Integumentary hx adult - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Module 1-A: Introduction to Healthy Aging: Trends in Aging and Impact on Nursing and Health Care O1: Discuss societal aging changes in America and globally; changing demographics and rationale, life expectancy, population decline, work and retirement, sources of income, and expenditures ● Note: Median population age is growing due to better healthcare, increase life expectancy, increase fertility (birth rate) after WWII ● Chronological late life is recognized as beginning somewhere between...

ATI MedSurg STUDY GUIDE (Safety) Seizure precautions Epilepsy During Protect the client’s privacy and the client from injury (move furniture away, hold head in lap if on the floor). Position the client to provide a patent airway. (Remember aspiration, turn head to side) Be prepared to suction oral secretions. Turn the client to the side to decrease the risk of aspiration. Loosen restrictive clothing. Do not attempt to restrain the client. Do not attempt to open the jaw or insert air...

Principles of Development  Continuous process through life  Orderly sequence  Predictable but unique ranges  Systems mature at different rates  More rapid in early periods  Cephalocaudal pattern  grow longer, head to tail  Gross to refined skills  Newborn/neonatal period of infancy  from birth to 28 days  Infancy  28 days to 12 months Growth & Development  Nurse must be familiar w/normal development  while obtaining health hx, nurse can ask p...

ATI Medical Surgical Adult Nursing Chapters 1 Health, Wellness, and Illness 2 Emergency Nursing Principles and Management Unit 2 Nursing Care of Clients with Neurosensory Disorders 3 Neurologic Diagnostic Procedures 4 Pain Management 5 Meningitis 6 Seizures and Epilepsy 7 Parkinson’s Disease 8 Alzheimer’s Disease 9 Brain Tumors 10 Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Myasthenia Gravis 11 Headaches 12 Disorders of the Eye 13 Middle and Inner Ear Disorders 14 He...

ATI – NCLEX Predictor Remediation Study Guide Renal Calculi - Pain: Flank pain → Kidney or Ureter (if pain radiates → stones in ureter or bladder) Performing Ear Irrigation: Sterile technique, warm meds, pull up & back, tilt toward affected ear Thrombolytic Therapy (Stroke): Reteplase recombinant (rTPA – clot buster) w/ in 4.5 hours of initial symptoms Trach care: Dressing ∆, inner cannula ½ hydrogen peroxide, & stoma □ knot Head injury (changes in LOC): Length of ti...

NR 507 Week 1 Case Study: A 35-year-old woman presents to the primary … Read the case study listed Refer to the rubric for grading Utilizing the Week 1 Case Study Template (Links to an external site.), provide your responses to the case study questions listed You must use at least one scholarly reference to provide pathophysiology statements. For this class, use of the textbook for pathophysiology statements is acceptable. You may also use an appropriate evidence-based You must use the Cl...

PEDIATRIC EXIT HESI 1 yr old child with neuroblastoma crying continuously and curled into a fetal position. Most important Give a prescribed analgesic Mother brings her newborn to the well clinic for the 1 month check-up. Nurse reviews infant record and identifies that received first dose of HBV immunization on discharge. When should next be During this visit, one month of age When obtaining a throat culture from a 6 yr old with possible strep, which action Swab the child’s erythemat...

PEDIATRIC EXIT HESI 1 yr old child with neuroblastoma crying continuously and curled into a fetal position. Most important Give a prescribed analgesic Mother brings her newborn to the well clinic for the 1 month check-up. Nurse reviews infant record and identifies that received first dose of HBV immunization on discharge. When should next be During this visit, one month of age When obtaining a throat culture from a 6 yr old with possible strep, which action Swab the child’s erythemat...

NR 602 MID TERM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE SOLUTIONS NR 602 MID TERM STUDY GUIDE Signs of pregnancy. (presumptive, probable, (+)) Presumptive Signs: least obj. or subj. signs;can also be caused by many other conditions Presumptive signs include: • Amenorrhea: o Highly suggestive of preg. in a healthy fem w/ regular & predictable period. Difficult to determine in a fem w/ irregular periods or in those who do not keep track of their menstrual cycles • Nausea & vomiting: o Common symptom (...

NR509 Midterm Review -Bates Guide to Physical Examination 13th edition Chapters 1-17 (Answered) Patient and clinician-centered The approach to a clinical encounter Echolalia repetition of the words and phrases of others Occurs in manic and schizophrenia Clinicians Experts have defined patient-centered interviewing as "following the patient's lead to understand their thoughts, ideas, concerns and requests, without adding additional information from the ________ perspective." F-I-F-E ...