Contents
Abbreviations
Lab values
Causes for electrolyte fluctuations
Maslow; Health; Disease; Prevention
Promoting health & wellness; Stress adaptation syndrome
Nursing history
Nurse practice acts, role as a nurse
Different nurses
Medical & Surgical asepsis, advance directives
Fire safety (R.A.C.E., P.A.S.S.) M.S.D.S.
Restraints
Culture and nursing
Crimes, Incident Reports, H.I.P.P.A.
Comforting & communication
Caring, Helping relationship, process-recording
Therapeutic communication techniques
Barriers to communication (impairments to communication)
Nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation)
Teaching
Domains of learning (learning outcomes)
Delegation
Vital signs (body temp., pulse, resp., (adventitious lung sounds) BP)
Older adult
Oxygenation (hyperventilation, hypoventilation, hypoxia)
Activity, rest & sleep (alignment, posture, balance, benefits of exercise, effects of immobility)
Skin, hygiene, asepsis, infection (integumentary system, S/S of aging, inflammatory response,
chain of infection, stages of infection)
Health Assessment (inspecting, auscultations, palpating, percussion, differentiating sounds, skin
color, edema, nails)
Medications (IV, IA, ID, SQ, IM, Z-track, syringes, NG & G tubes, mixing meds)
Pain management (perception to pain, sensory stimulation/deprivation, types of pain, stages of pain,
pharmaceutical / non-pharmaceutical pain relief, commonly used meds)
Wounds (open wounds, incision, contusion, abrasion, puncture, laceration, penetration, hemorrhage,
hematomas, infection, dehiscence, evisceration, hot & cold therapy, wound care,
dressings, wound contamination, inflammation)
Pressure ulcers
Diets (malnutrition, clear liquid, soft)
F&E (Na K Ca, solutions-isotonic, hypertonic, hypotonic, anaphylactic shock, complications of IV
therapy, fluid volume access/deficit, dehydration)
Conversion & math
Aids/HIV (HIV testing, CD4 categories, opportunistic infections, ways to prevent transmission, AIDS
meds)
Perioperative nursing (pre-op, post-op, intra-op, drains, blood transfusion)
Biliary Disorders (bile ducts, cystic ducts, gall bladder, cholesistitis, intestinal obstruction,
small/large bowel, peritonitis)
Shock (hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive, distributive (neurogenic, septic, anaphylactic) p80
Respiratory (bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy, conscious sedation, thoracentisis, pneumonia, asthma,
COPD, CO2 pulminale, vents, suctioning, alarms, chest tubes, ABG's, metabolic acidosis,
metabolic alkalosis)
Chest trauma (pulmonary contusion, rib fracture, flail chest, pneumothorax, hemothorax, PE, ARDS)
Gastrointestinal (GERD, hiatal hernia (sliding/rolling), gastritis, peptic ulcer decease, gastric &
duodenal ulcers)
Cardiac (atherosclerosis / CAD / angina / MI / TPA / Cardiac surgeries / HTN / cardiac dysrhythmias
(sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, A. fib, atrial flutter / premature ventricular fibrillation,
V. tach, ventricular fibrillation, asystole, 3rd degree heart block), pacemaker, heart failure
(R) & (L) / pulmonary edema)
Anemia (iron deficiency anemia, pernicious anemia)
Peripheral vascular decease (arterial & venous) dissecting aortic aneurism, acute arterial
occlusion, compartment syndrome, Reynaud's decease
Diabetes (Type I & type II, meds, samogie effect, dawn phenomenon, hypoglycemia,
hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, HHNS)
Oncological vocabulary
Oncological facts
Risk factors
Common metastasis
Psychological & physiological effects of cancer
Cancer screening for early detection
TNM system
Tumor markers
Radiation
Chemotherapy
Safe administration of chemotherapy
Meds
Central Venous Access Devices
BRM's
BMT's
Oncological emergencies
Leukemia
Lymphomas (Hodgkins & non-Hodgkins)
Multiple Myeloma
Lung Cancer
Head & Neck Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Stomach/Gastric Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Liver Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Breast Cancer
Uterine Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Neuro vocabulary
Glasgow Coma Scale
Cranial Nerves
Headaches
ICP
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury
CVA - Stroke
Brain tumors
Meningitis
Seizure Disorder
Multiple Sclerosis
Myasthenia Gravis
Parkingsons
Gullian Barrett
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gout
Glaucoma
Cataracts
Retinal Detachment
Macular Degeneration
Meniere's Decease
Ottis Extrema
Ottis Media
Serious Ottis Media c Effusion
Mastoditis
Labyrynthitis