PVD/HTN review
When administering heparin anticoagulant therapy, the nurse needs to make certain that the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) is within the therapeutic range of:
1.5 to 2.5 times the baseline control
A nurse is completing an assessment on a client and discovers an enlarged, red, and tender lymph node. The nurse will describe and document the lymph node using which term?
Acute lymphadenitis is demonstrated by enlarged, red, and tender lymph nodes.
You are presenting a workshop at the senior citizens center about how the changes of aging predisposes clients to vascular occlusive disorders. What would you name as the most common cause of peripheral arterial problems in the older adult?
Atherosclerosis
Which is a risk factor for venous disorders of the lower extremities?
Clients with a history of varicose veins, hypercoagulation, neoplastic disease, cardiovascular disease, or recent major surgery or injury are at high risk. Other clients at high risk include those who are obese or older adults and women taking oral contraceptives.
What is lymphedema
Lymphedema is demonstrated by swelling of tissues in the extremities because of an increased quantity of lymph that results from an obstruction of lymphatic vessels.
A physician admits a client to the health care facility for treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. When planning this client's care, which goal should the nurse keep in mind as she formulates interventions?
Stabilize heart and blood pressure and ease anxiety Prevent rupture by stabilizing heart rate and blood pressure. Easing anxiety also is important because anxiety and increased stimulation may raise the heart rate and boost blood pressure, precipitating aneurysm rupture.
The nurse is caring for a patient with venous insufficiency. What should the nurse assess the patient's lower extremities for?
ULCERATION Venous ulceration is the most serious complication of chronic venous insufficiency and can be associated with other conditions affecting the circulation of the lower extremities. Cellulitis or dermatitis may complicate the care of chronic venous insufficiency and venous ulcerations.
Antedote for Warfarin
Vitamin K
Manifestations of Arterial Insufficiency Ulcers
location at the tips of the toes, great pain, and circular shape with a pale to black ulcer base.
A client is diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease. Review of the client's chart shows an ankle-brachial index (ABI) on the right of 0.45. This indicates that the right foot has what type of ABI assessment /
moderate to severe arterial insufficiency (1.0) is the normal value anything under 0.5 is moderate to severe
Antedote for Heparin
protamine sulfate
During the physical assessment of the skin on the lower legs, the nurse notes : edema, brown pigmentation in the gater area, pedal pulses, and a few irregularly shaped ulcers around the ankles. From these findings, the nurse knows that the client has a problem with peripheral circulation. What does the nurse suspect?
venous insufficiency Symptoms of venous insufficiency include present pedal pulses, edema, pigmentation in gater area, and a reddish blue color. Ulcers caused by venous insufficiency will be irregular in shape and usually located around the ankles or the anterior tibial area.