NR 340 Week 3 Evolve Questions & Answers/NR 340 Week 3 Evolve Questions & Answers QUESTION: What is the therapeutic effect of head-of-the-bed elevation and neutral head and neck alignment on increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? . QUESTION: Under normal circumstances the cerebral vasculature exhibits pressure and chemical autoregulation. What happens when autoregulation is lost? QUESTION: The nurse is monitoring a patient’s intracranial pressure (ICP). While the nurse is provQuestioning hygie...

NR 340 Week 3 Exam One Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, pgs 228-324 Overview of CC Critical Care Nursing Trends and Issues Focus on Quality and Safety National Patient Safety Goals Harms Targeted for Reduction Communication Other Trends and Issues The Critical Care Psychosocial Support (HIGHEST CONCERN) Geriatric Concerns Ethical Principles Nurse Involvement in Ethical Decision Making Selected Issues Concerns of the Critically Ill Respiratory Alterations Nursing Respiratory Anatomy Physiology of...

NR 340 Week 3 Exam One Critical Care Ethical Principles CC Nurse Stressors Sources of stress for patients and families Communication with critically ill patients Pain Management Anxiety Delirium: causes and assessment. Sedative Agents Nutrition support: assessment; complications of tube feedings; parenteral nutrition: complications Mechanisms of Injury in Trauma Levels of Trauma Care Assessment Priorities Triage process and levels of care Facial Fractures Uncomplicated Rib/Sternal Fractures Flai...

NR 340 Week 6 ICA PAPER-Interdisciplinary Care Assignment/NR 340 Week 6 ICA PAPER-Interdisciplinary Care Assignment Background Information and Demographics Assessment Findings Review of Systems Laboratory Results Diagnostic Tests & Procedures Performed Medications Nursing Diagnosis Nursing Dx #1: Risk for Aspiration r/t presence of endotracheal tube Nursing Dx #2: Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity r/t immobility Nursing Dx #3: Risk for Impaired Oral Mucous Membrane r/t mouth breathing Inte...

NR 340 Week 7 Exam 3/NR 340 Week 7 Exam 3 Question: A client admitted to the hospital with a subarachnoid hemorrhage has complaints of severe headache, nuchal rigidity, and projectile vomiting. The nurse knows lumbar puncture (LP) would …. contraindicated in this client in which of the following circumstances? Question: A client with a subdural hematoma becomes restless and confused, with dilation of the ipsilateral pupil. The physician orders mannitol for which of the following reasons? Quest...

NR 340 Week 3 Case Study: Heart Failure/NR 340 Week 3 Case Study: Heart Failure Discuss the pathophysiology of HF Discuss the various classifications of HF Discuss Mr. Duke’s signs and symptoms that were consistent with HF Describe Mr. Duke’s predisposing risk factor for HF List nursing diagnoses appropriate for Mr. Duke’s care Briefly define the following terms: cardiac output (CO), cardiac index (CI), central venous pressure (CVP), preload, afterload, pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), and...

NR 340 Clinical Simulation Prep Packet/NR 340 Clinical Simulation Prep Packet Directions: This assignment is to be completed independently (it is not a group assignment!) and turned in on your assigned clinical simulation day. The purpose of this assignment is to prepare you to complete the corresponding clinical simulation scenarios related to coronary artery disease and hypertensive crisis respectively. Resources to complete this assignment include the following: Lewis Medical-Surgical Nurs...