Congenital Heart Defects Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet outlines analgesic drug classes (nonopioid, opioid, and adjuvant), nursing considerations for pain management, and key information on nonopioid analgesics like acetaminophen and NSAIDs.

This NCLEX cheat sheet covers Diabetes Mellitus in adult health endocrinology. It provides a detailed overview of the pathophysiology, including Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, assessment findings, and the '3 Ps' of diabetes symptoms. The sheet also includes interventions, teaching points, and key information on glycemic control.

This NCLEX cheat sheet focuses on child health growth and development. It presents a comprehensive table of developmental milestones from 2 to 12 months, covering gross motor, fine motor, reflexes, and social and speech skills.

This NCLEX cheat sheet outlines infection control precautions for healthcare, covering standard and transmission-based measures. It details PPE, room assignments, and indications for contact, droplet, airborne, and protective environment precautions.

This NCLEX cheat sheet provides a comprehensive overview of preeclampsia. It includes a detailed pathophysiology diagram, assessment findings, risk factors, and potential complications.

This NCLEX cheat sheet outlines nursing care prioritization for NCLEX, featuring a pyramid model from highest to lowest priority tasks, key principles, examples, and exceptions for triage situations.

This NCLEX cheat sheet explains therapeutic communication in nursing, covering relationship building, communication techniques, and examples. It includes a table of communication themes and NCLEX key points.

This cheat sheet covers antibiotics, explaining different classes like penicillins, cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones. It emphasizes completing the full antibiotic course and monitoring for adverse effects like photosensitivity and tendon rupture.

This cheat sheet outlines anticoagulants and antiplatelets used to prevent or treat clots. It covers key drugs, risks of excessive bleeding, and precautions, like stopping medications before surgery to prevent complications.

Antidepressants increase serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine levels to treat depression. Common types include SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, MAOIs, and miscellaneous. Risks include serotonin syndrome and suicide in early use.

This cheat sheet compares first-gen and second-gen antipsychotics, their side effects (NMS, EPS, agranulocytosis, metabolic syndrome), and key teaching points like medication adherence and managing hypotension.

This cheat sheet on asthma outlines its pathophysiology, triggers, and risk factors. It provides guidance on home management, including using a peak expiratory flow meter, following an action plan, and avoiding triggers.

This cheat sheet covers bipolar disorder, detailing mood fluctuations between depression and mania, symptoms of mania, and assessment findings. It emphasizes safety and intervention strategies for managing both depressive and manic episodes.

This cheat sheet on burns and inhalation injury covers burn pathophysiology, severity, and staging. It explains the rule of 9s for calculating total body surface area (TBSA) and provides guidance on burn management and complications.

This cheat sheet covers cholecystitis, including risk factors, symptoms, and management strategies, with a focus on pain control, hydration, diet modifications, and surgical interventions.

This COPD cheat sheet for NCLEX prep covers pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostics, and interventions. It compares chronic bronchitis and emphysema, with visual aids and key points for efficient exam review.

This cheat sheet covers corticosteroids, which reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. It emphasizes tapering doses to prevent adrenal insufficiency, monitoring blood sugar, and managing infection and osteoporosis risks.

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This NCLEX cheat sheet focuses on respiratory issues in child health, specifically croup, epiglottitis, and tonsillitis. It provides detailed information on croup syndromes, interventions, and epiglottitis, including a clear anatomical diagram. The sheet covers assessment findings, key symptoms, and critical warning signs for these conditions.

This NCLEX cheat sheet covers delegation and assignment in nursing, detailing principles, scopes of practice for RN/LPN/UAP, and key points for effective task distribution and accountability.

This cheat sheet covers mental health topics, specifically depression and suicide. It includes information on pathophysiology, risk factors, assessment findings, nursing interventions, and treatments.

This cheat sheet compares anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, detailing the disordered eating patterns, physical and psychological effects, and key interventions for each condition.

This ethics cheat sheet discusses key ethical principles like autonomy, beneficence, and justice in nursing care. It also explains ethical decision-making processes, with emphasis on respecting clients' rights and making ethical choices based on thorough assessments.

This cheat sheet explains fetal monitoring, including external and internal methods, to assess fetal heart rate and response to contractions, and identify reassuring vs. non-reassuring patterns during labor.

This cheat sheet highlights key electrolyte functions for sodium (Na⁺), potassium (K⁺), calcium (Ca²⁺), and magnesium (Mg²⁺), emphasizing roles in fluid balance, muscle function, and cardiac conduction.

This cheat sheet explains gestational diabetes, where insulin resistance causes high blood glucose during pregnancy. It highlights risk factors, symptoms like polyuria and polydipsia, and the need for glucose screening at 24-28 weeks.

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This cheat sheet covers HIV pathophysiology, prevention methods like safe sex and needle safety, and emphasizes the importance of preventing transmission and using PrEP/PEP to lower infection risk.

This cheat sheet summarizes legal aspects of nursing care, including nurse practice regulations, torts (battery, assault, negligence), reducing legal liability through adherence to practice standards, and protecting client rights.

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The cheat sheet covers nurse practice regulations and legal liability. It outlines torts like battery, assault, and negligence, with examples. It emphasizes reducing liability by maintaining practice standards and protecting client rights.

This cheat sheet highlights nursing interventions after delivery, focusing on newborn stabilization, APGAR scoring, and ensuring safety. Key points include airway management, thermoregulation, and parental education.

This cheat sheet compares placenta previa and placental abruption, focusing on symptoms, risk factors, and interventions. It highlights the importance of avoiding placental disruption and managing bleeding to prevent complications.

The cheat sheet covers postpartum care, focusing on monitoring blood loss, infection, perineal care, ambulation, and managing hemorrhage, bladder distention, uterine contractions, and fundal assessment.

This NCLEX cheat sheet covers postpartum hemorrhage, detailing causes (4 Ts), interventions, pathophysiology, assessment criteria, and priority actions for nurses. It includes key NCLEX points for quick reference.

This cheat sheet outlines analgesic drug classes (nonopioid, opioid, and adjuvant), nursing considerations for pain management, and key information on nonopioid analgesics like acetaminophen and NSAIDs.

This cheat sheet on safety covers the use of restraints, including types, selection criteria, and usage guidelines. It emphasizes the importance of using restraints as a last resort and includes assessment protocols.

This cheat sheet on schizophrenia covers its pathophysiology, symptoms, and interventions. It explains positive and negative symptoms, and emphasizes safety measures, including assessing for violence and suicidal ideation.

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic condition where abnormal RBCs cause ischemia and anemia. Sickle cell crises result from dehydration, hypoxia, or infection, leading to severe pain and complications.

This NCLEX cheat sheet focuses on stroke in adult health neurology. It illustrates the two main types of stroke - ischemic and hemorrhagic - with clear diagrams.

This cheat sheet covers thyroid and parathyroid disorders, focusing on thyroid hormone regulation, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroidectomy, and related diagnostics and symptoms.

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This cheat sheet covers urinary tract infections (UTIs), focusing on symptoms, risk factors, and assessment findings. It includes UTI care steps like treating infection, bladder emptying, and preventing recurrence.