NR 340 Evolve Specialty Exam (ESE) Instructions: The contents on this guide are intended to help you organize your preparation for the Evolve Specialty Exam (ESE) for NR340. This is not intended to serve as a direct reflection of the exact questions that will be presented in the exam. As you review the topics listed below, be sure that you can understand the pathophysiology; identify the appropriate assessment skills; interpret the appropriate lab or other diagnostic findings; develop a safe...

NR 340 Medication Calculation Exam Directions: The purpose of this packet is to prepare you for the medication calculation exam that is taken on the first day of class. Complete the medication calculation practice exam prior to the first day of class if needed. In critical care, amounts are specific. If the calculation is not a whole number, then answers are rounded off to the nearest 10th decimal place. Pumps can be programmed to allow for a 10th decimal place. If the calculation is for dr...

Critical Care Ethical Principles CC Nurse Stressors Sources of stress for patients and families Communication with critically ill patients Pain Management Anxiety Delirium: causes and assessment. Sedative Agents Nutrition support: assessment; complications of tube feedings; parenteral nutrition: complications Mechanisms of Injury in Trauma Levels of Trauma Care Assessment Priorities Triage process and levels of care Facial Fractures Uncomplicated Rib/Sternal Fractures Flail Chest Pneumothorax Op...

Question: While assessing a client with diabetes mellitus, the nurse observes an absence of hair growth on the client’s legs. What additional assessment provides further data to support this finding? Question: The healthcare provider prescribes 15 mg/kg of Streptomycin for an infant weighing 4 pounds. The drug is diluted in 25 ml of D5W to run over 8 hours. How much Streptomycin will the infant receive? Question: In assessing a client with preeclampsia who is receiving magnesium sulfate, the n...

Instructions: The contents on this guide are intended to help you organize your preparation for the Evolve Specialty Exam (ESE) for NR340.As you review the topics listed below, be sure that you can: understand the pathophysiology; identify the appropriate assessment skills; interpret the appropriate lab or other diagnostic findings; develop a safe and competent plan of care with rationale; associate the nursing implications with the appropriate medications or other treatments; teach the ration...

Directions: The purpose of this packet is to prepare you for the medication calculation exam that is taken on the first day of class. Complete the medication calculation practice exam prior to the first day of class if needed. In critical care, amounts are specific. If the calculation is not a whole number, then answers are rounded off to the nearest 10th decimal place. Pumps can be programmed to allow for a 10th decimal place. If the calculation is for drops per minute then it is rounded o...

Questions → QUESTION: What is the therapeutic effect of head-of-the-bed elevation and neutral head and neck alignment on increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? . QUESTION: Under normal circumstances the cerebral vasculature exhibits pressure and chemical autoregulation. What happens when autoregulation is lost? QUESTION: The nurse is monitoring a patient’s intracranial pressure (ICP). While the nurse is provQuestioning hygiene measures, she observes that the ICP reading is sustained at 18 mm...

NR 340 Week 3 Exam One Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, pgs 228-324 Overview of CC Critical Care Nursing Trends and Issues Focus on Quality and Safety National Patient Safety Goals Harms Targeted for Reduction Communication Other Trends and Issues The Critical Care Psychosocial Support (HIGHEST CONCERN) Geriatric Concerns Ethical Principles Nurse Involvement in Ethical Decision Making Selected Issues Concerns of the Critically Ill Respiratory Alterations Nursing Respiratory Anatomy Physiology of...

Background Information and Demographics Assessment Findings Review of Systems Laboratory Results Diagnostic Tests & Procedures Performed Medications Nursing Diagnosis Nursing Dx #1: Risk for Aspiration r/t presence of endotracheal tube Nursing Dx #2: Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity r/t immobility Nursing Dx #3: Risk for Impaired Oral Mucous Membrane r/t mouth breathing Interventions, Routine Nursing Management Interdisciplinary Care: Collaborative Management Therapeutic Modaliti...