- Apply a new pouch.
- Document the finding and reassess in 30 minutes.
- Notify the physician immediately.
- Irrigate the stoma with saline.
Category: Adult Health Nursing 1
- Concentrate and learn new information.
- Perform physical tasks.
- Recognize pain.
- Sleep soundly.
- Bounding.
- Normal.
- Diminished.
- Absent.
- Cold air and smoke.
- Warm, humid environments.
- Regular exercise.
- Antihistamines.
- Hyperglycemia.
- Hypoglycemia.
- Ketoacidosis.
- Increased thirst.
- Immediately inflate the balloon.
- Advance the catheter 1-2 inches further.
- Withdraw the catheter slightly.
- Obtain a urine specimen.
- Increase the feeding rate.
- Dilute the formula.
- Notify the physician and assess for cause.
- Administer an antidiarrheal without assessment.
- Introduce medication into the wound.
- Provide pressure to the wound.
- Remove excess fluid and promote healing.
- Prevent infection by drying the wound.
- Hypernatremia.
- Fluid volume deficit and electrolyte imbalances.
- Constipation.
- Respiratory acidosis.
- Weightlifting.
- Stretching.
- Brisk walking.
- Yoga.
- Can have clear liquids only.
- Can have ice chips only.
- Cannot have any food or fluids by mouth.
- Can have sips of water occasionally.
- Avoiding hand hygiene.
- Limiting visitor access.
- Practicing consistent hand hygiene.
- Keeping patient rooms warm.
- Increasing respiratory rate.
- Decreasing respiratory rate.
- Excreting bicarbonate by the kidneys.
- Retaining hydrogen ions by the kidneys.
- (Volume in mL / Time in minutes) * Drop factor
- (Time in minutes / Volume in mL) * Drop factor
- (Drop factor / Volume in mL) * Time in minutes
- (Time in hours / Volume in mL) * Drop factor
- Blood glucose levels.
- Oxygen saturation and respiratory status.
- Urine output.
- Bowel sounds.
- Place a pillow under the patient's knees.
- Apply a foot board or high-top sneakers.
- Dorsiflex the feet manually every 4 hours.
- Elevate the head of the bed to 90 degrees.
- 24 hours.
- 7 days.
- 1 month.
- 3 months or beyond the expected healing time.
- Pain at the injection site.
- Lipodystrophy (fat hypertrophy or atrophy).
- Insulin resistance.
- Allergic reactions.
- Secondary intention.
- Tertiary intention.
- Primary intention.
- Granulation.
