimmune diseases like RA.
What are DMARDs?
This condition is an autoimmune disease affecting joints symmetrically.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
The primary goal of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is to reduce this.
What is viral load?
A patient with sudden calf pain post-op may have this complication.
What is DVT (deep vein thrombosis)?
This is the priority assessment for a patient receiving opioid analgesics.
What is respiratory rate?
This is a serious adverse effect of NSAIDs the nurse must monitor for.
What is GI bleeding?
This gout medication reduces uric acid levels long-term.
What is allopurinol?
A patient on antivirals develops decreased urine output. This indicates this complication.
What is nephrotoxicity?
A postoperative patient has RR 8/min. What is the priority concern?
What is respiratory depression?
This type of anesthesia puts the patient into a controlled unconscious state.
What is general anesthesia?
Long-term corticosteroid use can cause this metabolic complication.
What is hyperglycemia?
This medication is used during acute gout attacks to reduce inflammation.
What is colchicine?
Patients must follow strict adherence to ART to prevent this.
What is drug resistance?
This is the FIRST action if a surgical dressing becomes saturated with blood.
What is reinforce the dressing?
This medication reverses opioid overdose.
What is naloxone?
A patient is prescribed opioids, NSAIDs, and corticosteroids. What is the nurse’s priority teaching to prevent complications?
What is monitor for bleeding, avoid alcohol, and report signs of infection?
This characteristic helps differentiate RA from gout.
What is symmetrical joint involvement?