Musculoskeletal
These structures have poor healing abilities due to the lack of blood supply, which slows down the healing process.
What are tendons?
This common upper respiratory tract infection requires dropplet precautions. Manifestations include:
fever/chills, malaise, muscle aches, headaches, rhinorrhea, cough, and sore throat
What is Influenza?
This is the removal of necrotic tissue (mechanical, enzymatic, or surgical)
What is debridement?
This patient will have an intolerance to the cold and will have manifestations that are "low and slow". It is often caused by an iodine deficiency.
What is hypothyroidism?
This lab value represents the partial pressure or carbon dioxide.
What is PaCO2?
Muscle atrophy, pressure ulcers, DVTs, and pneumonia are all complications of...
What is immobility?
This infectious process may cause sudden onset of confusion in the older patient. It is accompanied by crackles, wheezes, chest pain, abnormal labs (WBCs), increased PaCO2, and decreased PaO2. You would use an X-Ray to confirm the presence of this disease.
What is pneumonia?
The stages of this process include:
1. Inflammatory phase (3-5 days)
2. Proliferative phase (4-24 days)
3. Maturation phase (21 days-year)
What are the stages of wound healing?
This condition includes bone pain as one of it's manifestations
What is hyperparathyroidism?
This is another way of describing respiratory acidosis.
What is hypoventilation?
This type of fracture involves broken skin and is a higher infection risk. It may lead to a deformity, and involves pain, swelling, and abnormal positioning.
What is an open fracture?
This complication of supplemental oxygen use includes sudden onset of confusion and restlessness
What is oxygen toxicity?
This burn degree involves the epidermis and part of the dermis, and it includes severe pain and blisters. It should heal within 2-3 weeks
What is a second degree burn (partial-thickness)?
The nurse will need to educate the patient taking this drug that they will need to take it on an empty stomach at the same time every morning.
What is levothyroxine (Synthroid)?
This occurs when a person breathes rapidly or deeply, leading to excessive expulsion of CO2 (hypocapnia). It can be induced by anxiety and stress.
What is hyperventilation?
This type of cast takes 24-72 hours to dry
What is a plaster cast?
A thoracentesis is used to treat the underlying cause of this condition.
What is pleural effusion?
This is a bacterial infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. It is manifested as redness, warmth, pain, and fever.
What is cellulitis?
The main nursing priorities for a patient experiencing this acute condition are to get the temperature down and to get the oxygen up.
Temp: Cooling blankets and ice packs
Oxygen: Face mask at 10L
What is a thyroid storm?
When determining compensatory efforts, this is when there is an abnormal pH and one abnormal value (PaCO2 or HCO3).
What is uncompensated?
Logrolling, pillow between the knees, and monitoring for swelling/bleeding are all post-op care for this surgical procedure. 1-2 days post-op is when the patient may begin to ambulate.
What is a laminectomy?
With this infection, the patient should use humidification and hydration to treat this self-limiting condition.
What is laryngitis?
This method is used to estimate the total body surface area (TBSA) affected by burns. The purpose is to determine how much fluid replacement is needed and to determine the the severity of the burns
What is the Rule of 9s?
These patients have an extremely low tolerance to stress, and are essentially a ticking time bomb.
What is Addison's disease?
Causes of this ABG disorder are DKA, renal failure, diarrhea, and lactic acidosis. The respiratory system tends to try and compensate by increasing it's breathing efforts.
What is metabolic acidosis?
Low back pain that radiates down the lower extremities, indicating nerve involvement, are all manifestations of this condition.
What is intervertebral disk disease?
If this structure is not placed correctly, the patient may be able to speak, or the nurse may be able to hear a gurgling sound.
What is the tracheostomy tube cuff?
This is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing rapid skin cell turnover. It produces silvery scales and plaques on exterior surfaces
What is psoriasis?
Teach the patient that when they endure this type of treatment for hypermetabolism, they will need to flush the toilet 3 times after urinating. In addition, the hazmat team will need to be called if the patient's urine is spilled onto the floor.
What is radioactive iodine?
This ABG disorder is caused by COPD, asthma, hypoventilation, and drug overdoses. The body compensates by having the kidneys retain bicarbonate.
What is respiratory acidosis?
This is considered a bone infection, often from an open wound or bloodstream. It involves pain, swelling, fever, and drainage. The patient will need to be on longterm antibiotics, with possible surgical debridement.
What is osteomyelitis?
This measurement indicates the volume of air that is delivered per breath.
What is tidal volume?
To treat this infection, the nurse should administer Nystatin and ensure that the effected area remains dry at all times.
What is candidiasis?
This is a cluster of conditions increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The patient must meet 3 of the 5 criteria.
What is metabolic syndrome?
A patient's ABG results are as follows:
pH: 7.30
PaCO2: 50 mmHg
HCO3: 24 mEq/L
(include the compensatory status)
What is uncompensated respiratory acidosis?
With this type of fracture, it is crucial to monitor the patient for hypovolemic shock by assessing for internal bleeding.
What is a pelvic fracture?
This alarm indicates that there is an obstruction in the ventilator tubing, such as a mucus plug or kinked tubing.
What is a high-pressure alarm?
This type of dressing maintains moisture and protects the wounds
What is a hydrocolloid dressing?
The nurse should withhold this medication 48 hours before a contrast-media procedure, as well as 48 hours after. This could cause contrast-induced nephropathy and lactic acidosis.
The patient's ABG results are as follows:
pH: 7.50
PaCO2: 40 mmHg
HCO3: 30 mEq/L
(include the compensatory status)
What is uncompensated metabolic alkalosis?
This form of traction aligns the lower extremities.
What is the Buck's Traction?
To prevent this complication, it is important to perform oral care every 2-4 hours and to elevate the HOB 30-45 degrees for the patient who is on a ventilator.
What is ventilator-associated pneumonia?
This form of skin cancer is manifested as scaly red patches, and it is a more aggressive type of cancer.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
This patient is academically challenged and has a really boring personality
What is hypothyroidism?
The patient's ABG results are as follows:
pH: 7.48
PaCO2: 30 mmHg
HCO3: 24 mEq/L
(include the compensatory status)
What is uncompensated respiratory alkalosis?
This is the surgical alignment that uses hardware on the bones
What is open reduction/internal fixation (ORIF)?
When the nurse has determined that the ventilator tubing is patent and that everything is intact, yet the patient is still not receiving adequate perfusion, this would be the priority nursing action in this situation.
What is mechanical ventilation?
This is the Parkland Formula, which is used to determine fluid resuscitation in a burn victim. You should give the first half of the total volume within the first 8 hours, then the second half would be given over the next 16 hours.
What is 4mL x body weight (kg) x TBSA?
The main purpose of this normal bodily mechanism is to maintain a normal BP to perfuse the brain and other organs, and to maintain and adequate level of glucose to feed the brain.
What is the stress response (fight or flight)?
A patient's ABG results are as follows:
pH: 7.37
PaCO2: 48 mmHg
HCO3: 28 mEq/L
(include the compensatory status)
What is fully compensated respiratory acidosis?