question archive MOD 7 Glascow Coma Scale - Know how to calculate a score What is decorticate posturing? What is decerebrate posturing? Review the types of brain injuries i
MOD 7 Glascow Coma Scale - Know how to calculate a score What is decorticate posturing? What is decerebrate posturing? Review the types of brain injuries i
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MOD 7
Glascow Coma Scale - Know how to calculate a score
What is decorticate posturing?
What is decerebrate posturing?
Review the types of brain injuries i.e. focal, coup contre coup etc.
The impact of hypoxia on brain cells
What is the difference between a hemorrhagic stroke and a thromboembolic stroke?
What is the impact of increased intracranial pressure?
What is the area of the brain surrounding the area of infarct after a stroke called?
What is reperfusion injury?
MOD 8
Priority assessment for a patient on a ventilator
What are clinical manifestations of a patient with a DVT and a PE
What forms can carbon dioxide travel through the blood?
What is the process of moving air into the lungs called?
What is cor pulmonale and what are some of the causes?
What is a pneumothorax? Review the types of pneumothorax
Where is the brain's respiratory center?
What is the purpose of surfactant?
Appropriate nursing interventions for emphysema
Purpose of the rescue inhaler for asthma patients
Clinical manifestations of bronchitis
What is polycythemia vera?
What causes pulmonary hypertension?
What lung disease causes destructive changes of the alveolar walls and enlargement of the distal air sacs
Adequate management of asthma
Clinical manifestations of a patient with acute respiratory failure (What would we expect the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels to be)
Clinical manifestations of a patient with cystic fibrosis
Know your normal ABGs.
MOD 9
Priority nursing intervention for a large wound
What is the impact of a myocardial infarction?
What lab values would a complete blood count (CBC) include?
Priority assessment for a patient with pneumonia
What is the significance of the hemoglobin?
What is polycythemia vera?
Hodgkin vs non Hodgkin disease
What is homeostasis and what are the 3 main parts of hemostasis? Know the steps in hemostasis
What is hematemesis?
What is erythropoietin?
What are erythrocytes and what are their functions?
What is the purpose of doing blood coagulation studies?
What is the role of the liver in clotting?
MOD 10
Priority assessment for a CHF patient
Priority assessment for a patient experiencing chest pain
What are the types of risk factors for patients with a hx of hypertension?
Cause of hypovolemic shock
Cause of septic shock
What is angina pectoris?
How do providers determine the causes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)?
Effects of heart failure
Clinical manifestations of rt sided heart failure
The role of the lymphatic system in reducing edema
What is the difference between a MI and unstable angina?
What occurs in the late stages of shock?
What are some hypertension management techniques?
Two organs most affected by uncontrolled hypertension
