HEPA, High-efficiency particulate air; IM, intramuscular; IV, intravenous; MU, million units; NA, not applicable; PCN, penicillin; PO, by mouth. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Severe acute respiratory syndrome…
From American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Care 36(Suppl. 1):S13, 2013. Hyperglycemia is most often cited as the primary problem with diabetes. However, it is usually the resultant long-term physiologic changes from…
∗ Not a complete list. From Herron AJ, Brennan TK: The ASAM essentials of addiction medicine, ed 2, Philadelphia, PA, 2015, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Opioid Analgesics Opioids are natural and…
FIG. 17.1 Layers of epidermis. (From Monahan FD, et al.: Phipps’ medical-surgical nursing health and illness perspectives, ed 8, St. Louis, MO, 2007, Elsevier.) The granular layer, or stratum granulosum, contains three or…
FIG. 6.1 Uninsured rates among adults ages 19 to 64, 2003 to 2012. (Note: Subgroups may not sum to totals because of rounding.) FPL, Federal poverty level. (From Collins SR, et al: Insuring…
FIG. 18.1 Schematic overview of humoral and cellular immunologic pathways and resulting effector substances or mechanisms of activity. The immunoglobulins are large proteins (molecular weights from 150,000 to 900,000 daltons) with…
∗ Combined incidence rate of cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction. Adapted from Mukherjee D, Eagle KA: Perioperative cardiac assessment for noncardiac surgery: eight steps to the best possible outcome. Circulation…
!DOCTYPE html> 46 Care of the Ambulatory Surgical Patient Nancy Burden, MS, RN Ambulatory surgery continues to grow, rapidly evolving in both number of patients and complexity of procedures. Providing quality nursing…
FIG. 39.1 Thyroid gland and surrounding anatomic structures. (From Elisha S, et al.: Anesthesia case management for thyroidectomy. AANA J 78(2):152, 2010.) Cardiopulmonary Assessment and Care The nurse should carefully monitor the airway,…
EBP, Evidence-based practice; IRB, Institutional Review Board; PICO, patient/population, intervention, comparison, and outcome; PONV, postoperative nausea and vomiting. From Melnyk BM, Fineout-Overholt E: Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A…
