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Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review 5th Edition, Leik, 2023 | Nurse Practitioner (NP) School Study Aid
Detached Retina
- Assessment
- Flashes of Light
- Floaters
- Curtain Like Shadow
- Interventions
- Eye Patch
- Bed Rest
- Surgical Emergency
- Considerations
- No Vigorous Activity
2 mins
Temporal Arteritis
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Granulomatous
- Old Females
- Clinical Features
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Unilateral Headache
- Jaw Claudication
- Blindness
- Lab Findings
- Increased ESR
- Normal Serum Creatine Kinase
- Treatment
- Steroids
2 mins
Closed-Angle Glaucoma
- Primary
- Lens causes pupillary obstruction
- Aqueous humor builds behind iris
- Iris bends forward, obstructing trabecular mesh
- Secondary
- Hypoxia Causes Neovascular Proliferation
- Contraction and obstruction of trabecular mesh
- Chronic disease (Crone)
- Asymptomatic
- Acute Disease
- Eye pain and blindness
- Rock-hard eye
- Headache
- Emergency
- Epinephrine contraindicated
2 mins
Actinic Keratosis
- Sun Exposure
- Papules or Plaques
- Small, Rough
- Erythematous
- Precursor to Squamous Cell Carcinoma
53 secs
Types of Strokes
- Warning Signs
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Reversible Ischemic Neurologic Deficit (RIND)
- Types
- Ischemic
- Thrombotic
- Atherosclerosis
- Embolic
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Hemorrhagic
- Severe Hypertension
3 mins
Hip Fracture
- Assessment
- External Rotation
- Muscle Spasms
- Shortened Leg
- Pain
- Interventions
- Buck's Traction
- Analgesics
- Surgery
- Considerations
- Avascular Necrosis
1 min
Myocardial Infarction Assessment
- Assessment
- Substernal Chest Pain
- Crushing or Dull Sensation
- Arm, Jaw, and Neck
- > 20 Minutes
- Unrelieved by Nitro
- Palpitations
- Diaphoresis
- Fear of Impending Doom
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Shortness of Breath
- Considerations
- Monitor for Arrhythmias
2 mins
Myocardial Infarction Interventions
- MONA
- Morphine
- Oxygen
- Nitrates
- Aspirin
- Thrombolytics (tPA)
- Invasive Procedures
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Stent Placement
- Angioplasty
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Considerations
- Decrease Modifiable Risk Factors
- Resuming Activity (Physical, Sexual)
2 mins
Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis
- Diagnosis
- 12 Lead ECG
- ST Elevation
- Q Wave
- T Wave Inversion
- Troponin T and I
- CK-MB
- Considerations
- Early ECG
- Cardiac Stress Test
2 mins
Evolution of Myocardial Infarction and Complications
- Hours to Days
- Arrhythmia
- Before 7 Days
- Fibrinous Pericarditis
- Papillary Muscle Rupture
- Interventricular Septum Rupture
- Before 14 Days
- Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm
- Ventricular Free Wall Rupture
- After 14 Days
- True Ventricular Aneurysm
- Dressler Syndrome
- Other
- Left Ventricular Failure
2 mins
TIMI Score (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction)
- Use
- Mortality Predictor
- Unstable Angina or NSTEMI
- 2 Week Risk of Death and Ischemic Events
- AMERICA (Each is +1)
- Age Greater or Equal to 65
- Markers Elevated
- EKG ST Changes (Greater or Equal to 0.5mm)
- Risk Factors for CAD (Coronary Artery Disease)
- Ischemia (2 Anginal Events in 24 Hours)
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Aspirin Use in the Last 7 Days
3 mins
Myocardium Action Potential
- Phase 0
- Rapid Depolarization
- Influx of Sodium
- Phase 1
- Early Repolarization
- Efflux of Potassium
- Phase 2
- Plateau
- Influx of Calcium
- Phase 3
- Rapid Repolarization
- Massive Potassium Efflux
- Phase 4
- Resting Phase
2 mins
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