What is a relevant piece of information to know when a patient has a DTV
100
Treadmill
What is a test that when performed the patient is monitered continually with blood pressure and EKG
100
Frequently allow the legs to dangle dependently
What should you instruct your patients with arterial insufficiency to do frequently?
100
Patient becomes sweaty and has abdominal distention with diarrhea
What are symptoms of dumping syndrome
100
Eating nothing several hours before bedtime
Who should you teach a patient that has a hiatal hernia with regurgitation?
200
aching pain in legs while walking
What is intermittent claudication
200
10 minutes
What is the length of time the blood vessels remain constricted after smoking a cigarette?
200
Inspect the skin for pressure or irritation daily
What should we teach a patient to do when they wear elastic stockings?
200
Suctioning secretions
What is part of the nursing care plan for a patient that has had lesions removed from their mouth and is post op
200
The patient's bowel pattern will return to normal
What is a goal for a patient who has experienced nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
300
What is poikilothermy
Decreased temperature in a limb
300
Vascular stockings are tight when donned
What do you tell a patient complaining that his elastic stockings are too tight?
300
Limb is cold and pale with no pedal or popliteal pulse
What is the signs/symptoms of arterial occlusion
300
Increased risk of aspiration
What can happen when a patient with esophageal cancer tilts his head back while eating
300
Take the specimen to the lab immediately while the parasites are still alive
What should you do when you collect a specimen for parasites and ova?
400
What is the Allen Test
What is the test that is done to test arterial circulation when doing an blood gas test. When the artery is released color returns to the hand indicating perfusion
400
Sitting at a job all day
What is a factor that aggravates vascular disease
400
Avoid defrosting the freezer
What is something you should teach a patient with Raynaud's syndrome
400
eat small meals
What are instructions you should give a patient that has had esophageal surgery with stent placement
400
Adequate fluid intake
What is how you can augment the treatment of constipation with the use of a stool softener
500
Boost venous circulation through leg muscle activity
What is the effect of walking on the venous vascular system?
500
Leave a bubble in the syringe when giving the injection
What is how to administer low molecular weight heparin
500
Check for residual and return to the stomach
What is a step that you would do before administering a GT feeding?
500
Put side rails up to avoid falls
What should you do for safety when you administer Phenergan for nausea?
500
Symptoms that show fluid balance. Pulse and blood pressure within patient norms, moist mucous membrancs, equal fluid and intake and output
What is the best indication that a patient with intestinal obstruction has achieved normal hydration