Early manifestations include Tachypnea, Tachycardia, Restlessness, anxiety, pallor, elevated blood pressure, use of accessory muscles, nasal flaring, and adventitious lung sounds
Hypoxia
Failure to achieve independence when toddlers attempt to do tasks for themselves.
Shame and Doubt
Liquid stool is an expected output collected in this ostomy.
Ileostomy
Vitamins A, D, E, K
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
This stage of grieving may be characterized by acknowledging what is happening and planning for the future by moving forward.
Acceptance
Pain that arises from damage to or inflammation of tissue, which is a noxious stimulus that triggers the pain receptors and causes pain.
Nociceptive Pain
Posterior fontanel close by this age.
2 to 3 months of age
Nursing interventions include encouragement to increase fiber and water consumption, give bulk-forming products before stool softener, stimulants, or suppositories.
Constipation
Disorder characterized by a cycle of binge eating followed by purging (vomiting, using diuretics or laxatives, exercising excessively, fasting)
Bulimia Nervosa
A nurse is caring for a client who has stage IV lung cancer and is 3 days post-operative following a wedge resection. The client states, "I told myself that I would go through with the surgery and quit smoking, if I could just live long enough to attend my child's wedding." Based on the Kubler-Ross model, the client is experiencing this stage of grief.
Bargaining
Stage 4 / Full-thickness skin and tissue loss
This demographic is especially at risk for alterations in health from: substance use disorders, periodontal disease due to poor oral hygiene, unplanned pregnancies, STIs, infertility, work-related injuries, and violent deaths
Youn Adults / 20-35 years
Complication of diarrhea, possibly manifested by tachycardia, hypotension, and dry mucous membranes
Dehydration
BMI of 45
Obesity Class 3
Care that may be provided for a client that is not expected to live longer than 6 months and treatments to cure the illness is stopped. The focus is to enhance quality of life and supporting the client toward a peaceful and dignified death.
Hospice
Oxygen delivery system that delivers an FiO2 of 80% to 95% at flow rates of 10-15 L/min
Non-rebreather mask
Role Confusion
An intestinal obstruction caused by reduced mobility following bowel manipulation during surgery, electrolyte imbalance, wound infection, or by the effects of medication
Paralytic Ileus
Dairy products, eggs, ripe bananas, or foods low in fiber and easy to digest
The goal of care is to learn to live fully with an incurable condition, improve quality of life of clients and their families facing end-of-life issues. The client may still be receiving treatment to cure illness, regardless of the stage of the disease process
Palliative Care
Herbal remedy supposedly helps improve memory
Ginkgo Biloba
Piaget's Cognitive Development Stage for middle adults when reaction time and speed of performance slow slightly.
Formal Operations
Diet order prior to a colonoscopy
NPO
Infants age to start eating solid foods
4 to 6 months of age
A document that appoints someone to make medical decisions when clients are no longer able to do so on their own behalf.
Health Care Proxy / Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care