NURS 6550 Midterm Exam Review
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NURS 6550 Midterm Exam Review
Medicolegal Considerations and the Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse
• Coding and billing in nursing practice
o ICD-10, CPT, and E&M codes
• Role of the acute care nurse practitioner
o populations, limitations, common practice settings
• Certification exam content areas
• Informed consent
• HIPPA and patient confidentiality
• Radiology – appropriate orders and interpreting reports
• Evaluation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, and treatment options for common symptoms
o Cough (pg 20)
▪ Acute
▪ Persistent
o Dyspnea (pg 23)
o Hemoptysis (pg 26)
o Chest pain (pg 27)
o Palpitations (pg 30)
o Lower extremity edema (pg32)
▪ Chronic venous insufficiency
▪ Unilateral
• DVT
• Postphlebitic syndrome
• Wells Criteria
▪ Bilateral
o Fever and hyperthermia (pg 34)
▪ Fever: indicative of illness
▪ Hyperthermia: body metabolic heat production/ environment exceeds normal heat loss capacity – not cytokine related (i.e.
heat stroke) - >41.1° C
• Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• Serotonin syndrome: ingestion of serotonin increasing drugs in CNS
• Malignant hyperthermia
o Involuntary weight loss (pg 37)
▪ >5% body weight over 6-12 months
▪ Cancer, dementia, depression, GI disorders
▪ Goal: 30-40 kcal/kg/day
o Fatigue (pg 38)
▪ Generalized weakness, easy fatigability, mental fatigue
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