COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF NURSING CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL Subjective Data (Basic Conditioning Factors) Student: Date of Care: 10/03/09 Patient’s Initials: P. V. Age: 37 Room #: 3114 Bed 1 Allergies: Food: NKA Gender: F Medications: NKA Environmental: NKA Admitting Diagnosis: Pancreatitis Developmental Stage (Erickson and Havinghurst): (List Developmental stage and tasks‚ assess each task) 1. Selecting a mate: Although patient
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Chapter 43: Nursing Management: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care for a 42-year-old patient who is being admitted with Clostridium difficile? a. Educate the patient about proper food storage. b. Order a diet with no dairy products for the patient. c. Place the patient in a private room on contact isolation. d. Teach the patient about why antibiotics will not be used. ANS: C Because C. difficile is highly contagious
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assist patients. Because of these new advances‚ the cost of health-care also increased making it harder for patients to go to the doctor. There is a new treatment called Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma(FAST) that can cut cost on finding abdominal trauma just as proficient as the Computed Tomography(CT). Many healthcare providers think that they should keep the (CT) and not move on toward the (FAST)‚ but I think they should switch it because of the lower cost for patients‚ the accuracy capabilities
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food. Some scientists have recently proposed that the appendix may harbor and protect bacteria that are beneficial in the function of the human colon. Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute inflammation in the right lower quadrant of the abdominal cavity. The lower quadrant pain is usually accompanied by a low-grade fever‚ nausea‚ and often vomiting. Loss of appetite is common. In up to 50% of presenting cases‚ local tenderness is elicited at Mc Burney’s point applied located at halfway between
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Name: Kelly Jamison Blood vessels carry blood throughout the entire body. The names of some blood vessels are related to the region which they supply or drain. Most named veins will have the same name of its accompanying artery. Review the blood vessels of the various regions of the body listed below. Cranial cavity Head and neck Thoracic cavity Upper extremity Abdominopelvic cavity Lower extremity Some Major Blood Vessels Directions: Complete the table below indicating the area where
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certain what the function of the appendix is. Appendicitis is a medical emergency that requires prompt surgery to remove the appendix. Left untreated‚ an inflamed appendix will eventually burst or perforate‚ spilling infectious materials into the abdominal cavity. This can lead to peritonitis that can be fatal unless it is treated quickly with strong antibiotics. Many cases of appendicitis require removal of the inflamed appendix by laparotomy or laparoscopy due to the high mortality associated with
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with acute abdominal pain Calister Dike Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessments Susan Patterson Summer B Session Introduction Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain is
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diagnosed and treated Mrs. M with irritable bowel syndrome probably because of the common symptoms of the gastrointestinal disorders she had experienced such as chronic diarrhoea‚ abdominal distention‚ increased flatulence‚ and abdominal cramps. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)‚ can be defined as a combination of abdominal pain or discomfort and altered bowel habit. The alteration in bowel habit can take the form of altered stool frequency (ie‚ diarrhoea or constipation) or altered stool form in terms
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MCQ Abdominal surgery 1 All of the following are true concerning acute appendicitis EXCEPT A It classically affects people 10–30 years of age B The classic presentation of anorexia—periumbilical pain with nausea followed by migration of the pain to the right lower quadrant—is present approximately 60% of the time C The incidence is the same in pregnant and non pregnant women D Negative Ultrasound examination of the appendix excludes appendicitis Answer 2 All of the
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complication rather than a symptom. If the tumour grows big‚ it partially or completely obstructs the colon. The symptoms that signal bowel obstruction are Abdominal pain which is very rare in colon cancer. This pain is mainly due to the tearing of the bowel causing leakage of bowel contents into pelvis causing peritonitis (infection and inflammation). Abdominal distention- where the abdomen sticks out more than normal. Unexplained nausea‚ vomiting Unexplained weight
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