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
Concepts Covered:
- Cardiovascular
- Emergency Care of the Cardiac Patient
- Cardiac Disorders
- Circulatory System
- Shock
- Shock
- Disorders of the Posterior Pituitary Gland
- Endocrine
- Disorders of Pancreas
- Hematology
- Gastrointestinal
- Upper GI Disorders
- Liver & Gallbladder Disorders
- Newborn Complications
- Multisystem
- Neurological
- Nervous System
- Central Nervous System Disorders – Brain
- Renal
- Respiratory
- Urinary System
- Respiratory System
- Noninfectious Respiratory Disorder
- Immunological Disorders
- Emergency Care of the Neurological Patient
- Microbiology
- Emergency Care of the Trauma Patient
- Medication Administration
- Respiratory Emergencies