NUR 275 5 Multidimensional Care IV
MDC4 Final Exam
Why teach patient to deep breath and cough after surgery
- prevent pneumonia
Normal drainage for surgical site? - Clear (serous) or pale/red/watery (serosanguineous)
Worrisome sign of post op patient?? - Restlessness
Clearly if patient is presenting to ER with heat exhaustion, what is the priority
action of the nurse? - IV Fluids
Action is patient has bee sting. . if available? - Epi
Community disaster preparedness, what would be an organization to help? - Medical Reserve Corporation
FEMA
Red Cross
DMAT??
- Disaster Medical Assistance Team Federal employees
License is good in ALL 50 states
How many days of medical supplies should you have if needed for a disaster,
just making a disaster plan? - 3 days
Cimetidine for burn patients?? Why?? - Help with gastric ulcers
Triage tags. . . what would we put on them to help?? - Name
Age
Injury
(Anything to help identify)
Any treatments we did
Who we can contact/who has been
contacted. Triage colors
Gave double dose of medication, what to do first? - Assess patient
What to do when patient comes back from surgery, and they’re declining
(rapid, shallow respirations, elevated heart rate, blood pressure dropping),
what do you do??
- Call rapid response team
Allergy exposure situation - more exposure to allergen the more risk to developing a reaction
Patient in lithotomy position for surgery, where would their experience post
op discomfort?? – Shoulders
Why do we have drainage tubes/what’s the purpose?? - To help prevent infection
Why do we give a patient with multiple sclerosis Baclofen?? - To treat muscle spasms
Patient with Parkinson’s, when should you schedule their most demanding
activities??? - When the drug therapy/medication peaks for them.
Somebody that has a thrombotic stroke, what is important assessment item,
especially in the first 24 hours?? - Pupil response to light/size
Someone had an ischemic stroke and getting thrombolytic treatment, what
are we trying to control in the first 24 hours??