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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?
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.
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?
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
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?
#.Glascow coma scale is a neurological assessment scale or a tool to measure the consciousness of an individual or patient.It is divided into three categories namely
The total score is 15.If the score is below 3 , it is considered to be in coma.
Score 13-15=minor injury
9-12=moderate injury
Less than 8=severe injury
The scoring can be done in the following ways
Eyes
Verbal
Motor
#Decorticate position
When the corticospinal tract of the brain is affected it leads to decorticate posture .Here the client exhibits the following features
#Decorticate position
When the injury occurs in the upper brain stem it leads to this decorticate posture .Often fatal. Here the client exhibits the following features
#The types of brain injury are