NR-325 Adult Health II / NR 325 Med – Surg 2 Exam 2

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_____ is a condition in which the prostate gland increases in size, disrupting the outflow of

urine from the bladder through the urethra.

- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

TX of BPH complication includes acute urinary retention. This complication is manifested

by the sudden and painful inability to urinate.

- TX with catheterization

_____ _____ is any form of care or treatment that focuses on reducing the severity of disease

symptoms.

- Palliative care

The goals of _____ _____ is to:

-Regard dying as a normal process

• Provide relief from symptoms, including pain

• Affirm life and neither hasten nor postpone death

• Support holistic patient care and enhance quality of life

• Offer support to patients to live as actively as possible until death

• Offer support to the family during the patient's illness and in their own bereavement

- Palliative care

In patients with _____, the skin of the lower leg is leathery, with a characteristic brownish

or "brawny" appearance from the hemosiderin deposition. Edema usually has been

persistent for a prolonged period. Eczema with itching and scratching is often present

- Chronic Veinous Insufficiency (CVI)

The main complications after _____ surgery are hemorrhage, bladder spasms, urinary

incontinence, and infection.

- TURP 

When _____ is suspected, antibiotic therapy is begun after the collection of specimens for

cultures, even before the diagnosis is confirmed

- Meningitis

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During this phase of a tonic-clonic seizure, the body stiffens for 10 to 20 seconds

- Tonic phase

During this phase of a tonic-clonic seizure, the extremities jerk for another 30 to 40

seconds.

- Clonic phase

Coma or unresponsiveness, absence of brainstem reflexes, and apnea all describe _____

_____

- Brain death

_____ _____ is an irreversible loss of all brain functions, including those of the brainstem,

and is a clinical diagnosis. It occurs when the cerebral cortex stops functioning or is

irreversibly destroyed.

- Brain death

_____ is a written physician's order instructing HCPs not to attempt CPR.

- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)

A _____ order is a written medical order that documents a patient's wishes about

resuscitation and, more important, the patient's desire to avoid CPR.

- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)

_____ _____ are abnormal respirations characterized by alternating periods of apnea and

deep, rapid breathing

- Cheyne-Stokes 

Prolonged use of this Parkinson's medication often results in dyskinesias and "off/on"

periods when the medication will unpredictably stop or start working (relapsing).

- Carbidopa/Levodopa

_____ _____ requires ABX therapy and respiratory isolation until the cultures are negative.

- Bacterial meningitis

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For any patient with _____ _____, it is important to maintain adequate oxygenation to

support brain function and prevent secondary injury.

- Increased ICP

Complications such as _____ _____ (systolic hypertension with a widening pulse pressure,

bradycardia with a full and bounding pulse, irregular respirations) may be present but

often do not appear until ICP has been increased for some time or is suddenly and

markedly increased

- Cushing's triad

_____ _____ is described as systolic hypertension with a widening pulse pressure,

bradycardia with a full and bounding pulse, irregular respirations

- Cushing's triad

How must a PT with increased ICP and a closed head injury be moved or rotated?

- Log roll

In the event of a PT _____, anticipate giving phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin),

benzodiazepines, and/or lorazepam.

- Seizure

Patient education involving institution of oral hygiene program within 10 days of

initiation of _____ therapy may minimize growth rate and severity of gingival enlargement

(gingival hyperplasia).

- Phenytoin (Dilantin) 

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