Signs & Symptoms
this is the most common symptom of a PE, along with pleuritic chest pain and a feeling of "impending doom"
What is dyspnea?
This type of injury to a long bone, like the femur, is a high risk for developing a fat embolism
What is a fracture?
A post-operative client is experiencing a sudden onset of shortness of breath and chest pain. The nurse's first action is to place the patient in this position.
What is the high-Fowler position?
In addition to anticoagulant adherence, what other actions can the client take to prevent another PE while traveling?
What are taking breaks to walk, flexing ankles while seated, and drinking plenty of fluids?
Name one intervention, besides medication, that can be used to treat cystic fibrosis.
What are airway clearance techniques such as chest physiotherapy or breathing exercises?
The most important warning sign of a stroke to remember
What is sudden weakness or numbness?
A nurse should explain that a pregnant client with cystic fibrosis is at an increased risk for this condition.
What is gestational diabetes?
A medication used in thrombolytic therapy to treat a stroke.
What is recombinant tissue plasminogen activator alteplase (rt-PA)?
This ion cannot be regulated in clients with cystic fibrosis
What is chloride?
Name one method to prevent DVT, and subsequently, a PE.
What is early ambulation after surgery, leg exercises for bedridden patients, or using compression devices?
The portion of the brain where ischemia would cause aphasia.
What is the left hemisphere of the brain?
In addition to the respiratory system, these two body systems would be expected to have abnormal assessment data in a client with cystic fibrosis.
What are the gastrointestinal and reproductive systems?
What a nurse should encourage a stroke patient to do to address their sensorimotor needs.
What is to use the nonaffected arm to feed, bathe, and dress?
This protein's dysfunction is the cause of cystic fibrosis.
What is the CFTR protein?
This is a "mini-stroke" that is a warning sign of an impending full stroke.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel supplying the brain.
What is an ischemic stroke?
A common cause of stroke in children and adolescents that the nurse should identify.
What is head trauma?
This neurological examination is used to measure the severity of a stroke on a scale from 0 to 42.
What is the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)?
This stage of treatment involves managing risk factors to prevent a stroke from occurring or recurring.
What is the prevention stage?
This term refers to the period after a stroke where the brain tissue is at risk but not yet dead, and can be saved.
What is the penumbra?
Other sudden symptoms that can be warning signs of a stroke
What are paralysis, loss of speech, confusion, dizziness, unsteadiness, and loss of balance?
Two warning signs of stroke in infants, in addition to favoring one side of the body.
What are seizures and extreme sleepiness?
These two imaging tests are used to determine if a stroke is ischemic or hemorrhagic.
What are a CT scan and an MRI?
The reason for passive range-of-motion exercises for the affected limbs of a stroke client.
What is to maintain joint flexibility?
Name two digestive symptoms a person with CF may have.
What are oily, foul-smelling stools; abdominal pain; poor weight gain; or constipation?