Acute vs Chronic

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So, another testing strategy, and this one’s is not so much a strategy, as more kinda like a heads up, like a warning sign, like I wanna give you guys this as a cautionary advice and I wanna make sure you understand that you’re gonna see this and kinda how to recognize these types of questions. This comes down to acute versus chronic. You’re gonna get a lot of these questions because they’re gonna wanna understand can you tell the difference between acute and chronic? And now, when this comes into play, guys, what you need to understand more than anything is that ‘Content is King.’ Okay, and they just really wanna know, can you identify the difference between acute symptoms and chronic symptoms. And what would generally happen guys, is if you get a question that’s asking about acute renal failure, one of the options will likely be chronic renal failure. So, if it’s like what are the symptoms of acute renal failure? Select all that applied. One or a couple of the options are going to be about chronic renal failure. Okay, so, it’s really important that you understand how to kind of identify these things, identify which one is going to indicate chronic or which one is going to indicate acute. And you gotta limit all this chronic ones, okay. So, this isn’t so much a tip, because, right, I can’t just tell you then you can go and apply this to every question and just eliminate everything that’s not acute or that’s not chronic. What I want you to do is I want you to focus your studies on identifying symptoms. Okay, and now you can’t, you know, that might seem intimidating. You can’t learn all symptoms. You can’t learn all acute and all chronic symptoms. But like we talk, you know, cirrhosis, you know, or, liver failure, you know, we can, we know there’s several phases of liver failure, there’s several phases of renal failure. And so, it’s just really important that you identify the key attributes of those. What are the main cardiovascular, neuro, respiratory changes? So, I want you to focus on those 3 systems. What are the main cardiovasular, respiratory and neurological changes? And then, what are any kind of odd changes? You know, what’s some odd change you’re gonna see, like, with Cushing’s, you’re gonna see buffalo hump, you know, that’s odd, that’s different. That’s something you’re not gonna see with other things. You’re gonna see, you know, the bulging eyes. And so, really identifying those very key differences when you’re studying acute versus chronic symptoms and then also focusing on the major body systems, okay. So, tachycardia versus bradycardia, and really, identifying which one is acute, which one is chronic for all these disease symptoms. So, as you’re going to your peds, as you’re going through your cardiac, as you’re going through your mental health, any system, I really want you to focus on learning acute versus chronic symptoms and understanding that you can’t learn them all. And so, that’s what we really kind of try to incorporate into the courses is how to help you make sense of what you need to know. Okay, why are you gonna see the buffalo hump? You know, why are you gonna have hypernatremia or hyponatremia, etc? Why are you gonna have bradycardia? You know, is it a sympathetic stimulation or is it’s gonna cause this tachycardia and other symptoms, you know. And that’s really what you need to do as you’re studying these things, okay. So, some ways you’re gonna see that guys, you’re gonna see that written for example as like acute versus chronic. What are the acute symptoms? What are the chronic symptoms? You might see that written in short term versus long term. You might see that written as early signs versus late signs. Okay, so, really, as you’re studying, as you’re watching the videos here in the NRSNG academy, as you’re studying, as you’re preparing for a test, take out a sheet of paper and simply write down the middle, Acute, Chronic, Cardiac, Respiratory, Neuro, and then like identifying features. Okay, and just writing out all the signs and symptoms of those bodies, of that disease process in the acute phase, in the chronic phase, and then also what are like key identifying signs or symptoms of that disease process? In the acute phase, in the chronic phase. Alright guys, I really want you to focus on this one. This one, like I said, it’s not really necessarily a testing strategy that you can go take this and like apply to some questions, rather, this is kinda giving you this kind of a study tip, something that’s really gonna help you as you’re focusing on those acute versus chronic signs and symptoms and how to really do it. Alright guys, hope that helps.

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S25 Week 1 (Test Taking, NGN, Fundmentals & Labs)

Concepts Covered:

  • Noninfectious Respiratory Disorder
  • Respiratory Disorders
  • Studying
  • Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Preoperative Nursing
  • Labor Complications
  • Disorders of Pancreas
  • Renal Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Basic
  • Basics of NCLEX
  • Factors Influencing Community Health
  • Fundamentals of Emergency Nursing
  • Integumentary Disorders
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • Hematologic Disorders
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Emotions and Motivation
  • Note Taking
  • Delegation
  • Prioritization
  • Pregnancy Risks
  • Communication
  • Concepts of Mental Health
  • Health & Stress
  • Musculoskeletal Trauma
  • Urinary Disorders
  • Urinary System
  • Digestive System
  • Central Nervous System Disorders – Brain
  • Integumentary Disorders
  • Tissues and Glands
  • Developmental Theories
  • Newborn Care
  • Upper GI Disorders
  • Acute & Chronic Renal Disorders
  • Cardiac Disorders
  • Neurological Emergencies
  • Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Postpartum Complications

Study Plan Lessons

Nursing Care and Pathophysiology of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
ABGs Nursing Normal Lab Values
Time Management
ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) Interpretation-The Basics
Advance Directives
Study Setting
Goal Setting
Isotonic Solutions (IV solutions)
Hypotonic Solutions (IV solutions)
Respiratory Acidosis (interpretation and nursing interventions)
Hypertonic Solutions (IV solutions)
Respiratory Alkalosis
Legal Considerations
Metabolic Acidosis (interpretation and nursing diagnosis)
HIPAA
Metabolic Alkalosis
Base Excess & Deficit
Brief CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Overview
Critical Thinking
Potassium-K (Hyperkalemia, Hypokalemia)
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Fire and Electrical Safety
Sodium-Na (Hypernatremia, Hyponatremia)
What is the NCLEX?
Anatomy of an NCLEX Question
Chloride-Cl (Hyperchloremia, Hypochloremia)
Fall and Injury Prevention
Isolation Precaution Types (PPE)
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Lab Values
SATA
Absolute Words
Hemoglobin (Hbg) Lab Values
Hematocrit (Hct) Lab Values
Opposites
Same
White Blood Cell (WBC) Lab Values
Platelets (PLT) Lab Values
Priority
Coagulation Studies (PT, PTT, INR)
Nursing Process
Acute vs Chronic
What do you want me to know?
Duplicate Facts
Repeating Words
Denying Feelings
NCLEX® Question Traps
Albumin Lab Values
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Nursing
Outline Question Method (Note taking)
Cholesterol (Chol) Lab Values
Delegation
Drawing Pictures
Ammonia (NH3) Lab Values
Prioritization
Triage
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Lab Values
Overview of the Nursing Process
Creatinine (Cr) Lab Values
Urinalysis (UA)
Glucose Lab Values
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C)
Therapeutic Communication
Defense Mechanisms
Abuse
Patient Positioning
Complications of Immobility
Urinary Elimination
Bowel Elimination
Pain and Nonpharmacological Comfort Measures
Hygiene
Overview of Developmental Theories
Intake and Output (I&O)
Blood Glucose Monitoring
Specialty Diets (Nutrition)
Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition (Diet, TPN)
Head to Toe Nursing Assessment (Physical Exam)
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney (Renal) Injury (AKI)
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Anemia
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Heart Failure (CHF)
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
Fractures
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Hemorrhagic Stroke (CVA)
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology of Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Asthma
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Dysfunction – Diarrhea
Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)
Preeclampsia: Signs, Symptoms, Nursing Care, and Magnesium Sulfate