Dehydration/ GI Issues
Fluid Volume Deficit
What is dehydration?
What are behavioral responses to pain?
Uncontrolled loss of urine
What is urinary incontinence?
Watery diarrhea, fever, anorexia, nausea, abdominal pain/tenderness.
What are the common symptoms of C. difficile?
An event that results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor or other lower level, with or without injury.
What is a fall?
Cramping, abdominal pain, distention, thirst.
What are some of the clinical manifestations of diarrhea?
Occasional, transitory intense pain.
What is breakthrough pain?
Deficient muscle strength, obstruction, surgical trauma
What are causes of urinary retention?
Airborne precautions are required for a suspected case of this disease.
What is tuberculosis?
Previous fall history, gait, balance, mobility difficulty, clinical judgement.
What is screened for fall risks?
Sunken eyes, concentrated urine, changes in vital signs.
What are the moderate symptoms of dehydration?
Opioids are more dangerous for infants/children than they are for adults.
What is a myth about pain?
Involuntary leakage associated with urgency also with exertion, effort, sneezing, or coughing
What is mixed urinary incontinence?
When the antibiotic is no longer effective in killing the germ.
What is antibiotic resistance?
Secure unit, locked doors, seclusion room.
What are environmental restraints?
Dimenhydrinate, Ondansetron, Prochlorperazine
What are some common antiemetics?
What brings it on? What makes it worse? What makes it better?
What are provoking/palliating questions for pain assessment?
Encourage fluids, monitor for changes, educate patient on bladder irritants.
What are independent nursing interventions for UTIs?
This infectious agent is resistant to certain antibiotics.
What is MRSA?
Distraction, supervision, staffing adjustments, de-esclation.
What are alternatives to restraints?
Bowel training, ambulation, diet and fluid intake.
What are some of the nursing interventions (education) for constipation?
Face, legs, activity, cry, consolability.
What is the FLACC pain scale?
Scheduled tolieting, kegel exercises, double voiding.
What are some nursing interventions for bladder retention?
Pneumonia, respiratory failure, worsening of chronic health conditions.
What are the complications of influenza?
Using/ considering all other interventions to address behavior.
What is the least restraint approach?