GNUR 294 (GNUR 294 (GNUR294))

Comprehensive ATI- Predictor review 1. A nurse is assessing a client who has left-sided heart failure. Which of the following symptoms should the nurse identify as the highest priority? 2. A nurse in the emergency department is assisting with the suturing of a laceration to the client’s face. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A nurse is assessing a client 1 hr following delivery and notes that her uterus is boggy and….to the umbilicus. Which of the following actions shoul...

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GNUR 294 EXAM III Autonomic Nervous System • Focus on the sympathetic nervous system • PNS does the opposite of the SNS • Adrenergic- adrenaline • Norepinephrine • Helps to bind with these receptors and make a response in the system • Alpha receptors and beta receptors • Almost al the drugs (from a cardiovascular standpoint) will effect these receptors i.e. beta 2- adrenergic agonists • Sympathetic- fight or flight • All of these things that occur when NE is released and binds ...

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GNUR 294 EXAM III Autonomic Nervous System • Focus on the sympathetic nervous system • PNS does the opposite of the SNS • Adrenergic- adrenaline • Norepinephrine • Helps to bind with these receptors and make a response in the system • Alpha receptors and beta receptors • Almost al the drugs (from a cardiovascular standpoint) will effect these receptors i.e. beta 2- adrenergic agonists • Sympathetic- fight or flight • All of these things that occur when NE is relea...

GNUR 294 EXAM III Nursing Application- Adrenergic Agonists • Monitor frequently of VS, urinary and cardiac output as appropriate, especially if IV used • Assess for adverse and report adverse effects: tachycardia, HTN, dysrhythmias, tremors, dysrhythmias, tremors, dizziness, headache, or decrease UO. Severe HTN, seizures or angina may signal drug toxicity report immediately • Raising the head of the bed during dyspnea will supplement therapeutic drug effects and optimize the outcome...

GNUR 294 EXAM III Pharmacotherapy of Dyslipidemia • Lipids are the culprit that help increase the levels of plaque inside the walls • Three types of lipids that the drugs are going to effect • LDL- “bad”, forms the plaque in the vessel walls • HDL- remove LDL from the bloodstream to be metabolized by the liver • Want LDL levels to be low, HDL to be high, the higher the better because the lower LDL • VLDLs- triglycerides, they are closely tied to carbohydrate metabolism...

Case Study Exam III • Probably has a lot of stress due to work because he owns his own store, higher level of stress than someone that works a regular job. Also works with wife who works in score, and might not eat the healthiest. • PMH is positive for hypertension, dyslipidemia, and a MI three years ago followed by four-vessel coronary artery bypass surgery. The patient has been asymptomatic since surgery with no complaints for chest pain o No chest pain good because he is perfusing,...

GNUR 294 EXAM IV Pharmacology of Coagulation Disorders • Affects the clotting factors- anticoagulants • Prevent platelets aggregation, doesn’t change number of platelets- antiplatelet • Breaks down clot formation- thrombolytic drugs • Anticoagulants & Antiplatelets don’t break down clots • Drugs are geared towards one of these processes • A normal response • When you damage blood vessels, and there is injury the first thing to control hemodynamics and homeostasis, t...