Help Sheet for October Midterm 2000



Help Sheet for AO N405 Mid-term Exam

80 multiple choice –worth 1 point each

20 points: Do 2 out of 3 short answer question be sure to answer all parts of the question please!

Content Tested on Midterm

Refer to your Course Manual re each unit. It is all directly or indirectly tested. Remember presentations are also testable.

Cancer:

➢ Immune system and cancer

➢ Cancer cell characteristics; different cell types

➢ Tumor classification

➢ Phases of the cell cycle

➢ Grading and staging cancer

➢ Cancer statistics & risk factors

➢ Cancer pain ; pain management; barriers; Define pain; Outline the pathophysiology of pain; Discuss the concept of “total pain”; Compare and contrast acute and chronic pain ; Discuss the different classifications of pain and common descriptors; the WHO analgesic ladder; Describe common assessments and interventions for pain

➢ Warning signs of cancer

➢ Nursing management & symptom management of the client with cancer & Psychosocial; enabling factors when coping with cancer

➢ Care of client re lung

➢ breast cancer prior to & following biopsy, testing, staging & grading, screening for prevention

➢ Chemotherapy & radiation impact on body & nursing interventions, symptom management & commonly used drugs, teaching re management of side effects, types of radiation & nursing responsibilities, safety concerns, cell cycle sensitivity Rad & chemo;

➢ Common chemo agents & purpose, assessment post radiation & chemo, significance of key assessment findings; neutropenia –assessment & treatment

➢ Nursing Dx for client with cancer

➢ tube feedings; suctioning; clamping; returning peristalsis; & nsg care (NG; Jejunostomy; Etc); NG

➢ Hospice-palliative care & end-of-life care ; goals; symptom management & interventions by nurses

Gastrointestinal Disorders

• Inflammatory bowel conditions, Celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, dumping syndrome; Signs & symptoms; types of stools (ex. Large, frothy, green or small, pale, foul smelling)) ; Diagnosis; treatment, assessments, ostomy care; types of stool from ostomies; nursing interventions; teaching; diet; common meds

• Oral infections/inflammation, etiology, signs and symptoms, medical and nursing management; gingivitis; herpes; periodonitis (S & S).

• GERD, hiatal hernia, LES pressure, What is it?, signs and symptoms, medical/drug treatment, nursing interventions, teaching, diagnostic procedures.

• Gastritis, signs & symptoms, causes, treatment, nursing interventions; gastrectomy

• Peptic ulcer disease – causes/risk factors, signs & symptoms, complications of ulcers, emergency treatment, assessment; medical and nursing interventions; common meds; post-operative care (including NG tubes, potential complications, teaching), fiberoptic gastroscopy; surgeries( Billroth I & II,).

• Pancreatitis & Cirrhosis, etiology/risk factors, assessment; clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical and nursing care & teaching.

• Use of levine tube, gastrostomy feeding tube; jejunostomy tube; Sengstaken Blackmore tube, T-tube; – what they are for, what to assess for, “what to do when” teaching

• Complications – Jaundice; acsites; Esophageal varices, treatment, hepatic encephalopathy, portal hypertension.

• Hepatitis; types (especially A & B); transmission, causes, prevention, treatment, nursing care.

• Pancreas and gallbladder disease, risk factors, signs and symptoms, medical/surgical treatment and nursing care; diet, assessment, surgery types, why T tubes?

Best of Luck!

Cathy[pic]

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