Cute notes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cute, detailed notes, with drawings and graphics. Includes handmade charts and reviews. I ended with an A in the course using primarily these notes.

The nurse notes each time the mechanical ventilator delivers a breath to a client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the peak inspiratory pressure alarm sounds. What is the nurse’s best intervention?A client has a new tracheostomy, on a mechanical ventilator with the following settings: SIMV, rate of 12, TV 800, FIo2 80% and PEEP of 5 cmH20. Which assessment finding requires immediate action by the nurse?The nurse palpates the posterior chest while the client says “99” an...

EXAM 2 PREP - Nursing exam notes, prep for exam, studying, nclex review, practice questions, Acute Care Nursing of Adults II (University of South Carolina)

Provides in-class notes along with book notes to help you ace your exam 1 adult acute class. These notes also have diagrams and pictures available and condense the information which is ideal before the first exam.

This is a comprehensive and detailed note for NURs 3163 that focuses on a key topic in the course; Acute kidney disease and chronic kidney disease in adults. U'll need it!!

EXAM 2 PREP - Nursing exam notes, prep for exam, studying, nclex review, practice questions, Acute Care Nursing of Adults II (University of South Carolina)

The nurse notes each time the mechanical ventilator delivers a breath to a client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the peak inspiratory pressure alarm sounds. What is the nurse’s best intervention?A client has a new tracheostomy, on a mechanical ventilator with the following settings: SIMV, rate of 12, TV 800, FIo2 80% and PEEP of 5 cmH20. Which assessment finding requires immediate action by the nurse?The nurse palpates the posterior chest while the client says “99” and no...

The nurse notes each time the mechanical ventilator delivers a breath to a client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the peak inspiratory pressure alarm sounds. What is the nurse’s best intervention?A client has a new tracheostomy, on a mechanical ventilator with the following settings: SIMV, rate of 12, TV 800, FIo2 80% and PEEP of 5 cmH20. Which assessment finding requires immediate action by the nurse?The nurse palpates the posterior chest while the client says “99” and no...

A nurse in an acute care facility is assisting with the admission of an older adult client who has late stage Alzheimer's disease. The nurse notes that the client's partner appears exhausted. He states that he is finding it more and more difficult to care for his partner. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - ans ----Ask the partner to talk about his difficulties in caring for the client. The first action the nurse should take, using the nursing process priority ...

Collaborative problems - is a potential physiologic complication that nurses monitor to detect onset or change in status and manage using medically-prescribed and nursing-prescribed interventions to prevent or minimize the complication. ● Evidence-based practice - is the process of collecting, processing, and implementing research findings to improve clinical practice, the work environment, or patient outcomes. ● Client-centered care - Providing care that is respectful of, and responsi...