NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide

NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide

Psychosocial

Generalized anxiety disorder diagnosis criteria

Treatment of acute panic attacks

What are the medications for initial/first line therapy

Inpatient treatment of depression. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

What are the therapies for patient’s that won’t eat, take meds, etc.

When is serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor indicated, when is it contraindicated?

Venlafaxine dosing, when is follow up? What are you monitoring?

Endogenous depression pathophysiology is best described as?

Differences between panic attacks and panic disorder?

What are Major Depressive disorder symptoms?

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Identify the primary neurotransmitter in PTSD

PTSD diagnosis and treatment, meds (families/common meds)?

Familiarize yourself with the side effects of Lithium

Common adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics

Mental status changes in elderly… how do you evaluate?

Assessment of Delirium in geriatric patients

Short Confusion Assessment Method (Short CAM): what things are assessed?

Types of dementia, know differences?

Aricept and dosing and patient teaching?

Vascular dementia, what is it?

Management of disinhibition in elderly

Physical findings when death is imminent

Limits of pain medication on dying patient

Theories about successful aging…familiarize yourself with them

Psychological abuse of elders. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

Death and the anxiety related to it, who’s at risk?

Age and suicide risk in the different age groups?

Assessing driver safety in elderly

Geriatric Depression Screen

EENT

What is acute angle glaucoma?

Familiarize yourself with Cataracts, presentation? TRX?

Chronic uveitis medication management

Gonococcal conjunctivitis presentation and medication management

Viral, allergic, bacterial conjunctivitis: know presentations and trx

Macular degeneration presentation and S&S, trx

Open angle glaucoma. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

Metal FB in eye, how do you evaluate and how do you remove?

Penetrating eye injury treatment

Corneal abrasions: eval, presentation, medications, teaching, follow up/referral?

Orbital cellulitis: presentation, S&S

Orbital fractures: patho and causes, teaching for post-op/or discharge?

Different types of hearing loss and why they occur

Acute otitis media: causes, trx, presentation

Vertigo, how do you evaluate and trx?

Epistaxis: causes, trx, what to look for in complications? Infection?

Bacterial sinusitis: treatment, presentation, when you suspect it, what is GOLD standard of dx testing…

Tonsillitis presentation. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

Epiglottitis presentation

Familiarize yourself with diagnostic studies for evaluation eye conditions in acute situations

Beta adrenergic antagonists: side effects

Cholinergic mimetics: side effects

Prostaglandin analogs: side effects

Osmotic diuretics: side effects

Bells palsy: S&S, treatment, pain management

Know causes (agents) of tonsil/throat pain

Know epiglottis presentation, causes and treatment

Know cranial nerves and their function

NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide

Cardiovascular disorders

ACS protocol: low risk vs high risk mi

Contraindications to thrombolytic therapy in stroke and MIs

MONA, what is it an when is it used?

Duke criteria for infective endocarditis, presentation and treatment

Heart murmurs: physical exams, grades of murmurs

Pericarditis s/sx, dx criteria and treatment

Be familiar with different heart sounds

Treatment and findings for acute anterior wall MI

Monitoring wedge pressures. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

Presentation and Medications for CHF

Aortic stenosis classic presentation

Aortic regurgitation classic presentation

Diastolic failure, medication management

Thoracic aneurysm: how do you diagnosis, what is “critical “ presentation, risk factors?

Medications for acute descending aortic aneurysm

Treatment plans for PAD, presentation of PAD

Risk factors for DVT, how do you evaluate and r/o

PE risk factors, who’s at risk?

Hypertensive urgency vs. crisis

Secondary HTN causes. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

Chronic venous insufficiency treatment

Cardiac rehab

Stroke treatment guidelines, when can you start tPA? When is it contraindicated?

Coumadin guidelines, how do you monitor, what is the goal? When do you start it?

How to read EKGs, common leads for a MI and consider pericarditis findings…

JNC 8 recommendations, know the recommended trx plans for various stages, when do you intervene

 

 

Respiratory

Intermittently controlled asthma – management, recognize who to d/c, admit, etc.

Mild asthma – management

Rescue therapy in Asthma

COPD – FEV1/FVC ratios, GOLD guidelines, outpt management, be able to STEP the therapy

PE – how to diagnose, risk factors, GOLD standard for testing

Causes of obstructive shock

ARDS maladaptive physiologic response, diagnostic criteria, THINK PATHO

Septic shock – vent settings. NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide.

ARDS: what is happening with perfusion and ventilation?

Pulmonary rehab and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Spirometric assessment; what do you do?

Pulmonary fibrosis and what risks are associated with this diagnosis

Pleural effusion: what does each fluid that can be found mean?

Respiratory risk factors for surgery

Pathophysiology of ARDS

GOLD stages of COPD, know what stage is what

Pulmonary function tests, be able to interpret

X-ray presentations and readings for pneumonia, CHF, COPD

CURB-65 criteria, what does each part mean, what does it stand for…

Pneumonias, types, treatments, causes, organisms

IGRA tests for TB

Labs to check before starting INH

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NURS 6550 Acute Care Midterm Study Guide