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Mark Klimek
Yellow Book - Unit 2 - Alcohol/Drugs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Maslow's highest to lowest? | Physiological Safety Comfort Psychological (problems within the person) Social (problems with other people) Spiritual |
| Arrange highest to lowest using Maslow's: Deniel Spiritual Distress Pain in elbow Fall Risk Pathological Family Dynamics Electrolyte Imbalance | Electrolyte Imbalance (Physiological) Fall Risk (Safety) Pain in elbow (Comfort) Denial (Psychological) Pathological Family Dynamics (Social) Spiritual Distress (Spiritual) |
| What are the 5 stages of grief? | Denial Anger Bargain Depression Acceptance |
| The #1 problem in abuse is ___? | Denial |
| Denial is the ___ to accept the ___ of their problem. | Denial is the refusal to accept the reality of their problem. |
| Treating denial: ___ it by pointing out to the person the difference between what they ___ and what they ___. In contrast, ___ the denial of loss and grief. | Confront it by pointing out to the person the difference between what they say and what they do. In contrast, support the denial of loss and grief. |
| Dependency: When the ___ gets the Significant Other to do things for them or make decisions for them. | abuser |
| Codependency: When the ___ ___ derives positive ___ from doing things for or making decisions for the ___. | When the Significant Other dervies positive self-esteem from doing things for or making decisions for the abuser. |
| When treating dependency/codependency: Set ___ and ___ them. Agree in advance on what requests are allowed and enforce the agreement. | limits enforce |
| When treating dependency/codependency: Work on the ___ of the codependent person. | self-esteem |
| Manipulation: when the ___ gets the ___ ___ to do things for him/her that are not in the ___ ___ of the ___ ___. The nature of the act is ___ or ___ to the ___ ___. | When the abuser gets the significant other to do things for him/her that are not in the interest of the significant other. The nature of the act is harmful or dangerous to the significant other. |
| Treating manipulation: Set ___ and ___. | limits enforce |
| Wernicke's (Korsakoff's) Syndrome: ___ induced by Vitamin ___ (thiamine) deficiency | Psychosis B1 |
| Primary symptoms of Wernicke's (Korsakoff's) Syndrome: | amnesia (memory loss) with confabulation (make up stuff) |
| Characteristics of Wernicke's (Korsakoff's) Syndrome: | preventable (take a vitamin) arrestable (take a vitamin) irreversible (kills brain cells) |
| Antabuse/Revia (Disulfiram) is aka ___ therapy | aversion |
| Onset and duration of effectiveness of Antabuse/Revia (Disulfiram) | 2 weeks |
| Patient teaching with antabuse/Revia (Disulfiram) | avoid all forms of alcohol to avoid nausea, vomiting, death |
| Examples of products that contain alcohol: | mouthwash, cologne, perfume, aftershave, elixir, most OTC liquid meds, insect repellant, vanilla extract, vinageretess, hand sanitizer |
| Every alcoholic goes through ___. Only a minority get ___. | Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Delirium Tremens |
| ___ is not life-threatening. ___ can kill you. | Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Delirium Tremens |
| Patients with ___ are not a danger to themselves or others. Patients with ___ are dangerous to self and others. | Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Delirium Tremens |
| AWS or DT: which do you give a semiprivate room any location? | AWS |
| AWS or DT: who do you give a private room near the nurse's station? | DT |
| AWS or DT: who do you give a regular diet? | AWS |
| AWS or DT: who do you give a clear liquid or NPO diet (risk for aspiration)? | DT |
| AWS or DT: who can get up at liberty? | AWS |
| AWS or DT: who is restricted to bedrest with no bathroom privileges (fall risk)? | DT |
| AWS or DT: who does not need restraints? | AWS |
| AWS or DT: who is usually restrained with either vest or 2 point (1 arm and 1 leg)? | DT |
| AWS or DT: who would you give an anti-HTN medication to ? | Both AWS and DT |
| AWS or DT: who would you give a tranquilizer to? | Both AWS and DT |
| AWS or DT: who would you give a multivitiamin to prevent Wernicke's? | Both AWS and DT |
| For Aminoglycosides, think "___ ___ ___ ___." | A mean old mycin |
| When are antibiotics/aminoglycosides used? | to treat serious, life-threatening, reistant infections |
| All aminoglycosides end in ___ but not all drugs that end in ___ are aminoglycosides. | mycin mycin |
| What are some examples of want to be mycins? | Arithromycin Clarithromycin Erytrhomycin |
| What are some examples of aminoglycosides? | Streptomycin, Cleomycin, Trobramycin, Tobramycin, Gentamycin, Vancomycin, Clindamycin |
| When rememering toxic effects of mycin's think ___ | mice = ears |
| What is the toxic effect of aminoglycosides and what must you monitor? | ototoxicity monitor hearing, balance, and tinitus |
| The human ear is shaped like a ___ so another toxic effect of aminoglycosides is ___ so monitor ___. | kidney nephrotoxicity creatinine |
| The number " " drawn inside the ear reminds you of cranial nerve ___ and frequency of administration ___ | 8, 8, Q8H |
| Do not give aminoglycosides PO except in these 2 cases: | Hepatic encephalopathy (liver coma, ammonia induces encephalopathy) Pre-op bowel surgery |
| Who can sterilize my bowel? | Neo-Kan |
| What is the reason for drawing Trough and Peak levels? | Narrow therapeutic levels |
| When do you ALWAYS draw the trough? | 30 minutes before the next dose |
| When do you draw the Peak level of Sublingual meds? | 5-10 minutes after the drug dissolves |
| When do you draw the Peak level of IV meds? | 15-30 minutes after the medication is finished |
| When do you draw the Peak level of IM meds? | 30-60 minutes after injecting it |
| When do you draw the Peak level of SQ meds? | depends on the type of insulin |
| When do you draw the Peak level of PO meds? | Not necessary |
| What are Biological Agents in Category A? | STAPH A Small Pox Tularemia Anthrax Plague Hemorrhagic illness Botulism |
| What are Biological Agents in Category B? | All others |
| What are Biological Agents in Category C? | Nipeh Virus Hanta Virus |
| When it comes to Biological Agents, rank from worse down. | A is worse then B, then C |
| Small Pox | Inhaled transmission/on airborne precautions Dies from septicemia - no treatment rash starts around the mouth first Category A |
| Tularemia | Chest symptoms Dies from respiratory failure Treat with streptomycin Category A |
| Anthrax | Spread by inhalation Looks like the flu Dies from respiratory failure Treat with supro, PCN, and streptomycin Category A |
| Plague | Spread inhalation 3 H's - Hemoptysis (coughing up blood), Hematemesis (vomiting blood), Hematochezia (blood in stool) Dies-respiratory failure and DIC (bleed to death) Treat-Doxycycline/Mycins No longer communicable-48 hours of treatment Category A |
| Hemorrhagic illnesses | Primary symptoms are petechiae (pinpoint spots) and ecchymoses (bruising) High % fatal Category A |
| Botulism | It is ingested Has 3 major symptoms: descending paralysis, fever, but is alert Dies from respiratory arrest Category A |
| What are some examples of chemical agents that cause bioterrorism? | Mustard gas Cyanide Phosgine chlorine Sarin |
| What is the primary symptom of Mustard Gas? | Blisters (vesicant) |
| What is the primary symptom of Cyanide and how do you treat it? | Respiratory arrest Treat with Sodium Thiosulfate IV |
| What is the primary symptom of Phosgine Chlorine? | Choking |
| What are the symptoms of Sarin (hint - it's a nerve agent)? | BB SLUDGE - every secrection in body in excessive Bronchospasm Bronchorrhea Salivating Lacrimating (tears) Urination Diaphoresis/Diarrhea G I upset Emesis |
| What do you use when cleansing patients exposed to chemical agents? | Soap and water Except Sarin - use bleach |
| Which agents do you isolate the patient for? | Biological agents |
| Which agents do you decontaminate for? | Chemical agents |
| How does decontamination work? | Gather exposed people Take to decontamination center People remove clothing, shower, dress in non-contaminated clothes, then release to other services Put contaminated clothing in special bag and throw away (do not touch it) |