NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide
Psychosocial
* Diagnostic criteria for generalised anxiety disorders
* Treatment of panic attacks that are severe
* Depression treatment on an inpatient basis
* At what point does serotonin norepinephrine reuptake become inhibited
or denoted
* Dosage of venlafaxine
* Pathophysiology of endogenous depression
* Distinguishing panic attacks from panic disorder
* Symptoms of depressive disorder
* The primary neurotransmitter in post-traumatic stress disorder
* Diagnosis and treatment of PTSD
* Adverse effects of lithium
* The most frequently reported adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics
* Mental status changes associated with urinary tract infection in the elderly
* Delirium in the elderly
* Method for Assessing Confusion in a Succinct Manner (Short CAM)
* Dementia classifications (Lewy body, vascular, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s)
Aricept *
* Disinhibition management in the elderly
* Physical manifestations of impending death
* Constraints on the use of pain medication in terminally ill patients
* Suggestions for successful ageing…
(Those of Erikson, Levinson, Peck, and Butler)
* Elder abuse on a psychological level
* Model of change on a transtheoretical level
* Fear of death
* Evaluating elderly driver safety
* Screening for Geriatric Depression
EENT
* Medication-induced eye pain
* Keratoconus
* Prolonged uveitis
* Conjunctivitis caused by Gonococcus gonorrhoeae
* Conjunctivitis caused by viruses, allergies, or bacteria
* Macular edoema
* Cystitis dacrocystitis
* Glaucoma with an open angle
* Metal FB in the pupil
* Injury to the penetrating eye
* Abrasions to the cornea
* Cellulitis of the orbit
* Fractures of the orbit
* Auditory sensorineural deafness
* Conductive hearing impairment
* Hearing loss associated with advanced age
* Temporary hearing loss
* Medial otitis acute
* Dizziness (acute or central)
* Ecstasy
* Sinusitis caused by bacteria
Tonsillitis *
Epiglottitis is a condition that affects the epiglottis.
* Wood’s lamp, slit lamps, Snellen chart, Amsler grid
* Antagonists of the beta adrenergic system
* Cholinergic agonist
* Analogs of prostaglandins
* Diuretics with osmotic action
Cardiovascular complications
* ACS protocol: low-risk vs. high-risk myocardial infarction
* Thrombolytic therapy contraindications
MONA
* Infective endocarditis according to the Duke criteria
* Cardiac murmurs
* Treatment of endocarditis
* Pericarditis s/sx and treatment: pericardial sac inflammation
* Acute anterior wall MI treatment and findings
* Observation of wedge pressures
* Medications for congestive heart failure
* Aortic stenosis: a narrowing of the aortic opening, which restricts blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta and may affect the left atrial pressure.
* Diastolic dysfunction
* Aneurysm of the thoracic aorta
* Medications used to treat acute descending aortic aneurysms include the following:
* Treatment strategies for Parkinson’s disease
* DVT risk factors
* Risk factors for PE
* Hypertension: a matter of urgency vs. a matter of crisis
* Treatment of chronic venous insufficiency
* Cardiac rehabilitation
* Guidelines for stroke treatment
* Coumadin dosing recommendations
* How to read electrocardiograms
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