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Advanced Nursing
Exam #2
159
Veterinary Medicine
Not Applicable
11/16/2014

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Term
What's considered the 5th vital sign?
Definition
Pain
Term
How do you distinguish pain from anxiety?
Definition
By soothing patient, if it makes eye contact and alters behavior, usually pain
Term
What effect from pain can delay wound healing and reduce the immune system?
Definition
Increased cortisol levels
Term
What are 4 physiological effects of pain that effect the cardiovascular system?
Definition
Increased HR, increased BP, arrhythmias, and coagulopathies
Term
What's the name for perception of a painful stimulus?
Definition
Nociception
Term
What are the 3 phases of nociception?
Definition
Transduction, transmission, and modulation
Term
What phase of nociception is the physical injury to the chemical signal?
Definition
Transduction
Term
What phase of nociception is the nerve impulse generated and transmitted from peripheral nerves to spinal cord, then is projected up to thalamus and then to other parts of the body?
Definition
Transmission
Term
What phase of nociception is the nerve impulse sent to nerve cells that activates sympathetic reflexes (pain is dampened)?
Definition
Modulation
Term
T/F Pain and nociception are the same thing.
Definition
False, it's different than pain due to consciousness
Term
T/F An unconscious animal still has nociception, but doesn't feel pain.
Definition
True
Term
What is the wind up phenomenon?
Definition
CNS adapts to persisent pain impulses and alters pain processing
Term
What change in the wind up phenomenon lowers the pain threshold and needs less stimuli to cause pain?
Definition
Hyperalgesia
Term
What change in the wind up phenomenon are other nerve fibers recruited to help transmit pain which causes normally harmless sensations to be interpreted as pain?
Definition
Allodynia
Term
What's the best way to treat pain?
Definition
Prevent it
Term
When should you stop treating for pain?
Definition
When the pain quits
Term
What type of pain prevention involves the use of different classes of analgesics and different sites of analgesic administration to provide superior dynamic pain relief with reduced analgesic-related side effects?
Definition
Multimodal analgesia
Term
What is a CRI?
Definition
Adding pain medications to fluid bags
Term
What are 7 posture signs of pain in dogs?
Definition
Tail between legs, arched/hunched back, guarding of pain site, drooped head, prolonged sitting, tucked abdomen, and lying in a flat, extended position
Term
What are 5 temperament signs of pain in dogs?
Definition
Aggressive, clawing, attacking, biting, and trying to escape
Term
What are 6 posture signs of pain in cats?
Definition
Tucked limbs, arched/hunched head and neck/back, tucked abdomen, lying flat, slumped body, and drooped head
Term
What are 7 temperament signs of pain in cats?
Definition
Aggressive, biting, scratching, chewing, attacking, escaping, and hiding
Term
Failure to groom, dilated pupils, and no interest in food or play can indicate what in cats?
Definition
Pain
Term
What's an emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease?
Definition
Dysphoria
Term
What are 5 emotional and environmental factors you can do to soothe painful patients?
Definition
Favorite blanket, visit from family, quiet area in hospital, minimize painful procedures, and do painful procedures outside of cage
Term
"The best way to treat pain is prevent it," relates to what type of pain prevention?
Definition
Preemptive analgesia
Term
What type of pain prevention takes advantage of the synergistic effects of combining 2 or more classes of drugs?
Definition
Multimodal analgesia
Term
How are side effects reduced with multimodal analgesia?
Definition
Less of each drug is needed
Term
What type of pain prevention is based on the doasage and duration of action to the degree of expected surgical pain?
Definition
Matching analgesia
Term
What part of pain prevention may include the use of epidurals, CRIs, or continued bolus doosing?
Definition
Maintaining analgesia
Term
What part of pain prevention is sending pain medication home with the patient?
Definition
Don't quit until the pain quits
Term
What are the 5 ways of pain prevention?
Definition
Preemptive analgesia, multimodal analgesia, matching analgesics, maintaining analgesic plane, and don't quit until the pain quits
Term
What are the most commonly used analgesics in hospitalized patients as a result of efficacy, rapid onset, and safety?
Definition
Opioids
Term
What are 3 drugs you might use for severe pain, since they are pure opioid agonists?
Definition
Morphine sulfate, hydromorphone, and fentanyl citrate
Term
What is a pain medicationthat could be used for moderate to severe pain?
Definition
Buprenorphine (buprenex)
Term
What's a drug that can be used for mild pain?
Definition
Butorphanol tartrate (Torbugesic)
Term
What's an example of an opioid reversal?
Definition
Naloxone HCl
Term
What's an example of a synthetic opioid?
Definition
Tramadol
Term
What are 3 examples of a2-agonist drugs that are commonly used?
Definition
Xylazine, medetomidine, and dexmedetomidine
Term
What's the reversal for a2 agonists (xylazine,dex,ace)?
Definition
Antisedan
Term
T/F Diazepam and acepromazine provide pain relief.
Definition
False
Term
When should CRIs be established?
Definition
Before tissue damage (pre-op)
Term
What are 3 drugs commonly added to CRIs?
Definition
Morphine, ketamine, and fentanyl
Term
What does CRI stand for?
Definition
Constant rate infusion
Term
What's MLK stand for?
Definition
Morphine lidocaine ketamine
Term
What are 5 examples of adjunctive/adjuvant agents?
Definition
Tranquilizers, NMDA receptor antagonists, anticonvulsants, corticosteroids, and tricycllic antidepressents
Term
Thermotherapy, massage, therapeutic exercises, aquatic therapy, electrical stimulation, acupuncture, therapeutic ultrasound, extracorporeal shock-wave therapy, and low-level laser are examples of what?
Definition
Nonpharmacologic treatment options for pain
Term
What are 10 signs of pain in horses and farm animals?
Definition
Anorexia, lethargy, excitement/restlessness, pawing, vocalizing (especially cattle), bruxism, reluctance to move, lying down more, kicking abdomen, and violently trying to roll
Term
What's a substance that can interfere with the life process of cells in an organism?
Definition
Toxicants
Term
What should be done if the eyes are exposed to toxins?
Definition
Flush with saline for 20-30 minutes and examine eyes for corneal damage
Term
What should you bathe a patient in that has been exposed to toxins?
Definition
Dawn dish soap
Term
What's the preferred emetic?
Definition
Apomorphine
Term
What do hydrogen peroxide, salt, and ipecac have in common?
Definition
They're emetics
Term
What is the trade name for imidacloprid?
Definition
Advantage
Term
What is a trade name for fipronil?
Definition
Frontline
Term
What is a trade name for selamectin?
Definition
Revolution
Term
What are 5 methods for removing toxins that are ingested?
Definition
Activated charcoal, cathartic, enema, gastric lavage, and enterogastric lavage
Term
What are 8 household foods that are hazardous to pets?
Definition
Moldy food, chocolate (theobromine and caffeine), onions (allium family), macadamia nuts, rising bread dough, grapes/raisins, tobacco products,and xylitol
Term
What are 4 household cleaners that are hazardous to pets?
Definition
Acids, alkali, bleaches, and detergents
Term
What are 8 miscellaneous household items that are hazardous to pets?
Definition
Heavy metals (Lead/Zinc), ant bait, silica gel packets, glow sticks, liquid potpourri, batteries, mothballs, and ice/snow melt
Term
What 4 plants are hazardous to pets?
Definition
Rhododendron sp., castor beans (ricin), lillies, philodendrom sp. (Elephant ears/Calla lily)
Term
What are 4 pesticides that are hazardous to pets?
Definition
Snail bait (metaldehyde), fly bait (methomyl), rat/mouse bait (Warfarin/Bromethalin/Cholecalciferol), and antifreeze (methanol/propylene glycol/ethylene glycol)
Term
What 3 medications are hazardous to pets?
Definition
Ibuprofen, aspirin, and ephedrine/pseudophedrine
Term
What are 5 things you should do for a poison emergency?
Definition
Asses, stabilize, decontaminate, control clinical signs, and good nursing care
Term
Within how many hours is emesis productive after ingesting toxins?
Definition
3 hours
Term
Within how many hours is emesis productive after ingesting toxins?
Definition
3 hours
Term
What increases clearing of the intestinal contents?
Definition
Cathartic
Term
What's the term of an enema and gastric lavage combined?
Definition
Enterogastric lavage
Term
What is the set of principles that governs people's views of right and wrong, good and bad, fair and unfair, and just or unjust?
Definition
Ethics
Term
What are portions of ethical rules that we believe to be universally binding on all members of society?
Definition
Social consensus ethics
Term
What are 3 types of ethics?
Definition
Social consensus, personal, and professional ethics
Term
What prioritizes, explains, or provides rationale for both having and applying the principles of ethics?
Definition
Theories
Term
What's the study and theory of the law?
Definition
Jurisprudence
Term
What 5 things are there obligations to in veterinary medicine?
Definition
Clients, peers in profession, society in general, themselves (can't afford treatment-how much to do for free?), and the animal
Term
When trying to change people's ethical views, instead of clashing your views against theirs, what should you do?
Definition
Show the conclusion you wish them to draw in what they already believe (Remind them)
Term
What are 6 common ethical dilemmas in veterinary medicine?
Definition
Pain, euthanasia of healthy animals, non-euthanasia of suffering animals, mandatory reporting of abuse, treating animals for free/wildlife, and tail docking/ear cropping
Term
What are 3 types of rehabilitation?
Definition
Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and recreational therapy
Term
What are the 7 goals of physical therapy?
Definition
Reduce pain, maintaining or restoring normal ROM, preventing fibrosis or contractures on soft tissues, preventing disuse atrophy, gaining strength, providing positive psychological effect, and educating and providing home care programs
Term
T/F Physical therapy and physical rehab can be used interchangeably.
Definition
True, depends on state's practice act
Term
What are 12 common physical therapy services?
Definition
Client education, development of home care programs, orthotics/prosthetic devices, carts/fittings, manual therapy, computerized gate analysis, pain management, hydrotherapy, cryotherapy, wound care, therapeutic exercises, other modalities (Laser, electrical stimulation,ultrasound)
Term
What type of exercise is movement from an outside source, mimics normal function, and improves blood flow and sensory awareness?
Definition
Passive exercise
Term
What type of exercise is outside force to assist with range of motion and includes gentle stretching?
Definition
Active-assistive exercise
Term
What type of exercise is active muscle contractions, increases muscle strength, increases cardiovascular function, and increases coordination?
Definition
Active exercise
Term
What are the 5 properties of water for hydrotherapy?
Definition
Thermal, buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure, cohesion, and turbulence
Term
T/F Thermal hydrotherapy can be hot or cold.
Definition
True
Term
What is the upward force exerted on an immersed object opposite to gravity?
Definition
Buoyancy
Term
What is ratio of magnitude of force per surface area?
Definition
Hydrostatic pressure
Term
What is the pressure exerted by water is equal in all parts of the object tends to increase as depth and density increases?
Definition
Pascal's Law
Term
What is the force between same molecules and their tendency to attract each other?
Definition
Cohesion
Term
Turbulance in hydrotherapy is aka?
Definition
Resistance
Term
What are 2 forms of hydrotherapy?
Definition
Pools and underwater treadmills
Term
What are 7 devices used in physical therapy?
Definition
Boots, slings, carts, balance board, therapy ball, cavaletti rails, and prosthetics
Term
What physical therapy modality uses high frequency sound waves that provide vibration of a membrane?
Definition
Ultrasound
Term
What physical therapy modality uses application of electrical current to stimulate nerves, muscles, and soft tissues?
Definition
Electrical stimulation
Term
What physical therapy modality stimulates the local release of nitric oxide from hemoglobin (causes vasodilation)?
Definition
Low level laser
Term
What 5 things do you need when taking a CVP?
Definition
Bag/bottle of fluids, attached fluid administration set, and IV extension set, a manometer, and a stopcock
Term
Where should the bottom of the manometer be held for a CVP?
Definition
Right atrium
Term
Where should the catheter for a CVP be placed?
Definition
Cranial intrathoracic vena cava
Term
What does a CVP tell you?
Definition
Right atrial pressure, which is used as an estimate of left ventricular end-diastolic volume (preload).
Term
What are 4 indications that gastric intubation should be used?
Definition
Poison ingestion, relief of gaseous distension in animals with GDV, short-term nutrient administration, and administering barium/charcoal
Term
Where should you measure and tape a tube for gastric intubation?
Definition
Tip of the nose to the 9th intercostal space and tape where it should be exiting the mouth
Term
How many times should a gastric gavage be repeated?
Definition
8-10 times
Term
What should always be in place when administering a gavage tube?
Definition
ET tube with the cuff inflated
Term
What 3 things do you need for nasogastric tube placement?
Definition
Soft rubber feeding tubes, topical anesthetic, and aqueous lubricant
Term
Where should you measure when placing a nasogastric tube?
Definition
Tip of nose to the last rib
Term
What is used to remove air or fluid from the pleural space?
Definition
Thoracocentesis
Term
What 2 things can you use for a thoracocentesis?
Definition
Syringe with needle or butterfly catheter with syringe and 3 way stopcock
Term
What are the typical size of chest drains?
Definition
10-32 french
Term
What procedure is sedation and local anesthetic infiltration are generally adequate for placement. The chest wall should be clipped of hair and scrubbed with antiseptic solutions. The animal is placed in lateral recumbency. The drain should enter the skin surface at the 10th intercostal space, tunnel subcutaneously, 2 to 3 spaces, and penetrate the chest wall at the 7th or 8th intercostal space. The insertion site should be at the junction of the dorsal and middle thirds of the chest. Use a argyle styleted thoracic catheter to get through the musculature of the chest wall and remove stylet. Then use a purse string suture to attach tubing to the skin.
Definition
Chest tube/thoracic drain
Term
What is the study of cancer aka tumors, growths, masses, and neoplasm?
Definition
Oncology
Term
What is the process in which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells?
Definition
Carcinogenesis
Term
What are the 2 steps of carcinogenesis?
Definition
Initiation (cell is exposed to a factor that rapidly alters DNA) and promotion (initiated cells are stimulated by an agent to evolve into tumor cells)
Term
What type of tumor does unchecked growth but do not destroy surrounding normal tissues, but can still impair tissue function and cause problems through physical presence?
Definition
Benign
Term
What type of tumor does unchecked growth have the capability to destroy local tissues and can metastasize?
Definition
Malignant
Term
What 3 -omas are malignant?
Definition
Melanomas, insulinomas, and thymomas
Term
What's a benign bone tumor called?
Definition
Osteoma
Term
What's a malignant bone tumor called?
Definition
Osteosarcoma
Term
What's a benign cartilage tumor called?
Definition
Chondroma
Term
What's a malignant cartilage tumor called?
Definition
Chondrosarcoma
Term
What's a benign fibrous tissue tumor called?
Definition
Fibroma
Term
What's a malignant fibrous tissue tumor called?
Definition
Fibrosarcoma
Term
What's a benign fatty tumor called?
Definition
Lipoma
Term
What's a malignant fatty tumor called?
Definition
Liposarcoma
Term
What's a benign smooth muscle tumor called?
Definition
Leiomyoma
Term
What's a malignant smooth muscle tumor called?
Definition
Leiomyosarcoma
Term
What's a benign skeletal muscle tumor called?
Definition
Rhabdomyoma
Term
What's a malignant skeletal muscle tumor called?
Definition
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Term
What are the 2 types of malignancies from hemolymphatic tissue (can't be a benign tumor)?
Definition
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
Term
What is a benign skin tumor called?
Definition
Papilloma
Term
What is a malignant skin tumor of the epithelium?
Definition
Squamous cell carcinoma
Term
What's a benign epithelial tumor (except for skin)?
Definition
Adenomas
Term
What's a malignant epithelial tumor (except for skin)?
Definition
Adenocarcinomas/carcinomas
Term
What would a well-differentiated histopathy indicate?
Definition
Close to normal cellular architecture
Term
What would a undifferentiated histopathy indicate?
Definition
Abnormal cellular architecture
Term
What do you look for when seeing how fast tumor cells are spreading?
Definition
Amount of mitotic figures
Term
What's used to obtain samples from lymph nodes or cutaneous tissue masses?
Definition
FNA
Term
What's used to evaluate abnormalities in RBC, WBC or platelets or in cases of mast cell tumors, lymphoma or multiple myeloma?
Definition
Bone marrow aspiration
Term
What 3 places can you retrieve bone marrow for a BMA?
Definition
Iliac crest, proximal humerus, and trochanteric fossa of the proximal femur
Term
What type of biopsy do you need a special needle (Trucut needle), collects 1-1.5cm sliver of tissue, and is kept in 10% buffered formalin?
Definition
Needle core biopsy
Term
What type of biopsy is a small skin incision made and a wedge of tumor is removed?
Definition
Incisional biopsy
Term
What type of biopsy is the complete removal of mass and the margins of normal tissue around tumor are included in removal?
Definition
Excisional biopsy
Term
What should the ratio of formalin:tissue be for biopsies?
Definition
10:1
Term
What's the maximum thickness allowed for formalin to penetrate?
Definition
1cm
Term
What type of surgery uses liquid nitrogen to freeze superficial cancers that are less than 2cm in diameter?
Definition
Cryosurgery
Term
What's the best choice of treatment for systemic cancers, such as osteosarcomas and lymphomas?
Definition
Chemotherapy
Term
What's the mechanism of action of most chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
Cytotoxic
Term
What 2 radiation sensitizers are used in conjunction with chemo agents to make them more effective?
Definition
Crispaltin or doxyrubicin
Term
What's the mechanism of action for most chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
They're cytotoxic & injure DNA/cell membrane
Term
How do you calculate chemotherapy drugs for dogs?
Definition
Body surface area
Term
How do you calculate chemotherapy drugs for cats?
Definition
Weight
Term
What type of drugs can be tetratogens (cause defects in developing fetus),
mutagens (cause injury to chromosomes), and carcinogens (cause a secondary cancer)?
Definition
Chemotherapy drugs
Term
What 5 things can you use to protect yourself from chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
Respirator masks or venting device, latex gloves, gowns, protective eyewear, and a face shield
Term
What type of syringe should you use for giving chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
Luer-lock syringe
Term
T/F Dogs on chemotherapy should eliminate outdoors.
Definition
False, drugs are excreted indoors and all waste must be placed in biohazard containers
Term
What should you never use to clean animal waste when it's on chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
A hose, it will aersolize the material
Term
How many hours is animal waste the most toxic if they are on chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
72 hours
Term
What are 5 common chemotherapy drugs?
Definition
Doxyrubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Cisplatin, Vincristine, and L-asparaginase
Term
What type of cancer can radiotherapy be used for?
Definition
Localized cancer
Term
What type of cancer treatment uses ionizing radiation to destroy localized tissue?
Definition
Radiotherapy
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