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1
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Assault

A

Making someone fearful

Threatening

Ex. Threatening to place NG tube if patient doesn’t eat

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2
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Battery

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Intentional and wrongful physical contact

Ex. Restraining someone to administer an injection

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False imprisonment

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Person is confined or restrained against their own will

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4
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Albumin

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3.4-5

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5
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Respite care

A

Allows for relief of caregivers

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6
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Risk for latex allergy

A

Bananas

Kiwi

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7
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Propofol allergy

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Eggs

Soybean oil

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8
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Vesicant medications

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Use for chemo

“Mycin” “rubicin”

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9
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Lyme disease

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Nationally notifiable disease

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10
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Plagiocephaly

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Cranial molding is asymmetric

Preventing by placing infant prone for 30-60 min day

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11
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Plagiocephaly treatment

A

Helmet worn 23 hrs day

3 months

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12
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Phenytoin SE

A 
Nystagmus
Sedation
Ataxia
Double vision
Cognitive impairment 
Gingival hyperplasia
Skin rash
Dysrythmia
Hypotension
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13
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Antieleptics teaching

A

Control seizures

Do not cure

Lifelong

Dose per patient (may start with 2 per day then 1 per day)

No driving

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14
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Circumcision care

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Change diaper every 4 hours

Clean penis with warm water

Clamp procedure- petroleum jelly

Don’t wrap in tight gauze

No tub bath until healed

Don’t wash yellow exudate

Heals completely within couple of weeks

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15
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Inadequate nutrition labs

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Albumin 2.4-2.9

Prealbumin less that 10.7

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16
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Prealbumin

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15-36

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17
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Group session

A

Problem solving for behavior changes

Power and control issues dominated in this phase

Therapeutic communication

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18
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Adaption to body changes

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Coping describes how individual handles demand imposed by the environment

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19
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General adaption syndrome

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Stress syndrome

  1. Alarm reaction (body function response to stress)
  2. Resistance stage (body copes with stressor)
  3. Exhaustion stage (body function can’t maintain response to stressor, recovery or death occurs)
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20
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Coping

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Empathetic
Identify strengths and abilities
Encourage autonomy
Describe coping skills useful in the past

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21
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Mania

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Labile with euphoria
Agitation and irritability
Restlessness 
Increased activity 
Flight of ideas
Grandiosity 
Impulsivity 
Demanding and manipulative behavior 
Decreased attention spans
Poor judgment 
Attention seeking
Decreased sleep
Neglect of ADLs
Delusions and hallucinations
Denial of illness
22
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Communication with patient hallucinating

A

Don’t agree or disagree with hallucinations

“I don’t see this, but you seem frightened”

Increase safety

Identify triggers

23
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Biofeedback

A

Technology to increase awareness of various neurological body response to minimize extremes

24
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Therapeutic touch

A

Use of hands to bring energy to fields of balance

25
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COPD diet

A

High calorie foods

26
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Thrombocytic therapy contraindications

A 
Hemorrhagic stroke
Arteriovenous formation
Internal bleeding
Head or spine trauma
Pericarditis or endocarditis
Brain tumor
Hepatic or kidney disorder
HTN
27
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Blood admin preprocedure

A 
Review order
Obtain consent 
Obtain blood samples
Assess for previous reactions
Initiate large bore access 18-20 gauge
Obtain blood from blood bank
Identify 2 RNs
28
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PICC Interventions

A

Flush .9% sodium chloride

Flush 5ml heparin when not in active use m

Dressing change every 7 days

29
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Implanted port

A

Common use: chemo

Noncoring HUBER needle

Check for blood return prior to med admin

Flush 5 ml heparin after each Use and once per month

30
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Gastrectomy medications teaching

A

Take on empty stomach

31
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Labs for anemia

A 
CBC
RBC
MCV
MCH
MCHC
Iron study (TIBC)
Hgb
Sickle cell
schilling
32
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Diagnostics for anemia

A

Bone marrow aspiration

33
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Electroencephalogram (EEG) education

A

Abstain from caffeine for servers hours prior

Wash hair before and after procedure

Take deep breath

Exposed to high flashes of light

With hold sleep prior to test

Can sleep during test

Painless diagnostic

34
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Invasive cardiovascular procedure: preventing complications

A

Anticoagulants

Supine and bed rest

Vitals every 15
Vitals every 30
Every hour
Every 4 hours

35
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Positioning patient for no stress test

A

Semi Fowler’s

Left lateral

36
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Cardiac catheterization preprocedure

A 
Purge air
Supine or trendelenburg
Sedation and pain meds
Level transducer with phlebostatic axis (4th intercostal space)
Zero system
Compare arterial BP with noninvasive BP
37
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Tension pneumothorax

A 
Tracheal deviation
Absent breath sounds one side
Distended neck veins 
Resp distress 
Asymmetry is Chest
Cyanosis
38
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Cystic fibrosis home teaching

A

Proper use of MDI, PEP, Neb

Rinse mouth after fluticasone, propionate/salmeterol

Use 1-2x daily

39
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Retinoblastoma

A

Pupil white with light shined in eye

40
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Primary intention wound healing

A

Little or no tissue lost
Edges approximated
Heals rapidly
Minimal or no scarring

Ex. Closed surgical incision

41
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Secondary intention healing

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Loss of tissue
Wound edges separated
Scarring
Heals by granulation

Ex. Pressure ulcer

42
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Tertiary healing

A 
Widely separated
Deep
Closure occurs when free of infection
Extensive drainage and tissue debris
Long healing time
43
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Afib complications

A 
Hypotension
Tachycardia
Cyanosis
JVD
syncope
44
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Syncopal episode

A

Sudden drop in HR and BP

Leads to fainting

Often from stress

45
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Presbyopia

A

Age related farsightedness

Can’t see close

46
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Myopia

A

Nearsighted

Can’t see far

47
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D-dimer test

A

Rules out clots

Used to test for DVT, pulmonary embolism

48
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Schilling test

A

Tests B12 deficiency or anemia

49
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Impetigo

A

Rash in children contagious

Red sores in face, hands, feet

50
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Pyloric stenosis

A

Gastric outlet obstruction

Opening between stomach and small intestine thickens

51
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Laissez-faire

A

Low relationship

Low task

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