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Cranial Nerve I: Olfactory Test → test sense of smell with familiar odor Cranial Nerve II: Optic Test → test visual acuity and visual field with confrontation Confrontation Test → gross measure of peripheral vision → -stand 2 fett from person → -have patient cover one eye, then cover your own eye opposite to the persons covered one → -hold finger as target midline between you and patient, slowly advance to periphery → -as person to say "now" as target is first s...

What antibiotic is used for UTIs → Bactrim What are the therapeutic effects of Bactrim? → Decrease UTI Symptoms: Frequency, Pain w/urination What is docusate sodium? → stool softener How does docusate sodium work? → Replaces water in intestine, and works against stool to soften it. What vitamin should be avoided when taking Warfarin? → Vitamin K; potassium What Is an adverse effect of warfarin? → Bleeding/Bruising What labs should be monitored with warfarin? → PT/INR: ...

What is an ACE Inhibitor? → Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme → :Causes vasoconstriction and increased blood pressure → ACE Inhibitors relax heart and decrease blood pressure What is an examples of a drug ACE Inhibitor? → Captopril (Capten) → Benazepril → Perindopril → Trandolapril → Moexipril what does ACE inhibitors treat? → HTN, HF, Diabetic Neuropathy, and MI What is the function of ACE Inhibitors? → Reduce levels of angiotensin II- Bradykinin (dilate blood vess...

Antibacterial → designed to fight against or kill bacteria Antifungal → a drug that kills or prevents the growth of fungi Antiviral → drug used to treat viral infections Factors in choosing Antibiotics → 1. identify the infecting organism → 2. Drug sensitivity → 3. Host factors Factors that may change when choosing Antibiotics → 1. allergy to drug of choice → 2. inability of drug to penetrate site of infection → 3. heightened susceptibility of patient for toxicity(...

What are the 5 steps of the nursing process? → assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation Generic or Trade? Nonproprietary, not capitalized, suffixes, only 1 name → Generic Generic or Trade? Proprietary, capitalized, marketing name, multiple names → Trade What are the 4 parts of the pharmacokinetics processes? → Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion Half life → length of time required for half of the medication to leave the body Is it be...

4 Exercise Effects on the Body → 1. Increased demand for oxygen to muscles → 2. Systolic BP Increases → 3. Respiratory Rate Increases → 4. Heart Rate Increases 4 Things to Know About Body and Mobility Changes in the Patient → 1. Encourage self-care behaviors → 2. Sensitivity to feelings about body and mobility → 3. Be supportive and expect frustration → 4. Encourage patient to correct behavior that may worsen progress 4 Things to Know When Getting Mobility & Exercise Hi...

Evidence Based Practice → Evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing is a problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions, using the best evidence available (considered "best" because it is collected from sources such as published research, national standards and guidelines, and reviews of targeted literature). Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Older Adults → Integrity vs. Despair → People in late adulthood reflect on their lives and feel either a sense of satisfaction o...

Standards of Nursing Practice → allows the nurse to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the client, and the institution. → assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, evaluation Standard 1: Assessment → The registered nurse collects pertinent data and information relative to the health care consumer's health or the situation. Standard 2: Diagnosis → The registered nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the ...

Existential Psychotherapy → "A phenomenological-personal psychotherapy with the aim of enabling a person to experience his or her life freely at the spiritual and emotional levels, to arrive at authentic decisions and to come to a responsible way of dealing with himself or herself and the world around them." · Key themes and principles of existential therapy → ◦ Choice- free to choose → ◦ Freedom- free to shape their destiny → ◦ Responsibility- responsible for the...

Is climate change sexist? → Due to women in poorer countries not having the same opportunity as men with education, they are more in the households and farms where climate change has more of an effect. What is environmental science? → An interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology,geography, ecology, chemistry, botany, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography,limnology, soil science, geology and atmospheric science to the study of theenvironment, and find solution...