Opioid Intravenous Anesthetics
Other opioid subtypes exist in animals, such as kappa-1, kappa-2, and kappa-3. Mu-1 and mu-2 agonists have not been developed for human use. From Nagelhout JJ, Plaus KL: Nurse anesthesia,…
The Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal System
FIG. 16.1 The digestive system and its associated structures. The Stomach The stomach can be anatomically divided into the following three sections: the fundus, the body, and the pyloric portion (Fig….
Bioterrorism and Its Impact on the PACU
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…
Care of the Patient With Chronic Disorders
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…
Care of the Patient With Substance Use Disorder
∗ 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…
The Integumentary System
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…
The Changing Health Care System and Its Implications for the PACU
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…
The Immune System
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…
Care of the Older Patient
∗ 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…
Care of the Ambulatory Surgical Patient
!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…
