Pharm
The study of biological effects of chemicals
What is: Pharmacology?
This is the use of muscles to maintain balance, posture, and body alignment when performing physical tasks
What is body mechanics?
What body system is affected by immobility when fluid and electrolytes shift?
What is metabolic system?
Impaired dentition related to poor oral hygiene as evidenced by reluctance to visit the dentist, is an example of this.
What is nursing diagnosis?
Inability of kidneys to excrete uric
acid due to kidney disease or over
production of uric acid
Primary hyperuricemia: purine
metabolism error that leads to
overproduction of uric acid
Gout
This is the development of antibodies to a particular drug
What is allergies?
Balance, muscle strength, endurance, and need for additional staff or assistive devices would be assessed before doing this.
What is moving a client?
What system is effected by loss of endurance, joint
instability, decreased muscle mass and
strength
What is musculoskeletal?
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating make up this.
What is the nursing process?
Excessive bone resorption that is
replaced with vascular, fibrous
connective tissue
What is Paget's Disease?
What medication is used in treatment for gout for high levels of uric acid that builds up in the blood?
What is allopurinol?
You will stop movement during this exercise if the patient complains of pain or if you meet resistance
What is range of motion?
What body system is effected when increased pressure due to laying flat, tissue ischemia, skin breakdown
What is the integumentary system?
These are the 5 rights of medication administration
What are: Right patient, right drug, dose, time, and route?
This disease process includes joint pain, relieved by rest early, stiffness after periods of rest or
unchanged activity, stiffness in the morning that
resolves within 30 minutes, Crepitus, Unilateral affects
Osteoarthritis
This medication helps to retain calcium in the bone
What is bisphosphonates?
This is a fast simple tool to assess the potential for harm by fall
What is morse fall risk scale?
What body system is effected when increased cardiac workload, thrombus formation, and decreased cardiac efficiency?
What is the cardiovascular system?
This scale consists of categories to rate the risk of acquiring skin breakdown?
What is the Braden Scale?
This disease has an autoimmune process, inflammation of connective tissue
in the synovial joints, abnormal IgG factor and
deposition of neutrophils at joints
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Despite common belief, this medication does NOT provide anti-inflammatory properties
What is Tylenol?
This, can change your musculoskeletal system and can impact skin, cardiovascular, respiratory, psychosocial and metabolic systems
What is immobility?
What system is effected by lack of movement leads to secretions blocking alveoli?
What is the respiratory system?
Who is an intelligent, capable nurse?
It is US!!!
What disease process includes back pain, spontaneous fractures, and Kyphosis-Dowager's hump?
What is Osteoporosis?