Renal
Priority nursing action for a renal patient with lab result showing elevated potassium level
Cardiac monitoring
Priority nursing assessment, prior to splinting, for patient with possible limb fracture
Assess neurovascular status below the injury site
Pain at McBurney's point can indicate what disorder?
Appendicitis
A patient with acute adrenal crisis lab results show glucose, sodium and potassium in low, norm, or high range?
Sodium is low - both water and salt loss-kidneys are wasting salt, so
Potassium is high
Glucose is low - low levels of glucocorticoids
When assessing a possible stroke patient, what symptom can indicate a higher likelihood of hemorrhagic rather than thromboembolic stroke
Patient reports symptoms started with severe headache
Nursing interventions for renal patient with adventitious lung sounds and dependent edema
Daily weight, fluid restriction, strict I&O
Therapies implemented in the first 48 hours for acute soft tissue injuries
Rest and immobilize, elevate, elastic wrap, Anti-inflammatory meds
The patient with diverticulitis is at risk for what complications
Peritonitis
Side effects of corticosteroid therapy include
delayed wound healing, increased risk of infection, osteoporosis, suppressed inflammatory response, hyperglycemia
The stroke patient denies any problems and acts impulsively. This patient had a stoke in which hemisphere of the brain
Right hemisphere
Cause of anemia in the person with renal disease
Decreased erythropoietin production by the diseased kidneys
Recommended treatment intervention for the patient with Hemochromatosis
Therapeutic phlebotomy
Of the many risk factors for stroke, which is statistically the most pathological
Chronic hypertension
What is the possible cause of peaked T waves that are present on the EKG of a renal patient
Elevated potassium level
Contributing factors to high infection risk in the child with Nephrotic Syndrome
Excessive fluid acts as medium for bacterial growth, immunoglobulins are lost in the urine,
Therapeutic treatments include use of immunosuppressive agents