Renal
A common symptom of a urinary tract infection (UTI) in adults.
What is dysuria?
Procedure that uses a camera to look at the inside of a joint.
What is arthroscopy?
This is the third step in the impulse pattern of conduction through the heart
What is the AV (atrial-ventricular) node?
When assessing a cardiac monitor the nurse notes that the cardiac complexes each have a P wave followed by a QRS and a T. The rate is 120. The nurse recognizes this as which arrhythmia
What is sinus tachycardia?
The nurse may find this symptom in a patient with decreased bladder tone.
What is urinary incontinence?
This laboratory finding is most indicative of nephrotic syndrome.
What is proteinuria?
This neurotransmitter is essential for muscle contraction
What is acetylcholine?
Death of heart muscle caused by the reduction or cessation of blood flow to the coronary arteries.
What is a myocardial infarction (MI)?
A symptom commonly associated with right-sided heart failure
What is peripheral edema?
This is a priority nursing intervention for a patient experiencing acute pulmonary edema due to left-sided heart failure.
What is oxygen administation?
Flank pain and fever are symptoms of this type of infection.
What is pyelonephritis?
A part of the bone healing process after a fracture when new bone is being formed over the fracture site.
What is callus formation?
A chronic condition that occurs when there is a structural or functional problem with the heart.
What is heart failure?
The patient presents with chest pain radiating to the left arm, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis. This diagnostic test is most commonly used to initially assess for myocardial infarction
What is an ECG electrocardiogram?
During her assessment the nurse finds darker, thick and toughened skin on the medial surface of the leg which is an indication of.
What is a venous stasis ulcer?
The patient is scheduled for a transurethral resection of the prostate this symptom is most common after the procedure.
What is bloody drainage in the catheter?
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis is likely to exhibit this symptom upon wakening?
What is stiffness lasting more than 30 minutes?
Major cause of cardiac valve disease.
What is rheumatic fever?
Increasing abdominal girth, edema of feet and ankles and distended jugular veins
The nurse is educating a patient that has pericarditis that this position will help increase their comfort
What is tripod position?
Filtration, absorption, secretion
What are the 3 phases of urine formation?
A patient presents with shortening of the left lower leg as well as rotation of the same leg these are signs of.
What is a hip fracture?
A cardiac disorder that is caused by capillaries becoming highly permeable allowing proteins/ fibrinogens to leave the blood stream and enter pericardial cavity, resulting in inflammation.
What is pericarditis?
The nurse assesses a client who has new onset atrial fibrillation. The ventricular rate is 145 beats/min. These symptoms may be observed.
What are dizziness and dyspnea?
The nurse provides preprocedure education to a client scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. The patient is made aware of these symptoms that may occur during the procedure.
What is feeling flush, warmth, palpitations?
The nurse is aware that as a person ages there is a loss of which mechanism of the kidney due to a decrease in blood supply to the kidneys and loss of nephrons.
What is filtering?
This fan-shaped muscle that covers the anterior chest from the sternum to the proximal end of the humerus acts on the joint of the shoulder to flex, adduct, and rotate
What is the pectoralis major?
A disorder that is brought on by a weakening of the arterial walls causing a local area of bulging or dilation creating an out pouch that is susceptible to rupture
What is an aneurysm?
The monitor shows a run of three ventricular contractions (PVC) that are not preceded by a P wave. The nurse recognizes that this particular arrhythmia can progress into which complication.
What are ventricular tachycardia and death?
The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction. The nurse attributes these EKG changes to the pathology of MI.
What is abnormal Q wave, ST elevation, T wave inversion?