NURS 6550 Midterm Exam Review (Week 1-6)
Medicolegal Considerations and the Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse
Coding and billing in nursing practice
o ICD-10, CPT, and E&M codes
Role of the acute care nurse pra
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NURS 6550 Midterm Exam Review (Week 1-6)
Medicolegal Considerations and the Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse
Coding and billing in nursing practice
o ICD-10, CPT, and E&M codes
Role of the acute care nurse practitioner
o populations, limitations, common practice settings
Certification exam content areas
Informed consent
HIPPA and patient confidentiality
Radiology – appropriate orders and interpreting reports
Evaluation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, and treatment options
for common symptoms
o Cough (pg 20)
Acute
Persistent
o Dyspnea (pg 23)
o Hemoptysis (pg 26)
o Chest pain (pg 27)
o Palpitations (pg 30)
o Lower extremity edema (pg32)
Chronic venous insufficiency
Unilateral
DVT
Postphlebitic syndrome
Wells Criteria
Bilateral
o Fever and hyperthermia (pg 34)
Fever: indicative of illness
Hyperthermia: body metabolic heat production/ environment
exceeds normal heat loss capacity – not cytokine related (i.e.
heat stroke) - >41.1° C
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Serotonin syndrome: ingestion of serotonin increasing
drugs in CNS
Malignant hyperthermia
o Involuntary weight loss (pg 37)
>5% body weight over 6-12 months
Cancer, dementia, depression, GI disorders
Goal: 30-40 kcal/kg/day
o Fatigue (pg 38)
Generalized weakness, easy fatigability, mental fatigue
o Acute headache (ph 40)
Vascular events, infection, intracranial masses, preeclampsia,
CO2 poisoning
o Dysuria (pg 43)
Assessment of the older adult
Evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of geriatric disorders
o Dementia (pg 57)
Progressive decline
Memory, aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, impaired executive function
o Delirium (pg 61)
Acute onset, fluctuating, defecits in attention rather than
memory
o Urinary incontinence (pg 65)
Stress incontinence (urethra incompetence): cough, sneeze,
standing
Urge incontinence (detrusor overactivity): urgency, inability to
delay urination
Overflow incontinence (detrusor underactivity): variable
presentation
o Skin pressure injuries (pg 68)
Care of patients at the end of life
o Symptom treatment (pg 72) / pain control (pg 82)
o Decision making (pg 76)
o DNR orders (pg 76)
Pain Management
o Differentiate types of pain (pg 82)
Acute (pg 82)
Chronic (pg 83)
Cancer (pg 83)
o Classes of medications to treat pain (opioids, NSAIDS, adjuvant)
NSAID (pg 85)
Opoids (pg 88)
Adjuvant (pg 100)
o Side effects and adverse effects of the medications (pg 97-98)
Medications that treat neuropathic pain (pg 99)
o Complications
Psychosocial Health Conditions
Evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders (pg
1063) (review medication indications of treatment and medication
complications)
o Trauma and stress related trauma disorders (pg 1064)
PTSD
o Anxiety disorders (pg 1066)
Psychosocial, somatic components
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Phobic disorder
o Somatic symptom disorders (pg 1071)
Physical symptoms can involve one or more organ systems
Correlated with psychosocial stress
Biogenic and developmental patterns
Conversion disorder
Somatic symptom disorder
Factitious disorders
o Chronic pain**
o Personality disorders (pg 1077)
o Bipolar disorder (pg 1088)
Long term treatment, monitoring, complications
Mania
Cyclothymic disorders
o Schizophrenia (pg 1078)
Schizophrenia
Delusional disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Not permanent
Schizophreniform disorder
Symptoms >1 month, <6 months
Brief psychotic disorders
Symptoms <1 month
o Depression and mania (Initial treatment and common side effects to
monitor for) (pg 1086)
Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
Depressive disorders
Major depressive disorder
Dysthymia
o >2 years
Premenstrual dsphoric disorder
o Last 2 weeks of menstrual cycle
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