Nursing-Med Surg

• ulcerative colitis stool characteristics?

  Bloody, mucus and diarrhea
• what are the signs and symptoms of peritonitis?

  tachycardia, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal tenderness.
• what type of weight loss can a patient expect after bariatric surgery?

  between 10-35% of total body weight 2 to 3 years postoperatively
• what is tophi?

  Tophi are deposits of uric acid crystals that accumulate in the joints of people with gout.
• what diagnostic test finding indicates rheumatoid arthritis?

  elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
• what is ankylosis?

  Joint stiffness or immobility due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones in the joint.
• what is a meniscectomy?

  excision of damaged joint fibrocartilage
• what is an impacted fracture?

  when a bone fragment has been driven into another bone fragment
• when can a patient with a lower limb amputation be discharged?

  when the patient can demonstrate safe use of assistive devices
• what is the most appropriate action for a patient with cranial arteritis?

  administer corticosteroids as ordered to reduce inflammation
• what medications are administered slowly to stop a seizure?

  valium, ativan, and cerebyx
• what medication is administered after a seizure to maintain a seizure free state?

  phenobarbital
• what position helps reduce intracranial pressure?

  avoiding flexion of the neck with the use of a cervical collar
• what is the recovery rate for guillian barre syndrome?

  60%-75% of clients recover fully
• what effect does paget’s disease have on the body?

  causes bones to grow larger than normal and weaker
• what does an elevated serum alkaline phosphate level likely indicate?

  bone disease such as Pagets
• what patients are at the highest risk for osteomyelitis?

  poorly nourished, elderly, obese, skin infection
• what is osteomyelitis?

  inflammation of the bone caused by infection
• how do you reduce a patient risk for pathological fractures when caring for a patient with a bone tumor?

  support the affect extremity with external supports such as splints
• what is sciatica?

  back pain that goes all the way down the back of the leg to the foot
• what is mortons neuroma?

  thickening of tissue around a nerve leading to the toes that causes throbbing, burning pain usually relieved with rest
• what is osteomalacia?

  Softening of bones due to vitamin D deficiency.
• what is a complication of bone surgery that should be monitored for?

  delayed wound healing