NUR 105 Module 1
- Identify common assessment findings for clients with peripheral venous disease/ peripheral
arterial disease.
Answer Exercise tolerance
- stage disease
• Intermittent claudication - Pain that occurs even while at rest; numbness and burning • Hair loss and dry, scaly, mottled skin and thickened toenails • Pulses in legs • Muscle atrophy may be present Inflow disease affecting the lower back, buttocks, or thighs • Outflow disease causing cramping in calves, ankles, and feet •
Ulcers
arterial ulcers, diabetic ulcers, venous stasis ulcers
- Identify common assessment interventions for clients with peripheral ve- nous disease/
peripheral arterial disease.
Answer Exercise
• Positioning • Promoting vasodilation 1 / 2
- Avoid caffeine, nicotine, and stress • Drug therapy • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty - Balloon catheter with stint insertion Laser assisted angioplasty -
Post op care
Priority-observe for bleeding at puncture site
- Bedrest with straight limb for 6-8 hours - Anticoagulant therapy during and after procedure - Antiplatelet drug therapy for 1-3 months • Atherectomy
- List 4 nonmodifiable risk
factors for heart and/or vascular disease.
Answer
- Age
B)Gender C)Genetics D)Ethnicity
- List 5 modifiable risk factors for
heart and/or vascular disease
Answer A)Smoking B)Weight
C)Exercise D)Diet
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