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NUR 4120 CARDIOVASCULAR LABS A nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) when a client arrives complaining of substernal and left arm discomfort that has been going on for about 3 hours. All of these baseline lab tests are drawn. Which of these lab values will be most useful in determining whether the nurse should anticipate implementing the acute coronary syndrome standards orders? - Troponin STRESS TEST In developing a standard teaching plan for the outpatient unit where stress te...

NURSING MISC COPY OF HURST REVIEW COMPLETE WORKBOOK Instructions Instructions IF you have pre-registered for this review prior to the first day of class via the internet or by mail or if you have attended a live review in the past AND you have paid for the class in full or you have attended Hurst Review before, please turn in the following information to your instructor before the end of the first day of class: 1. Please print on the outside of the envelope (t...

When your patient is in LSP, they are laying on their ______. - answer-Left side How should the right ilium move during right sacroiliac flexion? - answer-P-I When you set up to adjust an anterior glide restriction of the left Ilium, the patient should be in _____. - answer-RSP When you find a LRR T6, you would expect to feel more joint restriction when palpating ________ on the spinous process. - answer-left to right What does LRR stand for? - answer-Left rotation restriction The...

When your patient is in LSP, they are laying on their ______. - answer-Left side How should the right ilium move during right sacroiliac flexion? - answer-P-I When you set up to adjust an anterior glide restriction of the left Ilium, the patient should be in _____. - answer-RSP When you find a LRR T6, you would expect to feel more joint restriction when palpating ________ on the spinous process. - answer-left to right What does LRR stand for? - answer-Left rotation restriction The...

Exam (elaborations) NR 601 Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide and Practice Questions (NR601) DISCLAIMER- None of this is my original work. The first 11 pages are the completed study guide from a previous class. Pages 11 through 13 are the NR 601 course final exam review topics in outline form (Thanks Lisa Trevino!). Page 13-46 includes my notes from class and YouTube videos, Kennedy-Malone text (minimal), lessons, and some external research. When the information came from an external a rt...

Exam (elaborations) NR 601 Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide And Practice Questions How to conduct Mini-Cog-  The Mini-Cog has been demonstrated to have comparable psychometric properties to the MMSE  The primary advantage of the Mini-Cog is that it is shorter than the MMSE and measures executive function.  It is composed of a three-item recall and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and takes about 3 minutes to administer  The Mini-Cog is a short dementia assessment that combin...

Med Surg Guide for Exam #3 Perioperative Perioperative: concentrate mostly on Pre-op and post-op  Pre-op: importance of getting a good history, medication reconciliation, what puts someone at post-op risks (ex: diabetes and obese patient; at risk for poor wound healing/wound issues), what medications may increase bleeding  Intra-op: safety focus (not covering any anesthetics)  Post-op: post-op care for the orthopedic patient (kind of intertwines with musculoskeletal), prevention...

1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence- based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse a. Develops evidence-based guidelines b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development ANS: D Nurses with a BSN degree ...

Perioperative Perioperative: concentrate mostly on Pre-op and post-op • Pre-op: importance of getting a good history, medication reconciliation, what puts someone at post-op risks (ex: diabetes and obese patient; at risk for poor wound healing/wound issues), what medications may increase bleeding • Intra-op: safety focus (not covering any anesthetics) • Post-op: post-op care for the orthopedic patient (kind of intertwines with musculoskeletal), prevention of DVT, prevention of pneumoni...

Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing Research Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence- based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse a. Develops evidence-based guidelines b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings e. Mentors PhD researcher...