Pointers for Semi-Final Exam NCM 103 – Weidenbach

Please study on the following nursing skills:- Chest Tube Drainage (subcutaneous emphysema)- CPT (Postural Drainage, Percussion, Vibration)- Sputum Analysis- Chest x-ray- Thoracentesis- Bronchoscopy- O2 inhalation therapy- Suctioning- Tracheostomy & Laryngectomy care- Mantoux test (Skin test)- ABG Analysis- Laryngoscopy/Bronchoscopy

Read on nursing care management of patients with:- Common colds- Pharyngitis- T & A- Sinusitis- Chest trauma- Flail chest (description)- Lung surgeries (lobectomy, pneumonectomy)- Bronchogenic & Laryngeal Cancer- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (early signs, how is it differentiated from pulmonary

edema, descriptions: White/Stiff/Wet)- Respiratory Failure (Laboratory/ABG results confirming existence)- Pneumothorax (esp. spontaneous pneumo)- Asthma (Drugs: Bronchodilators first; types of Beta2 Adrenergic agonists, ABG initial findings,

Causes; Use of Peak flow meter)- Pulmonary edema (Drugs)- Chest sounds (Crackles, Rales, wheezing, rhonchi)- Pneumonia- Hypoxia (Early or Late)- Pulmonary embolism (early signs)- COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis, O2 –low flow, Cor Pulmonale -Right-sided heart s/sx)- Etc…

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