Here's your sign
Bruising over umbilicus
What is the Cullen's sign of pancreatitis?
A tiny muscle that regulates the flow of digestive juices from the liver and pancreas to the small intestine. Will spasm when given opioids for pancreatitis.
What is the sphincter of ODDI?
Some risks for pancreatic cancer.
What is diabetes, age, chronic pancreatitis, tobacco use, cirrhosis?
Fever, jaundice and RUQ pain.
What is Charcot's triad?
A formal method of communication between two or more members of the health care team.
What is SBAR: Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendations?
Tenderness upon palpation RUQ over gallbladder
What is the positive Murphy's sign.
ESWL
What is Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy?
Breaks up stones.
The cells of the pancreas that produce insulin?
What are beta cells?
Some clinical manifestations of cholecystitis.
What are clay colored stools, dark urine and abdominal pain?
A patient safety event that results in death, permanent harm or severe temporary harm.
What is a sentinel event?
Bruising on flank.
What is a positive Turner's sign? Pancreatitis.
A natural substance that raises blood sugar by causing the liver to release sugar stored there.
What is Glucagon?
The main parts of the pancreas are:
What are the head, tail and body?
Used for cholecystitis initially for pain.
What is an Opioid?
Many medical errors in health care setting come from this.
What is poor communication?
Sign and symptom of hypocalcemia and acute pancreatitis. Seen by touching the trigeminal nerve of the patient.
What is Chvostek's sign?
A histamine receptor antagonist used for pancreatitis. (Decreases acids)
What is Omeprazole?
Accumulation of fluid, pancreatic enzymes, tissue debris and inflammatory exudates surrounded by a wall by the pancreas.
What is a pseudocyst?
The gold standard for treatment of cholecystitis.
What is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
5 skills nurses use when using SBAR.
Observation, critical thinking, decision making, interpersonal skills, and excellent communication.
A carpopedal spasm flexion of the wrist and thumb seen with a BP cuff pumped up on patient's arm.
What is Trousseau's sign?
These secrete insulin and glucagon in the pancreas.
What are the Islets of Langerhans? (beta cells and alpha cells)
Unlike acute, chronic of this disease is irreversible. Usually caused by chronic alcohol use.
What is chronic pancreatitis?
The discharge instructions for a patient that had a cholecystectomy.
What are 12 hours with liquids and absence of N/V, diet advance as tolerated. Low fat diet for 10 days?
How SBAR works for nurses during their shift by doing these things.
What is improving efficiency, efficacy and accuracy of the handoff report?