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Summary NUR 2349 / NUR2349 Exam 1 Concept Outline (Latest 2022 / 2023): Professional Nursing I
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Professional Nursing I Concept Guide Exam 1Module 1 – Professional Nursing I Concept Guide
Education & interventions to promote mobility
o Use active ROM for patients that can move
o Use PROM for patients who cannot move
o Isometric exercises
o Incorporation of pillows, wedges, overheard trapeze, hand rolls
o Assist with ambulation
o May require conditioning exercises
o May need to stand-by help client in a controlled fall
o Obtain appropriate assistive devices canes, walkers, crutches, gait belt
Effects of immobility, Interventions to treat the effects of immobility
o Venous stasis blood pooling, compression of small vessels
o Increased coagulability due to coagulation factors
o Deep vein thrombosis treat prophylactically lovenox
treat prophetically with SCDs & TED hose to apply
pressure
o Orthostatic hypotension due to inability to maintain bp
o Glucose intolerance
o Constipation / Paralytic Ileus / Decreased Peristalsis
o Urinary tract infection
o Renal calculi
o Depression
o Sleep disturbances
o Activity intolerance
Age-related growth and development changes, associated education/interventions-
o Infants/toddlers
Cannot recognize danger
Tactile exploration of environment
Put everything in mouth
Car safety
Needs to be properly secured in the car seat, rear facing in the
middle back
Totally dependent
o Preschoolers
Play extends to outdoors
Safety of playground equipment
Need of outdoor supervision
Risk for injury if playing near streets
More adventurous
o School-age children
Trusting authoritative figures or people who claim to be
Drowning and firearms are the leading cause for injury
o Adolescents
False confidence, feel indestructible
Risk taking behaviors
, Professional Nursing I Concept Guide Exam 1
Smoking, alcohol, drugs, prescription meds, texting while driving,
driving unsafely to impress peers, loud music
Most lack adult judgment
Homicide is #2 cause of death
o Adults
#1 cause of death: unintentional poisoning
Alcohol, prescription medication
May be exposed to injury in the workplace
Chemicals, tools
Lifestyle choices
Some decline in strength and stamina others maintain fitness
o Older adults
Proximity to RN station is patients that are fall risk (older adults)
Loss of muscle strength
Loss of joint mobility
Slowing reflexes
Sensory losses
Risk for burns
College Age Students: What are the health risks? *
o Sleep deprivation
o IBS
Safety – Home safety
o Co2 monitoring
Odorless, colorless gas
Produced by burning fuels, gas, wood, oil, kerosene
Faulty furnace or gas/water heater
Nonconventional ways to stay warm like an oven
Prevention: carbon dioxide detector
Treatment: 100% humidified air
o Poisoning
Food, household chemicals, lead, medicines, cosmetics
Prevention: proper food handling, storage, preparation, cabinet locks, store
poison, keep poison control telephone number available
Treatment: depends on the type of poison ingested; antidotes, charcoal,
etc.
o Scalds and burns
Elderly have decreased sensation
Heating pads may burn
Hot water, grease, sunburn, cigarettes
Prevention: guardrails by fireplace, turning pot handles, sunscreen, care
when warming food in microwave
o Fires
Cooking fires
Smoke inhalation
Home heating equipment
Prevention
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