Signs and Symptoms
What is Murphy's sign used to diagnose?
what is Cholecystitis.
Nurses provide patient-centered care teaching targeting osteoporosis prevention that includes this type of activity for at least 30 min, 3-5 times a week, to reduce bone loss?
What is weight-baring exercises
What clinical indications require RICE?
what are treatments for sprains and strains?
This interprofessional care team member supports patients who require assistive devices, with ambulation, activities of daily living, especially if a crutch, cane, or walker is required.
Who is a physical therapist
What is the most common form of muscular dystrophy?
What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
What lab values are elevated in hepatitis?
AST, ALT, bilirubin.
A nurse is caring for a patient who had a closed amputation. When performing the neurovascular assessment, the nurse should compare pulses in both the non-amputated extremity with the pulse that is most "blank" to the incision on the amputated extremity.
what is proximal
What are the three components of managing adult obesity?
What are Diet, exercise, behavioral therapy (± meds/surgery).
A patient is scheduled for an Arthroscopy of their knee and there are many care team members involved during this phase of care. What is the priority action as a nurse preoperatively: to provide client education about post-op exercises to prevent blood clots or to ensure the client signs the procedure consent form?
What is to ensure the client signed the informed consent form
Patients who experience carpal tunnel syndrome have damage to the Median nerve. What nursing education and intervention are recommended to prevent future injury to patients at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome?
Name a key hormone involved in obesity pathophysiology
What is Leptin
How do you perform Murphy's test on a patient?
How to perform Murphy's sign:
What medication class is first-line for osteoporosis?
What are Bisphosphonates.
This interprofessional care team member can support patients with financial concerns after a surgery, especially if a long recovery is suspected.
Who is a Social Worker
What is Paget’s disease?
What is A disorder of excessive and abnormal bone remodeling?
What is the hallmark of scoliosis?
What is the Lateral curvature of the spine?
What are key post-op concerns/ risks for joint replacement?
What are Infection, DVT, mobility, prosthesis dislocation?
What is the intended goal of an Electromyography study?
What is to determine the cause and presence of muscle weakness
Endoscopic procedures allow direct visualization of body cavities, tissues, and organs through the use of a flexible, lighted tube (endoscope). They are performed for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. What nursing considerations are required prior to an endoscopic procedure to promote client safety, even with minimal sedation?
What are informing the client of all medications, foods, and fluid restrictions required, especially NPO after midnight, including no gum chewing and smoking cessation, as it increases peristalsis.
What is the main risk factor for osteoporosis?
What is aging, especially in postmenopausal females?
What are early signs of compartment syndrome?
What are Pain out of proportion, paresthesia, pallor, pulselessness?
Older adults are at an increased risk for medical complications related to chronic conditions like HTN, CAD, etc. Caring for clients postoperatively requires strong assessment skills. What neurovascular assessments are required of the operative extremity?
Whare are color, temperature, capillary refill, presence of edema, quality of pulses, and sensation
What surgical intervention is required in more than 50% of patients with peripheral vascular disease?
What is lower lmb amputation
The nurse is a pivotal member of the client care team and would prepare for "this" nursing skill, after the medical order was placed for their client with severe acute gastritis with deep tissue inflammation, coffee-ground emesis, black tarry stools, with the goal of preparing for a diagnostic endoscopy
What is preparing to place an NG tube to empty the contents of the stomach
What are two major causes of acute pancreatitis?
What are Alcohol and gallstones?