Summary, NURSING PNP401: Weeks 6 & 7 Healing Practices Reviews -Class Notes Part A :
Use DOBI SPARK good for this lesson covers;
● Malnutrition→ who’s most likely to be, how we treat it, possibility of using TPN,
● Dy
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Summary, NURSING PNP401: Weeks 6 & 7 Healing Practices Reviews -Class Notes Part A :
Use DOBI SPARK good for this lesson covers;
● Malnutrition→ who’s most likely to be, how we treat it, possibility of using TPN,
● Dysphagia
● nausea/vomiting→ antiemetics, ect…
● GERD
GASTRITIS
Most likely to cause it: NSAIDs & ETOH (more so with binge drinking acutely)
→ it’s inflammation of the gastric mucosa
- b/c something has irritated it MANIFESTATIONS:
Acute
- N/V
- Anorexia → b/c the pain/irritation makes you not want to eat
- Epigastric tenderness (gut rot feeling)
- Feeling of fullness
- Hemorrhage → this is a single symptom with ETOH abuse or chronic use of NSAIDs
Chronic
- Vague complains as above +
→ Pain worsening with intake of spicy food or fatty foods
→ Epigastric pain may be relieved with food
- Anemia
→ cobalamin deficiency (not enough vitamin B12) therefore give them vitamin B12 replacement therapy
- Weight loss DIAGNOSTICS:
● With pt. Hx
○ How long has N/V going on for (N/V won’t be chronic for gastritis)
○ What’s your NSAIDs & ETOH intake
■ Being specific … NSAIDs… do you take medications like; advil, ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin on a regular basis & what’s your regular basis
● Testing for H-pylori
○ Many have it but often lies dormant
■ Tests pt. Breaths into a bag drink a special beverage and exhale into another bag the drink they have has carbon molecules if they have h-pylori break down the carbon molecules and CO2 breathing out is higher *she’s says not to know* → many other tests as well
● CBC
○ Hbg → looking for anemia
● Stool for occult blood (FOBT)
○ Only if you can’t see the blood in the vomitus or stool
● Endoscopy
○ Not the first line due to it being invasive used lastly
○ If we do do an endoscopy often for those acutely bleeding (like seeing blood (frank bleeding) in the vomitus)
PHARMACOLOGY:
NSAIDs
- Find new medication OR have the pt. Take with food
Helpful Comfort Medication Treatments
*helps Gastric but also helps for GERD*
CYTOPROTECTIVE (over the counter)
⇒ protects the mucosa
● Acid-Protective (sucralfate)
● Alginic acid-antacid (Gaviscon)
ANTI-SECRETORY (prescription)
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