Quiz # 5 Study Guide
COPD (28)
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Respiratory assessments - physical exam, diagnostic tests, bronchoscopy
Dietary recommendations for COPD patients
Oxygen delivery methods and considerations for Home O2.
Nursing management and clinical manifestations of Cor Pulmonale
Acute exacerbation vs chronic care interventions for COPD
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Nursing interventions for excess mucous production (devices, techniques)
Cardiac (33,34,35)
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Clinical manifestations, signs and symptoms, nursing management of acute
decompensated heart failure
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Review the stages of heart failure.
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Left Vs Right Heart Failure (Clinical Manifestations)
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Captopril and Metoprolol (Mechanism of action, potential side effects, nursing
education)
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Clinical manifestations, signs and symptoms and nursing management of a
patient with Chronic Stable Angina
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Nursing management and associated complications after an acute myocardial
infarction
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Patient education: regarding nitroglycerin administration and use of
phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors
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EKG changes associated with an acute MI
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Review normal ranges for EKG measurements ( PR, QRS, QT interval)
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Review electrolyte normal ranges and their relation to premature ventricular
contractions
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Nursing management of a patient experiencing symptomatic Sinus Bradycardia
or Tachycardia ( What are our go to meds for each?)
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Principles of CPR initiation, review basic BLS principles, including principles of
defibrillation
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Review and Identify Cardiac Rhythm Strips ( Normal Sinus Rhythm, Sinus
Bradycardia, Atrial Fibrillation, Sinus Tachycardia) Describe complications associated
with Atrial Fibrillation
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Review the identification and nursing management of the lethal dysrhythmias (
Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Asystole) What makes these rhythms so
lethal? Describe why these rhythms are lethal.
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Compare and Contrast Chronic Stable Angina vs. Unstable Angina. EKG changes
associated with each.