Cancer
A type of abnormal excessive cell growth.
What is a Neoplasm
Pain that is in an amputated limb.
What is phantom pain?
Rupturing of the cell membrane causing the cell to burst.
What is lysis
Chvostek's sign is common in which elyte disturbance.
What is calcium?
Hypertension, bounding pulses, and low USG are signs of which fluid imbalance.
Before allowing a post op patient to have food or drink, what is the FIRST thing the nurse should check.
What is physicians orders
Hormones released by the CNS that help with pain and stress.
What are endorphins?
Pain that occurs in a different body part than the origin.
What is referred pain?
Type of adaptive immunity that involves antibody formation.
Impaired nerve conduction & change in LOC are signs of which elyte imbalance.
What is Sodium
Excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
What is ascites?
Nurses should monitor for this major complication of opioids after giving pain meds.
What is respiratory depression
Patients receiving chemotherapy are on what type of precautions.
What are neutropenic precautions
This works by sending stimulating pulses across the surface of the skin and along the nerve strands.
What are Tens units
Recovering from chicken pox is an example of this type of immunity.
What is naturally acquired active immunity
Which drug class commonly causes hypokalemia?
Decreased thirst sensation make the elderly more prone to this imbalance.
What is FVD
Type of skin cancer that appears as a nodular lesion with well-defined borders and a pearly or shiny appearance.
What is basal cell carcinoma?
Name 2 signs of pain the nurse can assess for in nonverbal patients.
Moaning, wincing, tachycardia, HTN, tachypnea, grimacing, guarding.
The type of immunity that results from vaccinations.
What is artificially acquired active immunity
A level of < 8.4 could lead to seizures, tetany, & + Trousseau's sign.
A nurse would expect a patient with a resp rate of 8 after receiving narcotics to have what acid base imbalance?
What is respiratory acidosis
A post op pt has an order for clear liquids. What are the next 2 priority assessments the nurse will make?
What is gag reflex & bowel sounds
Skin lesions that have irregular borders and non uniform coloring are highly indicative of what?
What is malignancy?
Chronic pain which resists therapeutic interventions.
What is intractable pain?
The type of immunity that is responsible for tissue/organ rejection by hosts.
What is cell mediated immunity
Often seen in alcoholics, this imbalance can cause cardiac arrest, seizures, and tremors.
What is hypomagnesemia?
A nurse would expect a patient with severe vomiting to exhibit this acid base imbalance.
What is metabolic alkalosis?
Which is the priority assessment in post op patients? a. HR, b. pain, c. bowel sounds, d. skin turgor
What is HR (a)