Pulselessness - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A 28-year-old female patient inquires about options for contraception. The nurse recognizes that if the patient takes an estrogen-based oral contraceptive, her risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) doubles based on what statement that is made by the patient? a. "I smoke 1 ½ packs of cigarettes a day." b. "I have a job as a waitress." c. "I like to sit in my hot tub in the evenings." d. "It's been three years since my last child was born." - A Women of childbearing age who take e...

AGACNP BOARD PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ 4 types of burns - -thermal chemical electrical radiation 5 Ps of pheochromacytoma - -pressure (persistent/ resistent HTN) pain (Headache) palpitations ( tachycardia and tremors) Perspiration ( profuse with flushing) Pallor ( secondary to vasccontriction) 6 Ps of compartment syndrome - -Pain Parathesia Paresis Pallor Poiklothermia pulselessness Absolute contraindications for fibrinolysis - -HX of Cerebrovascular event Non-hemo...

4 Precipitating Factors of Angina - The 4 Es 1) Exertion 2) Eating 3) Emotional distress 4) Extreme Temperature (hot or cold) s/s of arterial occlusion - The 4 Ps 1) Pain 2) Pulselessness 3) Pallor 4) Paresthesia MADD DOG (acronym for CHF treatment) - M-morphine A-aminophylline D-digoxin D-dopamine D-diuretics O-oxygen G-Gasses (ABGs) Causes of Heart Murmur (SPASM acroynm) - S-stenosis of a valve P-partial obstruction

four rules of prioritization - Answer-1. acute beats chronic 2. fresh postop (<12hrs) beats medical or other surgical 3. unstable beats stable 4. the more vital the organ, the higher the priority (only use as tiebreaker) things that make a pt stable - Answer--Use of the word STABLE -A CHRONIC illness -Post-op MORE than 12 hours old -Local or regional anesthesia -Unchanged assessment -Lab abnormalities of an A or B -ready for/to be discharge, or admitted longer than 24 hrs ago. -exp...

Acute Limb ischemia (ALI) Definition: Acute onset (<2 weeks) ischemia is severe hypoperfusion of limb with signs and symptoms including pain, paralysis, paresthesia, pulselessness, cold, and pallor which threatens tissue viability. Usually due to acute arterial occlusion and rarely due to venous etiology. Criteria for diagnosis ! Must Be Recognized Rapidly. Skeletal Muscle Tolerates Ischemia 4-6 hours!  Onset < 2 weeks  Category I*; Viable: limb not immediately threatened; No...

Insulin: Reg 30-60 min onset, 2-4 hr peak and 5-7 duration NPH 1-3 hr onset, 6-12 hr peak and 18-24 duration Lispro-fast acting and to eat right away, DON’T MIX Rules of Nines: 9% is head and both arms, 18% is front torso, back torso and both legs and 1% is groin 5 P's with fractues: pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesia and paralysis Cranial nerves: Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Acoustic, Glassopharnygeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory and Hypo...

Medications for pulselessness (asystole, Vfib, PEA): - ANSWEREpinephrine, Amiodarone Medications for slow rhythms (sinus brady, junctional escape, idioventricular, blocks) - ANSWERAtropine, epinephrine infusion, dopamine Medications used for fast rhythms (Afib, Aflutter, SVT, junctional tachycardia): - ANSWERCardizem, Amiodarone, Digoxin, Betablockers, adenosine, lidocaine, Procainamide Inherent SA node rate - ANSWER60-100 The normal PR interval - ANSWER0.12-0.20 Time frame betwee...

he 4 Es of PRECIPITATING factors of Angina -1. Exertion: physical activity and exercise 2. Eating 3. Emotional distress 4. Extreme hot or cold weather The 4 Ps of arterial occlusion? -1. Pain 2. Pulselessness 3. Pallor 4. Paresthesia

ATI RN MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCTORED EXAMSWITH 25 LATEST MULTIPLE VERSIONS EXAMS 2020 | 2021 | 2022 GRADE A+Medical Surgical ATI Lyme Disease A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a severe form of stage II Lyme disease. Understanding of the patient teaching. ANS: My joints ache because I have Lyme disease. Chronic complications memory problem and fatigue Musculoskeletal: Osteoporosis/Osteomyelitis A nurse is assessing for compartment syndrome in a client who has a short ...

Internal Medicine PAEA Questions with Complete Solutions Graded A+ 2024. diagnose AAA: US what size AAA do you treat with surgery > 5 cm or growing >0.5 cm/year pain out of proportion to abdominal PE mesenteric ischemia-- triade- POP, afib, recently on digitalis pericardal knock constrictive pericarditis-> this is a loud s3 how do you diagnose constrictive pericarditis echo shows pericardial thickening and normal left ventricular function what murmur "widened pulse pressure" A...