What do you need to assess specifically for a patient who has a pneumothorax?
How do you assess weight status of a patient that has an amputation?
nursing psych 1 . what would you do if you were suddenly grabbed by a patient on the psych floor? 2.how would you assess a patient who is having a panic attack? 3.what would you do if you were called to a scene in your neighborhood were someone threatened to commit sucide?
The patient you are caring for is a victim of a motor vehicle accident and has closed chest trauma. As you assess your patient, you notice that he has diminished breath sounds. Your patient is most likely experiencing a: a. fat embolus. b. hemothorax. c. pneumothorax. d. spinal cord injury.
How do you assess an eldely patient with acid-base imbalances
Please help 1. What is pronator drift? What causes drift? 2. How would a patient with a pneumothorax present? What symptoms and clinical data would you find?
How can institutional Internet policies protect patient privacy? What specifically can nurses do to protect patient privacy when using the Internet?
3. Now imagine that you are a nurse caring for a patient who has the disease or health issue you identified in the previous question. Do you think you need all 4 types of knowledge in order to be able to take good care of the patient? If so, why? a. b. If not, which types of knowledge do you feel are most important to have, an why?
.What do you do if the patient has a reaction to a drug?
What do you feel is the responsibility of an imaging professional when imaging a patient who has special situations such as nasogastric and nasoenteric tubes, gastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes, tracheostomy, mechanical ventilators, chest tubes, and various tissue drains? (Remember, ultrasound technicians will be using machines with transducers, cords and cables).
4. You are caring for a patient who has had a stroke. He appears to understand what you say to him, but you are not positive. You are unable to understand what he says to you. What further assessment can you do to determine how to communicate with him. 5. You are caring for a patient with a neurological disorder who coughs after every bite of his lunch. What could be happening? What should you do?