Your epileptic patient notices a strange familiar smell before having a seizure. This is called an
Aura
What are common risk factors for osteoporosis?
smoking, old age, taking steroids, Cushing's disease, sedentary life style, high intake of caffeine, ,
What interventions would you expect to provide for your patient having an asthma exacerbation?
oxygen, albuterol nebulizer/inhaler, high dose steroids
Name 3 test/exams can show how the heart is functioning?
ECG (electrocardiogram). exercise stress test, chest x-ray, cardiac catherization.
Demyelination of the myelin sheath of nerves causes which of the following?
Multiple sclerosis
Your patient has an open sore on their heal, it is red covered in yellow fibrous tissue. What is this?
Stage II Pressure ulcer
Vitamin K affects the body's ability to do what?
Clot blood due to the prothrombin and fibrinogen levels
CVA causes what type of symptoms?
droopy face, slurred speech, unequal strength, confusion,
Bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease causes what symptoms?
slowness of movement, shuffling gait, dragging of feet, and freezing.
Your patient is admitted with gout. What other issues may they experience?
stones,
Your patient has right sided heart failure. What symptoms do you need to assess for??
Edema, weight gain, bounding jugular veins, headache, lethargy, nocturia
You suspect your patient is having an MI, what assessment findings would you see?
Pain in the chest, nausea, diaphoresis, anxiety, SOB, weakness, fatigue
You are admitting a patient in sickle cell crisis. What are your priority interventions?
Hydration, oxygen administration, pain control
What is cretinism?
Hypofunction of the thyroid
Your patient has edema in his legs. He has a history of liver failure, and as a result has a decreased capacity to produce proteins such as albumin. The edema is
Decreased oncotic pressure in the capillary
What is hydronephrosis?
Swelling of the kidney due to obstruction of urine flow.
Name at least 2 of the classic signs and symptoms of inflammation?
Redness, swelling, warmth, pain (cased by vascular permeability)
The nurse draws a blood sample on an anxious patient that is hyperventilating. The arterial blood gas will most likely show:
respiratory alkalosis