NUR 4380

NUR 4380 - Psych Exam 3 Review/NUR 4380 - Psych Exam 3 Review. Cognitive Disorders - Alzheimer’s Numbers o #1 Neuro-Cognitive Disorder = Alzheimer’s o Alzheimer’s Disease is our nation’s largest under-recognized public health crisis o Estimated 5.8 million = living with AD in the US o Expected to rise to 14 million by 2050 - Lifetime Risk of Psychosis (1 in 4) o Up to 23% of the older adult population will experience psychotic symptoms at some time, with dementia be...

NUR 4380 - Foundations Final Exam Study Guide/NUR 4380 - Foundations Final Exam Study Guide. - Week 2-6: 1. Explain the main components of selected nursing theories. o Virginia Henderson: o Martha Rogers: o Dorothea Orem: o Imogene King: o Sister Callista Roy: o Jean Watson: 2. Describe ways to express caring. 3. Describe the steps of the nursing process. 4. Formulate the nursing diagnoses, defining characteristics, the etiologies, and patient-centered goals. 5. Describe the ch...

NUR 4380 - Research Midterm Exam Review/NUR 4380 - Research Midterm Exam Review. Week 1: Introduction to Evidence Based Practice (Chapter 1 & 12) 1. Define evidence-based practice (EBP). (Book definition) practice based on the best available evidence, patient, preferences, and clinical judgment (Powerpoint definition) “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of theory derived, research-based information in making decisions about care delivery to individuals of groups of patients...

NUR 4380 - Peds Exam 3 Study Guide/NUR 4380 - Peds Exam 3 Study Guide. Immunology and Rheumatology - Anaphylaxis (pg. 754) o Acute clinical syndrome resulting from interaction of an allergen in a hypersensitive patient o Prevention of reaction is primary goal (family history) o Pathophysiology: result of an interaction between an allergen and a preexisting specific IgE=histamine release causes vasodilation and increase capillary permeability allowing fluid to leak into the interstitia...

NUR 4380 - Health Assessment Exam 2 Review/NUR 4380 - Health Assessment Exam 2 Review. Health Assessment Quiz Review - Heart and Peripheral o Diastole: The heart’s filling phase o Nocturia: Awaking at night with urgent need to urinate o Apex of heart: Located at 5th intercostal space o Systole: The heart’s pumping phase o Thrill: Palpable vibration on chest wall felt with severe heart murmurs o 1st heart sound: closure of the AV valve, beginning of systole o 2nd heart so...

NUR 4380 -Health Assessment Exam 3 Review/NUR 4380 -Health Assessment Exam 3 Review. Mental Status Exam - Mental Status: Is a person’s emotional and cognitive functioning o Mental Status assessment documents a dysfunction and determines how that dysfunction affects self-care in everyday life o Mental status cannot be scrutinized directly like characteristics of skin or heart sounds o Its functioning is inferred through assessment of an individual’s behavior (infer: to deduce, conc...

NUR 4380 - Patho Pharm Final Review/NUR 4380 - Patho Pharm Final Review. Basics of Antibiotics (13) 1. Define selective toxicity as it applies to the general mechanisms by which antibiotics work against invading pathogens but not against host cells. o Selective toxicity means that the drug interferes with necessary microbial biochemical processes. The pathogen is a prokaryote, while the host (us) is eukaryote, so their genetic makeup is different. Explain disruption of bacterial cell wal...