ATI-Comprehensive final quiz Flashcards
Tell me what concerns you the most about being hospitalized.
borderline personality disorder
Don’t put any styling products on it afterwards.
only monitor brain activity; they do not stimulate it.
For the test, the technician attaches electrodes to the scalp to record the tiny electrical charges the nerve cells in the brain release. So that the electrodes will adhere to the scalp, the client’s hair has to be clean and free of oil and hair-care products.
electroencephalogram (EEG)
A temporary disturbance of the blood supply to the brain causes ____, which are brief alterations in neurologic function.
The most common causes are **atherosclerotic plaque **in the carotid arteries and hypertension; therefore, the client should limit sodium intake to help control hypertension and prevent future TIAs.
Dietary management of hypertension, which is a major cause of TIAs, includes limiting alcohol intake to no more than two servings for men or one serving for women per day.
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Foul, fatty, frothy stools, known as steatorrhea, are a manifestation of ________, a malabsorption syndrome.
celiac disease
have an elevated sweat chloride
cystic fibrosis
Increase their caloric intake with meals
hyperthyroidism
Corticosteroids, such as prednisone, are the treatment of choice for acute systemic manifestations of SLE because of their rapid anti-inflammatory action.
actue systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
lamotrigine
seizure
Koplic spots –>rubeola
Peripheral neurophathy –> develop as an adverse effect of medications used to treat AIDS
Chancre –> a red, circumscribed, crusted oral lesion of the lip that is the primary manifestation of syphilis
Candidiasis
opportunistic infection
predisone
delayed wound healing
enzyme-linked immunosorbet assay (ELISA) testing
+ 18-month-old infant
+ pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
