AHN 447

A nurse assesses a client who had a myocardial infarction and is hypotensive. Which additional assessment finding should the nurse expect? a. Heart rate of 120 beats/min b. Cool, clammy skin c. Oxygen saturation of 90% d. Respiratory rate of 8 breaths/min - ️️A A nurse assesses a client ...

What are the clinical manifestations of a pulmonary contusion? - ️️MAY BE ASYMPTOMATIC AT FIRST decreased breath sounds or crackles and wheezes over the affected area bruising over the injury dry cough tachycardia tachypnea dullness to percussion bloody sputum init...

what are the examples of patient problems that are considered priority in the ED? - ️️chest pain, stroke, sepsis, pneumonia three tier model - ️️emergent urgent nonurgent emergent triage - ️️immediate threat to life or limb respiratory distress chest pain with diaphoresis st...

What is the normal range for creatinine, and what is the significance of abnormal findings? - ️️Males: 0.6-1.2 mg/dL Females: 0.5-1.1 mg/dL Older adults: may be decreased An INCREASED level indicates kidney impairment. A DECREASED level may be caused by a DECREASED muscle mass. Wha...

Common invasive hemodynamic monitoring techniques - ️️1) Central LIne (CVP) 2) Arterial LIne 3) PA Catheter (swanganz catheter) Information that can be obtained from SwanGanz (PA) catheter? - ️️1) CVP 2) PAP 3) SVO2 4) PCWP 5) SVR 6) CI 7) CO 8) Temp Role of transduce...

interventions for rhinitis - ️️antihistamines leukotriene inhibitors mast cell stabilizers decongestants antipyretics antibiotics vit C, zinc interventions for sinusitis - ️️antibiotics analgesics decongestants steam humidification hot/wet packs nasal saline irrigations ...

normal specific gravity - ️️1.010-1.030 polyuria - ️️2,500 mL/24hr Oliguria - ️️<400mL/24hr Anuria - ️️<100mL/24hr Serum Creatinine (SCr) - ️️0.6-1.2 mg/dL somewhere around 1 Normal Urea - ️️10-20mg/dL Normal BUN - ️️10-20 mg/dL Normal BUN:Cr...

GERD - ️️Backwards flow (reflex esophagitis), Most common GI disorder Symptoms of GERD (12) - ️️Dyspepsia, regurgitation, coughing, hoarseness, water brash, dysphagia, epigastric pain, belching, nausea, pyrosis (heartburn), pharyngitis, dental caries Main goal of GERD - ️️symptom r...

Bell diaphragm - ️️low pitch high pitch what causes kyphosis - ️️osteoporosis elderly lung volume and residual volume - ️️lung volume is the same residual volume is increased FEV1 in elderly - ️️FEV1 decreases air gets trapped in alveoli What should you suspect if fam...

Primary parkinsons - ️️-idiopathic -most common Secondary parkinsons - ️️-occurs at <5o y/o -only 2-10% -caused by tumors, brain surgery, anti-psychotic medications PD classic symptoms - ️️-bradykinesia (slow movement) -akinesia (no movement or freezing) -muscle rigidity/s...