NURS 3664 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Vitamin K Antagonist, Peripheral Artery Disease, Intermittent Claudication
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Questions around communication (how you communicate with someone in certain situations) Get familiar with warfarin (what it is, what it"s used for, etc) Tylenol, asa, nsaids, vita e, antibiotics increase effects. Familiarize self with an anticoagulants we talked about in class determine if someone has it) Vital sign parameters and what they mean. Peripheral artery disease (what it is, how to recognize, treatments, and tests a nurse would do. Clinical manifestations: intermittent claudication, paresthesia, pain at rest in feet or toes, Patient teaching at the time of discharge/what you would talk to them about before they are diminished pedal pulses. Read up on buck"s traction** discharged depending on what they are there for. Symptoms: angina, tias, hoarseness, cough, dysphagia, jugular vein distension. Asymptomatic, physical findings: pulsatile mass, + bruit, bowel changes, back. Can lead to shock, decreased bp, increased pulse, decreased loc, decreased uo. Divide ankle systolic bp ankle by higher systolic bp arm pain.
