Complex Med Surg- Tests and Exams Bundle

Beta blockers - Answer Lower HR by reducing blood pressure and opening blood flow to improve blood flow. Calcium channel blockers - Answer Lower B/P and HR by preventing calcium from entering the heart and blood vessel walls. Atropine - Answer Increases HR Dopamine - Answer Increase...

When to call IDN - Answer vented patient with GCS of 5 or less, regardless of sedation, call within 1 hr, at first mention of any end-of-life discussions, before any terminal wean and/or withdrawal of support, within 1 hr of cardiac time of death, if family mentions donation Dobutamine - Answer...

P wave - Answer Usually round & upright 0.06 to 0.12 seconds QRS complex - Answer normal duration 0.4 to 0.10 (one small box to 2.5 small boxes) PR interval - Answer normal duration 0.12 to 0.20 ST segment - Answer should be isoelectric the "J point" should come back to baseline...

what happens in fluid overload? - Answer increased HR and blood pressure, decreased hematocrit If your patients central venous pressure decreased what might the condition of your patient be? - Answer Hypovolemia the icu nurse uses a pulmonary artery line (Swan-Ganz) to assess the patients ...

The expectoration of blood from respiratory tract. - Answer Hemoptysis Aspiration of air and fluid from pleural space Performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes - Answer thoracentesis Decrease in arterial oxygen tension in blood. Manifested by changes in mental status, dyspnea, in...

What is ICP?(intracranial pressure) - Answer Pressure exerted by the volume of the intracranial contents due to cerebral edema resulting in impaired cerebral perfusion What are intracranial contents? - Answer *CSF *Blood *Brain matter What are the causes of ICP? - Answer *Head injury ...

Acid Base chapter - Answer info card acid-base balance w/ associated conditions - Answer severe pneumonia- respiratory acidosis drug OD- resp acidosis pulm embolism- resp acidosis Emphysema- resp. acidosis Hyperventilating- respiratory alkalosis Rapid, shallow breathing at a ra...

Standards serve as __________ for clinical practice. They _________ _____ for patient care and provide mechanisms for nurses to _____ the achievement of patient goals - Answer guidelines; establish goals; assess The _________ of patients' illness makes their care the top priority of critical c...

While monitoring a patient who has fluid overload, which assessment is most concerning to the nurse? A.Bounding pulse B.Neck vein distention C.Pitting edema in the feet Presence of crackles in the lungs - Answer ANS: D Fluid overload may lead to pulmonary edema and heart failure. Any pat...

Woman should have the choice for yearly mammograms if they wish at what age? - Answer 40-44 age for when woman should get mammograms yearly - Answer 45-54 age for mammograms every 2 years - Answer 55+ At what age should woman and men begin colon testing? - Answer 50 how often sho...

Oxygen toxicity signs and symptoms - Answer substernal discomfort, paresthesias, dyspnea, restlessness, fatigue, malaise, progressive respiratory difficulty, refractory hypoxemia, alveolar atelectasis, and alveolar infiltrates evident on chest x-rays. Manifestations similar to ARDS. oxygen toxi...

atrial fibrillation - Answer rapid, random, ineffective contractions of the atrium Atrial Flutter - Answer irregular beating of the atria; often described as "a-flutter with 2 to 1 block or 3 to 1 block" normal sinus rhythm - Answer heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node with ...

Aneurysm - Answer Permanent dilation of an artery to at least two times it's normal diameter Most common artery for aneurysm - Answer Abdominal aorta between the renal arteries and the aortic bifurcation Saccular aneurysm - Answer our pouching --> specific portion of the vessel Fu...

What is preload? - Answer the volume/pressure of the blood returning and filling the heart What is afterload? - Answer the pressure the left ventricle must overcome to eject its blood (more resistance=more afterload) Decreases preload: inhibits Na+ reabsorption thereby promoting fluid loss...