Home I. The Concept of Pain a. Define pain b. Signs & symptoms of pain c. Pathophysiology & etiologies of pain d. Physiological & behavioral responses to pain e. Types of pain i. Nociceptive pain ii. Neuropathic pain iii. Acute vs. chronic pain iv. Idiopathic pain v. Central pain vi. Phantom pain vii. Psychogenic (emotional) pain f. Factors influencing pain g. Assessing pain h. Nursing interventions to manage pain II. The Concept of Oxygenation a. Factors affecting oxygenation b. Hypoxia vs. hypoxemia c. Alterations in respiratory function d. Assessments & diagnostics related to oxygenation e. Oxygen delivery devices i. Indications for which device to use ii. # of liters delivered via each device iii. Percent of oxygen delivered via each device f. Nursing interventions to promote effective oxygenation g. Home oxygen therapy III. The Concept of Infection a. Terms: i. Communicability ii. Virulence iii. Colonization iv. Superinfection b. Localized vs. systemic infections i. Signs & symptoms of each c. Acute infection vs. Chronic infection (know examples of each) d. Factors that increase infection risk e. Stages of infection f. MDRO’s g. MRSA i. VRE h. Chain of infection i. Standard precautions j. Transmission-based precautions (describe the precaution and what PPE are necessary to use) i. Know what transmission-based precautions (if any) might be used for these infections: 1. Varicella Zoster 2. HIV 3. Hepatitis B & C 4. Clostridium difficile 5. MDROs k. Interventions to prevent transmission of infection l. Patient teaching r/t infection IV. Pre-/Intra-/Post-Op Care a. Classifications of Surgery b. Surgical Risk Factors c. Pre-/Intra-/Post-Op Nursing Assessment and Nursing Care d. Roles during Surgery – circulating nurse, scrub nurse/tech, 1st assist, etc. e. Potential Post-Op Complications f. Types of anesthesia, indications for use, and potential complications with each type

I. The Concept of Pain a. Define pain b. Signs & symptoms of pain c. Pathophysiology & etiologies of pain d. Physiological & behavioral responses to pain e. Types of pain i. Nociceptive pain ii. Neuropathic pain iii. Acute vs. chronic pain iv. Idiopathic pain v. Central pain vi. Phantom pain vii. Psychogenic (emotional) pain f. Factors influencing pain g. Assessing pain h. Nursing interventions to manage pain II. The Concept of Oxygenation a. Factors affecting oxygenation b. Hypoxia vs. hypoxemia c. Alterations in respiratory function d. Assessments & diagnostics related to oxygenation e. Oxygen delivery devices i. Indications for which device to use ii. # of liters delivered via each device iii. Percent of oxygen delivered via each device f. Nursing interventions to promote effective oxygenation g. Home oxygen therapy III. The Concept of Infection a. Terms: i. Communicability ii. Virulence iii. Colonization iv. Superinfection b. Localized vs. systemic infections i. Signs & symptoms of each c. Acute infection vs. Chronic infection (know examples of each) d. Factors that increase infection risk e. Stages of infection f. MDRO’s g. MRSA i. VRE h. Chain of infection i. Standard precautions j. Transmission-based precautions (describe the precaution and what PPE are necessary to use) i. Know what transmission-based precautions (if any) might be used for these infections: 1. Varicella Zoster 2. HIV 3. Hepatitis B & C 4. Clostridium difficile 5. MDROs k. Interventions to prevent transmission of infection l. Patient teaching r/t infection IV. Pre-/Intra-/Post-Op Care a. Classifications of Surgery b. Surgical Risk Factors c. Pre-/Intra-/Post-Op Nursing Assessment and Nursing Care d. Roles during Surgery – circulating nurse, scrub nurse/tech, 1st assist, etc. e. Potential Post-Op Complications f. Types of anesthesia, indications for use, and potential complications with each type

I. The Concept of Pain

a. Define pain

b. Signs & symptoms of pain

c. Pathophysiology & etiologies of pain

d. Physiological & behavioral responses to pain

e. Types of pain

i. Nociceptive pain

ii. Neuropathic pain

iii. Acute vs. chronic pain

iv. Idiopathic pain

v. Central pain

vi. Phantom pain

vii. Psychogenic (emotional) pain

f. Factors influencing pain

g. Assessing pain

h. Nursing interventions to manage pain

II. The Concept of Oxygenation

a. Factors affecting oxygenation

b. Hypoxia vs. hypoxemia

c. Alterations in respiratory function

d. Assessments & diagnostics related to oxygenation

e. Oxygen delivery devices

i. Indications for which device to use

ii. # of liters delivered via each device

iii. Percent of oxygen delivered via each device

f. Nursing interventions to promote effective oxygenation

g. Home oxygen therapy

III. The Concept of Infection

a. Terms:

i. Communicability

ii. Virulence

iii. Colonization

iv. Superinfection

b. Localized vs. systemic infections

i. Signs & symptoms of each

c. Acute infection vs. Chronic infection (know examples of each)

d. Factors that increase infection risk

e. Stages of infection

f. MDRO’s

g. MRSA

i. VRE

h. Chain of infection

i. Standard precautions

j. Transmission-based precautions (describe the precaution and what PPE are necessary to use)

i. Know what transmission-based precautions (if any) might be used for these infections:

1. Varicella Zoster

2. HIV

3. Hepatitis B & C

4. Clostridium difficile

5. MDROs

k. Interventions to prevent transmission of infection

l. Patient teaching r/t infection

IV. Pre-/Intra-/Post-Op Care

a. Classifications of Surgery

b. Surgical Risk Factors

c. Pre-/Intra-/Post-Op Nursing Assessment and Nursing Care

d. Roles during Surgery – circulating nurse, scrub nurse/tech, 1^st assist, etc.

e. Potential Post-Op Complications

f. Types of anesthesia, indications for use, and potential complications with each type.