05.03 Jaundice for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Jaundice
- Symptoms include yellowing of:
- Skin
- Whites of eyes
- Mucous membranes
- Causes of jaundice
- Increased bilirubin
- Hepatic failure or Liver failure
- Liver failure–> bilirubin can not be broken down and excreted the way that it should be
- Biliary tract disease
- Gall bladder disease
- Unconjugated or Indirect Bilirubin
- Bilirubin and albumin
- Become conjugated/direct in liver and then move to gallbladder–> This can not occur in liver disease/failure
- Increased unconjugated bilirubin
- Liver disease
- Hepatic failure
- Increased conjugated bilirubin levels
- Gall bladd
- Biliary tract disease
- Bilirubin and albumin
- Symptoms include yellowing of:
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.