NURS1021 Study Guide - Final Guide: Anaphylaxis, Pulmonary Aspiration, Kidney Stone Disease
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Identify the potential complications of immobility and plan care to minimize these risks: assessing diagnosing planning implementing evaluating, clinical reasoning cycle. Immobility is associated with complications affecting most body systems. Muscles: become weak and stiff; lose 7-10% of strength weekly, atrophy and shortening of muscle begins in 3-7 days; deconditioning, progressive loss of range of motion over 2 weeks, tendons become resistant to movement. Atelectasis: condition of the lung characterized by collapsed airless alveoli; lung collapse, assessment data- dyspnoea, cough, fever, tachypnea, low oxygen saturations. Chest infections and hypostatic pneumonia: pooled secretions result in inflammation, excellent media for microorganism growth, assessment data fever, chills, dry or productive or cough, malaise, pleural pain, dyspnoea, haemoptysis. Incentive spirometry: maintain high fluid intake to prevent muscous viscosity. Urinary system pathophysiology: supine position impeded normal kidney contraction and emptying of bladder resulting in urinary stasis. Increase in calcium excretions (associated with demineralization of bones); high amounts leads to.
