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Decks in this class (41)

LEC 1: Definitions
Nosocomial infection,
Asepsis,
Medical asepsis
17  cards
LEC 1: Asepsis
What are the patients risk of inf...,
What sites and causes influence hais,
Asepsis
20  cards
LEC 1: Wound Care Basics
What is the function of the skin,
What are the two layers of the skin,
Epidermis
33  cards
LEC 1: Acute Surgical Wounds
Before changing a dressing what d...,
What are the four types of wound ...,
How does serous wound drainage lo...
25  cards
LEC 1: Perioperative Nursing Care
What are risk factors for surgery,
How is age a risk factor for surgery,
How is nutrition a risk factor fo...
21  cards
LEC 2: Definitions
Hemorrhave,
Hypovolemia,
Hypovolemic shock
23  cards
LEC 2: Perioperative Nursing Care Continued
What are the five common systems ...,
What are circulatory system post ...,
Hemmorrhage
20  cards
LEC 2: Pain and Comfort in the Post-Op patient
Patient controlled analgesia pca,
What are key assessments that nee...,
How often are the opioid analgesi...
12  cards
LEC 2: Wound Care Continued
What are the four steps to treati...,
What is the function of the brade...,
What are the six characteristics ...
40  cards
LEC 2: Acute Surgical Wounds
Wound staple removal,
Suture removal,
How do you irrigate a wound
14  cards
LEC 2: Fractures
Fracture,
Pathological fracture,
Fatigue or stress fracture
50  cards
LEC 3: Definitions
Isotonic solution,
Hypertonic solution,
Hypotonic solution
18  cards
LEC 3: IV Starts
Is starting an iv a medical aseps...,
What are common iv sites,
Starting an iv site
35  cards
LEC 3: Administration of IV Therapy
What are the two types of iv lines,
Primary lines,
Secondary lines
18  cards
LEC 3: Calculating IV Infusion Rates
What are iv drip factors important,
Microdrip,
Macrodrip
6  cards
LEC 3: Cardiovascular Disease
What are the three types of cardi...,
What is the most common cause for...,
Coronary atherosclerosis
8  cards
LEC 3: Hypertension
What causes arterial blood pressu...,
What is considered to be a high n...,
When would you re check a patient...
21  cards
LEC 3: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
What are non modifiable risk fact...,
What are contributing risk factor...,
What are major risk factors to ca...
20  cards
LEC 4: Urethral Catheterization
Where is urine produced,
When you insert a catheter where ...,
What are the types of catheters
30  cards
LEC 4: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
What is the function of the kidneys,
What is the secondary function of...,
Glomerular filtration rate egfr
21  cards
LEC 4: Care for Patients with CKD
What are the goals of care for ck...,
Health promotion,
Drug therapy
15  cards
LEC 4: Delirium
What is delirium,
What is delirium associated with,
What causes delirium
19  cards
LEC 6: Introduction to Medication Administration
What is the rns role when adminis...,
What is the prescribers role when...,
What do you do if an order is giv...
46  cards
LEC 6: Oral, Topical, Rectal, Vaginal, Eyes, Ears, Nasal, Inhalation Medication Administration
What patient aspects need to be c...,
What are two things that need to ...,
What are the benefits of oral med...
35  cards
LEC 6: Reconstitution of Powdered Medications
Preparing amount of medication to...,
What is reconstitution,
What do powdered medication need ...
8  cards
LEC 5: Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
What is multiple sclerosis ms,
Where is the highest rates of ms ...,
When are people usually diagnosed
45  cards
LEC 7: Parenteral Administration
What is a parenteral administration,
What are the types of parenteral ...,
What are the advantages of parent...
16  cards
LEC 7: Subcutaneous Injections
What is the syringe size needle l...,
What is the syringe size needle l...,
At what angle do you wan to injec...
13  cards
LEC 7: Intradermal & Intramuscular Injections
When is intradermal injections done,
Where are the common sites for in...,
Where are you doing intradermal i...
25  cards
LEC 7: Insulin Order Sets
Basal insulin,
What kind of insulin must insulin...,
What does basal insulin do
14  cards
LEC 7: Diabetes Mellitus
What is the function of the pancreas,
Endocrine functions,
What are the two cells in the isl...
55  cards
LEC 8: Administering Oral Medication Via NG Tube
Medications that should not be cr...,
Adminsitering oral medications vi...,
How much water do you dissolve ea...
8  cards
LEC 8: IV Medication Administration & Calculations
0  cards
LEC 9: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
0  cards
LEC 9: Stoke
0  cards
LEC 10: Colorectal Cancer
Where dose the small and large in...,
What is the etiology and pathophy...,
What do most colon cancers arise ...
25  cards
LEC 10: Cancer Care
Cancer,
Risk factors for cancer,
What are types of occupations tha...
34  cards
LEC 10: HIV
What is hiv,
What are the 3 ways that hiv tran...,
What bodily fluids can transmit hiv
21  cards
LEC 11: Dementia
What is physiology of dementia,
What is physiology of dementia of...,
What are the risk factors fro dem...
21  cards
LEC 11: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
What is the primary role of the s...,
What is the primary role of the l...,
What are the 2 types of inflammat...
23  cards
LEC 12: Chronic Pain
What is the problem with pain,
How is pain defined,
Gate control theory of pain
23  cards

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