Entries by Daphne Hanson

Postoperative following abdominal surgery

A nurse is reviewing the medication administration record for a client who is 2 days postoperative following abdominal surgery. The nurse should recognize which of the following medications places the client at risk for wound dehiscence. Prednisone Omeprazole Verapamil Zolmitriptan 41. A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a newborn who has gastroesophageal […]

Dementia’s detrimental impact on cognition

Introduction In excess of 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK. This statistic, in conjunction with dementia’s detrimental impact on cognition, demonstrates it to be a prominent and important topic.1 The cognitive impairment accompanying dementia may result in patients holding beliefs that fail to reflect reality, causing individuals to have a distorted understanding of […]

Cervical motion tenderness

A 38-year-old Filipino patient, G3P2+0 presented to the emergency department on the 18th of October 2019 complaining of acute onset of lower abdominal pain associated with a history of amenorrhea for three months. She was unsure of the date of her last menstrual period and had no previous antenatal follow-up. She was medically free and […]

Principles of bio medic ethics

Hello professor and class, I hope all is well with everyone. The four principles of bio medic ethics are Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, and Non-maleficence. These principles are important because they determine whether a medical practice is ethical. While all four are equally important, it is hard to accurately order them. Depending on the case different […]

Define local vs systemic infection Inflammatory response function

BSN Midterm Study Guide Define acute vs chronic conditions Define innate vs adaption immune response Define modifiable vs non-modifiable risk factors Define active vs passive immunity Define local vs systemic infection Inflammatory response function. Immune response function? Key players? Autoimmune disease? Opportunistic vs nosocomial infections? Bacterial infection? Viral infection? Fungal infection? Parasite infection? Aging process? […]