Index

• Welcome
• Lessons
  • Introduction
  • Lesson 1. Nursing Care Related to the Gastrointestinal System
    • Section I. Anatomy and Physiology
      • 1-01. DIGESTION 
      • 1-02. METABOLISM 
      • 1-03. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 
      • 1-04. THE MOUTH 
      • 1-05. PHARYNX
      • 1-06. THE ESOPHAGUS
      • 1-07. THE STOMACH
      • 1-08. SMALL INTESTINE 
      • 1-09. LARGE INTESTINE (COLON) 
      • 1-10. THE RECTUM AND ANUS
      • 1-11. DEFECATION
      • 1-12. TIME REQUIRED FOR DIGESTION
    • Section II. Nursing Assessment
      • 1-13. GENERAL
      • 1-14. THE NURSING HISTORY
      • 1-15. PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT 
      • 1-16. EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMEN 
      • 1-17. VISUAL EXAMINATION 
      • 1-18. AUSCULTATION 
      • 1-19. PALPATION 
    • Section III. DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
      • 1-20. RADIOLOGIC 
      • 1-21. GASTRIC ANALYSIS 
      • 1-22. STOOL EXAM 
      • 1-23. ENDOSCOPY 
      • 1-24. BLOOD TESTS 
    • Section IV. Gastrointestinal Intubation
      • 1-25. INTRODUCTION 
      • 1-26. TYPES OF TUBES 
      • 1-27. NASOGASTRIC INTUBATION
      • 1-28. PROCEDURE 
      • 1-29. TUBE REMOVAL 
      • 1-30. SUCTION 
      • 1-31. SUCTION PROCEDURE 
      • 1-32. DISCONTINUE SUCTION 
      • 1-33. INTESTINAL DECOMPRESSION 
      • 1-34. CARE AND HANDLING OF DRAINAGE DURING TREATMENT 
      • 1-35. NASOGASTRIC TUBE IRRIGATION 
      • 1-36. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION THROUGH A NASOGASTRIC TUBE 
      • 1-37. GAVAGE 
      • 1-38. LAVAGE 
      • 1-39. NURSING CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH A NASOGASTRIC TUBE 
    • Section V. Gastrostomy, Colostomy, Ileostomy
      • 1-40. NURSING CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH A GASTROSTOMY 
      • 1-41. GASTROSTOMY DRESSING 
      • 1-42. GASTROSTOMY TUBE FEEDING 
      • 1-43. COLOSTOMY 
      • 1-44. GENERAL NURSING IMPLICATIONS 
      • 1-45. COLOSTOMY IRRIGATION 
      • 1-46. ILEOSTOMY 
      • 1-47. NURSING IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATIENT WITH AN ILEOSTOMY 
      • 1-48. DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PATIENT WITH AN ILEOSTOMY 
    • Section VI. Gastrointestinal Disorders
      • 1-49. GASTRITIS/GASTROENTERITIS 
      • 1-50. GASTROINTESTINAL ULCERS 
      • 1-51. APPENDICITIS 
      • 1-52. PERITONITIS 
      • 1-53. INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 
      • 1-54. DIVERTICULAR DISEASE 
    • Section VII. HEPATO-BILIARY DISORDERS
      • 1-55. HEPATITIS 
      • 1-56. VIRAL HEPATITIS 
      • 1-57. NURSING IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRAL HEPATITIS 
      • 1-58. NONVIRAL HEPATITIS 
      • 1-59. CIRRHOSIS 
      • 1-60. DIETARY MANAGEMENT FOR THE PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS 
      • 1-61. NURSING IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS 
      • 1-62. PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND ESOPHAGEAL VARICES 
      • 1-63. GALLBLADDER DISEASE
    • Section VIII. Diabetes
      • 1-64. DEFINITION 
      • 1-65. CLASSIFICATION 
      • 1-66. SYMPTOMS 
      • 1-67. DIAGNOSIS 
      • 1-68. DIET 
      • 1-69. ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS 
      • 1-70. INSULIN 
      • 1-71. INSULIN “COVERAGE” 
      • 1-72. NURSING IMPLICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF INSULIN 
      • 1-73. HYPOGLYCEMIA 
      • 1-74. HYPERGLYCEMIA AND KETOACIDOSIS 
      • 1-75. EDUCATION OF PATIENT AND FAMILY 
      • 1-76. CONCLUSION 
  • Lesson 2. Nursing Care Related to the Urinary System
    • Section I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
      • 2-01. INTRODUCTION 
      • 2-02. THE KIDNEYS 
      • 2-03. URETERS 
      • 2-04. URINARY BLADDER 
      • 2-05. URETHRA 
      • 2-06. URINATION 
      • 2-07. URINE FORMATION 
      • 2-08. CHARACTERISTICS OF URINE
    • Section II. NURSING ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
      • 2-09. NURSING ASSESSMENT 
      • 2-10. URINALYSIS
      • 2-11. COLLECTING A CLEAN CATCH URINE SPECIMEN
      • 2-12. COLLECTING A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR SPECIMEN
      • 2-13. RADIOLOGIC EXAMS
      • 2-14. CYSTOSCOPY
    • Section III. CATHETERIZATION AND DRAINAGE
      • 2-15. INTRODUCTION
      • 2-16. GENERAL NURSING IMPLICATIONS
      • 2-17. RETENTION CATHETERS
      • 2-18. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
      • 2-19. CATHETERIZING THE FEMALE PATIENT
      • 2-20. CATHETERIZING THE MALE PATIENT
      • 2-21. FOLLOW-UP NURSING CARE FOR RETENTION CATHETER AND CLOSED DRAINAGE SYSTEM
      • 2-22. COLLECTING A URINE SPECIMEN FROM AN INDWELLING CATHETER
      • 2-23. CONTINUOUS BLADDER IRRIGATION
    • Section IV. URINARY DISORDERS
      • 2-24. URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
      • 2-25. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
      • 2-26. NURSING IMPLICATIONS
      • 2-27. UROLITHIASIS
      • 2-28. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF UROLITHIASIS
      • 2-29. NURSING IMPLICATIONS
      • 2-30. GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
      • 2-31. NURSING IMPLICATIONS
      • 2-32. CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
      • 2-33. MEDICAL TREATMENT
      • 2-34. NURSING IMPLICATIONS
      • 2-35. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
      • 2-36. MEDICAL TREATMENT
      • 2-37. NURSING IMPLICATIONS
      • 2-38. BLADDER TRAUMA
      • 2-39. RENAL TRAUMA
      • 2-40. CONCLUSION
• Self-Tests
  • Lesson 1: Self-Test
  • Lesson 2: Self-Test
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