Electrolytes
Electrolyte most sensitive to Diuretics
What is potassium?
This lab level is always an indicator of kidney damage.
What is creatinine?
Best practice for changing a patient's bed that has a new spinal cord injury.
What is log roll patient?
Parkinsons drug of choice for older adults.
What is Sinemet (Carbidopa/levodopa).
Teaching for Synthroid.
What is take on an empty stomach the same time each day-2 hours after last meal or an hour prior to first meal. Do not take with calcium, aluminum, Iron, or magnesium?
Calcium issue for patient in ESRD
What is hypocalcemia?
Two types of dialysis
What is peritoneal and hemodialysis?
Priority intervention to prevent skin breakdown in a patient with a spinal cord injury.
What is turn every 2 hours, uses mepilex, assess hydration, keep skin clean and dry?
Interventions to follow if your patient has a sudden change in mental status.
What is preform VS, neuro assessment and glasgow coma scale, blood glucose check, call code stroke?
Life threatening complication of hyperthyroidism.
What is thyroid storm?
Can cause life threatening heart arrythmias.
What is hyperkalemia?
Two ways to prevent infection when preforming peritoneal dialysis?
Wash hands prior to procedure, wear a mask, never open tenckoff cath to air, place new cap after completion of the procedure.
Nursing interventions for Autonomic Dysreflexia.
What is first raise head of bed to reduce BP, check for urinary retention, check for fecal impaction, monitor BP, give medications to reduce BP as needed.
Progressive disease resulting from the decrease of dopamine so it can no longer inhibit acetylcholine resulting in tremors.
What is head Parkinsons Disease?
What is hypocalcemia?
Dialysis using a tenckoff catheter
What is peritoneal dialysis?
Three chronic diseases that can result in chronic kidney damage.
What is CHF, artery disease, and diabetes?
Components of a neuro assessment.
What is strength of extremities, sensation of extremities, pupils (PERRLA), facial symmetry, alertness, cognition, movement, and sight?
Electrolytes that are "Chief regulators" in the nervous system.
What are sodium and potassium?
Possible causes of hyponatremia.
What is SIADH, medications, chronic alcohol use?
Renvela is given to fix this issue.
What is hyperphosphatemia in ERSD?
Stage of chronic renal failure in which dialysis is needed to sustain life.
What is stage 5?
An important factor in care at the rehab level after a neurological injury.
What is allowing patient to be independent with ADLS as much as possible?
Causes cloudy cerebral spinal fluid, headache, and nuchal rigidity.
What is bacterial meningitis?
Disease that the humpback of Norte Dam may have suffered.
What is Cushing's Syndrome?