Nursing 63-166- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NURS 1660
• Professor: Sherry Morrell

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Congestive heart failure (chf: general patient history: Ex: medicine, exercise vs. fatty foods, alcohol consumption. Ex: pain is in chest, but radiates to shoulder/arm/neck/jaw. Associated symptoms ex: nausea, headache, vomiting, ankle swelling. Allergies (cid:862) do you have allergies pertaining to food, medication, or the e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t? (cid:863) Alcohol: 14 glasses/ week for men, 9 for women. Exercise (make sure the chest pain is not caused by the exercise) Ex: eye drops, glasses vs. computer use. Diet: increase consumption of carrots, drink lots of water. Ex: ear plugs, ear drops vs. loud noise, cold. Ex: rate the pain on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the minimal amount and 10 (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g the (cid:449)orst pai(cid:374) (cid:455)ou"(cid:448)e e(cid:448)er e(cid:454)perienced. Medicine (cid:862)are (cid:455)ou o(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t (cid:373)edi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g: pres(cid:272)riptio(cid:374), o(cid:448)er the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)ter, her(cid:271)al or (cid:448)ita(cid:373)i(cid:374)s? (cid:863) Noise pollution: listen at 60% of volume for no more than 60 minutes. Ear protection w/ occupation: ear plugs, ear muffs.