SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES ON NCLEX FOUNDATIONS DELEGATION / SCOPE OF DUTIES
R.N. PLANNING AND HEALTH TEACHING LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION NEED FOR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL LPN/LVN STABLE PATIENTS STANDARD UNCHANGING PROCEDURES SIMPLE MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION SEQUENCED/PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES STATE PRACTICE ACT INCLUSION
UAP-DIRECT UAP-DIRECT PATIENT CARE ACTIVITY AND STANDARD OPERATING UNCHANGING PROCEDURES
TRIAGE-GREATEST TRIAGE-GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE PRINCIPLES- ABCD , MASLOWS
RED-UNSTABLE – IMMEDIATE CARE YELLOW- STABLE – CAN WAIT 30-60 MIN GREEN –STABLE- CAN WAIT LONGER BLACK- UNSTABLE – FATAL, LAST SEEN DOA – SUPPORTIVE COMFORT MEASURES
LIVING WILL – DECLARATION OF A COMPETENT INDIVIDUAL DNR – COMPETENT CLIENTS AND VALUES – PRIORITY ADVANCE DIRECTIVES- CLEARLY DOCUMENTED , RECEIVED AND UPDATED PROVIDE COMFORT MEASURES IF NURSE IS NOT COMFORTABLE – CONSULT NURSE MANAGER MEET STANDARDS OF CARE CRITERIA- TERMINAL/BRAIN DEATH – TO PREVENT SUFFERING RESTRAINTS-NOT RESTRAINTS-NOT INSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVENIENCE AND AS A TREATMENT OF MEDICAL SYMPTOMS(FALSE IMPRISONMENT) BOTH PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL INFORMED CONSENT-DURATION REQUIRED NOT PRN ALTERNATIVE MEASURES FIRST REMOVE Q2h for skin care and ROM DONE TO PREVENT HARM OR INJURY OR COMPLICATION IF PNT. DISORIENTED (SAFETY)
LIABLE FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT
LAST RESORT INFORMED CONSENT(PROXY)
ALTERNATIVE MEASURES FIRST BENEFITS> RISKS LENGTH OF TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED ENSURE SAFETY – CIRCULATION CHECKS,SKIN CARE, ROM AND REMOVE Q2H INCIDENT REPORTS
INCIDENT REPORTS-STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PATIENT’S PHYSICAL RESPONSE FROM
UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE THAT (COULD/) AFFECT THE CLIENT----SEQUENCE, W/IN 24 HOURS---RISK MANAGER—COMPR. SITUATIONS NO-REFERENCE , INAPPROPRIATE TERMS OR WORDS, JUDEGMENTAL STATEMENTS, -----MONITORING AND DOCUMENTATION A.M.A. NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH HAMA WHICH IS RELEASING THE HOSPITAL FROM ANY LIABILITY AFTER DEPARTURE( THE FORMER MEANS REFUSING A TREATMENT OR THERAPY) ASCERTAIN
NOTIFY
Offer assistance
TELEPHONE ORDERSORDERS- REPEAT ORDER TO THE AP AND LET HIM SIGN WITHIN 24 HOURS
INFORMED CONSENT AGGREED UPON FACTS KNOWN TREATMENT EXPLANATION RISK UNDERSTOOD CONSENT CONSIDERATIONS OB , STD,REHAB ,BLOOD DON. ( MINOR CAN GIVE) ER, LIFE THREATENING(IMPLIED) MENTALLY ILL(INCAPABLE) MODELS FOR DELIVERY OF NURSING CASE METHOD-TOTAL CARE-CONSISTENCY FUNCTIONAL METHOD-TASK ORIENTED- CENTRALIZED DIRECTION AND CONTROL TEAM NURSING-TEAM COORDINATED CARE-INDIV. ROLES –EFFICIENCY PRIMARY NURSING-COMPREHENSIVE,INDVIDUALISTIC, CONSISTENT – TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
AND MNGT.SKILLS CASE MNGT. COMPREHENSIVE CONTINOUS CARE MANAGED CARE- COST CONTAINMENT DIFFERENTIATED-COMPETENCY-DELINEATION
IMMUNIZATIONS CONSIDERATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS: SEVERE FEBRILE ILLNESS LIVE VIRUSES C/I FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ALLERGIES RECENTLY ACQUIRED PASSIVE IMMUNITY(BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND IMMUNOGLOBULINS) if child –no evidence of immunization <7 y.o. Give DPT,TOPV,TINE 4-6 WKS LATER MMR 1 MONTH AFTER DPT AND TOPV REPEATED IN ANOTHER MONTH AGAIN IN 10-16 MOS. CAN GIVE DPT,MMR,TOPV, AND TINE SIMULTANEOUSLY
TD- 2 DOSES 4-8 WKS APART;3RD DOSE 6-12 MOS;BOOSTER AT 10 YRS FO LIFE OPV/IPV – 2 DOSES AT 4-8 WKS APART ; 3RD DOSE 2 -12 MOS AFTER 2ND(OPV NOT USED IN US) MMR-ONE DOSE – 12 MOS VARICELLA – TWO DOSES 4-8 WEEKS APART STARTS AT 12 MOS. HEPA B – 3 DOSES;2ND 1-2 MOS AFTER;3RD 4-6 MS AFTER PPV- ONE DOSE ;IF 65 AND RECEIVED > 5YEARS – ADMINISTER INFLUENZA –ANNUALLY EACH FALL
Allergy Considerations:
EGGS – INFLUENZA , MMR NEOMYCIN – VARICELLA,IPV,MMR YEAST – HEPA-B GELATIN – VARICELLA
PREGNANCY C/I: MMR AND VARICELLA IMMUNOSUPPRESSED; VARICELLA
WITH Ig or BT PREVIOUS 3-11 MOS – MMR AND VARICELLA
DPT - IM – ANTERIOR OR LATERAL THIGH FEVER AND SWELLING 24-48 H POTENTIAL SERIOUS-CONVULSIONS,HYPERPYREXIA,LOC AND SCREAMING MMR – SC – ANTERIOR OR LATERAL THIGH RASH, FEVER ARTHRITIS-10DAYS-2 WKS TRIVALENT OPV – PO
PPD-ID- 4-6/11-16YRS.OLD IN HIGH PREVALENCE AREAS – EVALUATED 48-72 HOURS
GLASGOW COMA SCALE=15 POINTS, 7 COMA EYE OPENING SPONTANEOUS=4 TO VERBAL COMMAND=3 TO PAIN=2 NO RESPONSE=1 MOTOR RESPONSE TO VERBAL COMMAND=6 TO PAINFUL STIMULI/LOCALIZES PAIN=5 FLEXES AND WITHDRAWS=4 DECORTICATE=3 DECEREBRATE=2 NO RESPONSE=1 VERBAL RESPONSE ORIENTED,CONVERSES=5 DISORIENTED,CONVERSES=4 USES INAPPROPRIATE WORDS=3 USES INCOMPREHENSIBLE SOUNDS=2 NO RESPONSE=1 PIAGET’S COGNITIVE THEORY 0-2 SENSORIMOTOR REFLEXES IMITATIVE REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR SENSE OF OBJECT PERMANENCE AND SELF SEPARATE FROM ENVT. TRIAL AND ERROR RESULTS IN PROBLEM SOLVING
2-7Y PRE-OPERATIONAL SELF-CENTERED,EGOCENTRIC CANNOT CONCEPTUALIZE OTHER’S VIEW ANIMISTIC THINKING IMAGINARY PLAYMATE – SYMBOLIC MENTAL REPRESENTATION – CREATIVITY 2-4 PRE-CONCEPTUAL (PRE-LOGICAL) 4-7 INTUITIVE (UNDERSTANDING OF ROLES)
7-12Y CONCRETE OPERATIONAL LOGICAL CONCRETE THOUGHT INDUCTIVE RESAONING (SPECIFIC TO GENERAL) CAN RELATE ,PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY REASONING AND SELF-REGULATION
12-ABOVE FORMAL OPERATIONAL THOUGHT Abstract thinking Separation of fantasy and fact Reality oriented Deductive reasoning Apply scientific method
Kohlberg – MORAL DEVELOPMENT/ DEVELOPMENT/ THINKING/ JUDGEMENT PRE-CONVENTIONAL (0-6) PUNISHMENT AND OBEDIENCE OBEDIENCE TO RULES TO AVOID PUNISHMENT
CONVENTIONAL ( 6-12 ) MUTUAL INTERPERSONAL EXPECTATIONS,RELATIONSHIPS AND CONFORMITY
SOCIAL SYSTEM AND CONSCIENCE MAINTENANCE BEING GOOD IS IMPORTANT SELF RESPECT OR CONSCIENCE
POST –CONVENTIONAL (12 – 18 Y) PRIOR RIGHT OR SOCIAL CONTRACT UNIVERSAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLE ABIDE FOR COMMON GOOD RATIONAL PERSON-VALIDITY OF PRINCIPLES-AND BECOME COMMITTED TO THEM INNER CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR UNDERSTANDING THE EQUALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AND DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS AS INDIVIDUALS Universal Precautions Strict Isolation-highly Isolation-highly transmissible diseases by direct contact and airborne routes of transmission Private room,gowns, mask , gloves, handwashing,double bagged techniques for soiled articles Diptheria(pharyngeal),Herpes Zoster, Varicella , Pneumonia( S.Aureus , Strep,group A) Respiratory Isolation-droplet Isolation-droplet transmission(3 feet) Private rom,patient w/ same organism,mask,handwashing,labelled plastic bags for soiled articles H. influenza, measles, mumps, N. Meningitidis Tuberculosis/ AFB isolation-suspected isolation-suspected / active TB Private room with negative pressureventilation so that air room is vented outside, mask, handwashing, bronchoscopy and dental examination postponed until 2 weeks of antibiotic therapy Tuberculosis Contact Isolation – infectious disseases or multiple resistant microorganisms that are spread by direct contact or close contact Private room , mask gown , gloves diptheria( cutaneous), Herpes simplex, MRSA , Pediculosis , Scabies , Syphilis Enteric Precautions – infectious diseases transmitted through direct or indirect contact with infected feces. Handwashing , gloves , gowns worn only when handling contaminated objects with feces Aseptic meningitis, AGE , Hepa A , Typhoid fever, diarrhea (CDT ) Drainage / Secretions precautions – patients with wound drainage or infected wounds Gloves, gowns indicated if clothing is likely to be contaminated Burns Universal Blood and Body fluids precautions – blood borne , body fluids pathogens ( blood , semen , vaginal secretions , CSF , synovial fluid , pleural fluid , peritoneal fluid , pericardial fluid , amniotic fluid and tissues. Gloves , mask, protective eyegears, gown , contaminated needles not recapped and sharps in puncture resistant containers Aids , Hepatitis B and C , STD’s Reversed isolation Patient is protected from pathogens and nosocomial infections by instituting reversed transmission precautions Burns and open wounds, patients with artificial airway , immunocompromised patients – leukemia , AIDS , steroid therapy , radiation or cancer chemotherapy , medication effect of leukopenia or agranulocytosis ANXIETY – SLIGHT AROUSAL AND INCREASED PERCEPTION MODERATE-INC. TENSION AND SELECTIVE INATT. SEVERE – DEC. PERCEPTION AND FOCUSSED ENERGY PANIC – OVERPOWERING AND LOSS OF CONTROL MILD
POSITIONING FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM
SURGERY-FOWLERS
ASTHMA – ORTHOPNEIC POSITION AUTNOMIC DYSREFLEXIA-HIGH FOWLERS POST BRONCHOSCOPY-SEMI FOWLERS CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION-KEEP INSETION SITE EXTENDED FOR 4-6 HOURS TO PREVENT
ARTERIAL OCCLUSION CAST – ELEVATE EXTREMITY CATARACT – SEMI FOWLERS CEREBRAL ANEURYSM – SEMI - FOWLERS CLEFT LIP – SUPINE CLEFT PALATE – PRONE CHF – HIGH FOWLERS CRANIOTOMY – SUPRATENTORIAL – SEMI FOWLERS ;INFRATENTORIAL – FLAT ICP – LEVATE HEAD DUMPING SYNDROME – SUPINE AFTER MEALS EPISTAXIS – LEAN FORWARD
FLAIL CHEST
– AFFECTED SIDE GRAFT – AFFECTED EXTREMITY EXTENDED GLAUCOMA(POST OP) – AFFECTED SIDE HEMORROIDECTOMY – SIDE LYING HIATAL HERNIA- UPRIGHT HIP SURGERY – LEGS IN ABDUCTION LAMINECTOMY – BACK AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE LIVER BIOPSY – RIGHT SIDE LYING LOBECTOMY – SEMI FOWLERS POST LP – FLAT MASTECTOMY – ELEVATE EXTREMITY ON PILLOW MYELOGRAM – WATER BASED DYE – ELEVATE THE HEAD --- OIL BASED DYE - FLAT POSTURAL DRAINAGE – LUNG SEGMENT – UPPERMOST POSITION PROLAPSED CORD – KNEE-CHEST PULMONARY EDEMA – FOWLERS PYLORIC STENOSIS – RIGHT SIDE LYING RADIUM IMPLANT – FLAT ON BED RETINAL DETACHMENT – AFFECTED SIDE TOWARDS THE BED SEIZURE – SIDE-LYING SHOCK – MODIFIED TRENDELENBURG SCI – IMMOBILIZE TONSILLECTOMY – SIDELYING / PRONE THYROIDECTOME – SEMI – FOWLERS THROMBOPHLEBITIS – ELEVATE LEG TPN – TRENDELENBURG – DURING INSERTION THORACENTESIS – FOWLER’S(DURING) AFTER – POSITION OF COMFORT FEMORO-POPLITEAL BYPASS
THERAPEUTIC DIET FOR SPECIFIC CONDITIONS – CLEAR LIQUID AGN – LOW NA , LOW CHON ADDISON’S – HIGH NA , LOW K ANEMIA , PERNICIOUS – HIGH CHON , VIT. B. ANEMIA SICKLE CELL – HIGH FLUID GOUT – PURINE RESTRICTED ADHD AND BIPOLAR – FINGER FOODS BURN – HIGH CAL. HIGH CHON CELIAC – GLUTEIN FREE CHOLECYSTITIS – HIGH CHON, HIGH CARB, LOW FAT CHF – LOW NA , LOW CHOL. CROHNS – HIGH CHON AND CHO, LOW FAT CYSTIC FIBROSIS – HIGH CAL., HIGH NA LITHIASIS----ACID ASH FOR ALK. STONES------ALK. ASH FOR ACID STONES DECUBITUS ULCERS – HIGH CHON , HIGH VIT C DIARRHEA – HIGH K AND NA DUMPING SYNDROME – HIGH FAT, HIGH CHON,DRY HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY-LOW CHON HEPATITIS – HIGH CHON,HIGH CAL. HIRSPRUNGS – LOW RESIDUE, HIGH CHON AND CHO CIRRHOSIS – LOW CHON MENIERE’S LOW NA MI AND HPN – LOW CHOL.,FATS,NA HYPERTHYROIDISM- HIGH CAL. AND CHON HYPOTHYROIDISM – LOW CAL. , LOW CHOL, LOW SAT. FAT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME – LOW NA, HIGH CHON , HIGH CAL. HYPERPARATHYROIDISM – LOW CALCIUM HYPOPARATHYROIDISM – HIGH CA, LOW PHOSPHORUS OSTEOPOROSIS – HIGH CALCIUM AND HIGH VIT. D PANCREATITIS – LOW FAT PUD – HIGH FAT, HIGH CARB. LOW CHON PKU – LOW CHON / PHENYLALANINE PIH – HIGH CHON RENAL FAILURE (ACUTE) – LOW CHON,HIGH CARB LOW NA (OLIGURIC PHASE) HIGH CHON , HIGH CAL AND RESTRICTED FLUID (DIURETIC PHASE RENAL FAILURE (Chronic) – LOW CHON , LOW NA , LOW K AGE
PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF DISEASE
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS---MILESTONES ----DELAYS(FIXATIONS/LAG) IQ = MA / CA X 100 JUDGEMENT , COMPREHENSION AND LISTENING DDST – BIRTH TO 6 YEARS PERSONAL SOCIAL, FINE , GROSS MOTOR AND LANGUAGE SKILL AREAS HEALTH SCREENING OB – GYNE / REPRODUCTIVE TESTS UTZ-5
WKS CONFIRM PREGNANCY AND AOG – 16 WKS-DETECT GENETIC DISORDERS – 30 WEEKS – L/S RATIO ( 2-4 WKS RESULT)(EMPTY Bladder) OCT – (28 WKS)FHR DECELERATIONS – IV OXYTOCIN 15-20 MIN----3 CONTRACTIONS OBTAINED WITHIN 10 MINUTES- REACTIVE NST – FHR ACCELERATIONS (32-34 WKS) – 2-MORE FHR ACCELERATION OF 15BPM/MORE LASTING 15 SECS -20 MINS. AND RETURN OF FHR TO NORMAL/BASELINE – REACTIVE DOPTONE- 12 WEEKS (18 – 20 WKS-AUSCULTATION) AFPT-FETAL SERUM CHON , -DETECT NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS – 16-18 WKS CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING –FETAL ABNORMALITIES- 10-12 WKS NEWBORN/INFANT HEALTH SCREENING PKU – GUTHRINE BLOOD TEST-EAT CHON FOR 2 DAYS MIN.(PHEONISTICS – DIAPER) SICKLE CELL DISEASE –ABNORMALLY SHAPED Hg , ELISA AND WESTERN BLOT CARRIER SCREENING FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND SWEAT CHLORIDE TEST SCHOOL AGE HEARING AND VISION TESTS ALLEN PICTURE CARDS SNELLEN CHART-20/40 AT TODDLER AND 20/20 AT SCHOOL AGE WEBER’S-SENSORINEURAL AND CONDUCTIVE RINNE’S- CONDUCTIVE DENTAL EXAM – STARTS AT 2 YEARS ADOLESCENT PPD – INDURATION – 72 HOURS BSE – (18-20 YRS.) POST MENSTRATION/MONTHLY TSE – MONTHLY (18-20 YRS) PELVIC EXAM WITH PAP SMEAR – IF SEXUALLY ACTIVE OR 18 Y.O. ANNUALLY ADULT/ELDERLY HPN , DM, HEARING AND VISION PROSTATE –ANNUALLY@40 Ca CHECK-UPS-Q3Y-20YO ; QY – 40 YO SIGMOIDOSCOPY- > 50 Y.O. =Q3-5 YRS FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST- > 50 = ANNUALLY DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM - > 40 Y.O. = YEARLY PELVIC EXAM – 18-40 Y.O. =PERFORMED Q 1 – 3 YEARS WITH PAP TEST MAMMOGRAM – 35-39 = BASELINE 40-49 = Q2Y 50 AND OLDER = QYEAR AMNIOCENTESIS
NORMAL VITAL SIGNS NEWBORN=
30 – 50 / MIN; 120 – 140 / MIN;
60/40 – 80/50 mmHg
1 – 4 YEARS= 20 – 40 / MIN;
80 – 140 /MIN;
90/60 – 99/65 mmHg
5 – 12 YEARS= 15 – 25 / MIN;
70 – 115 / MIN;
100/56 – 110/60 mmHg
ADULT=
12 – 20 / MIN; 60 – 100 / MIN ;
90 / 60 –140 / 90 mmHg
“ NOTHING Here on earth can harm you except yourself……..nothing here cannot be done unless you choose to give up……failure cannot overcome you unless you permit it………AIM HIGH AND HIT THE MARK” TRANSCULTURAL CONCEPTS HINDU – REINCARNATION , AUTOPSY , ORGAN DONATION, CREMATION ISLAM – NO TO ORGAN DONATION , CREMATION AND AUTOPSY …..CONFESS AND TURN
TO MECCA JUDAISM – WASHED NATIVE AMERICAN – NOT TO AUTOPSY BUDDIST – OK – EUTHANASIA AND WITH LAST RITES
HINDU- all meats and animal shortening ISLAM- pork , alcohol and beverages(extracts of lemon and vanilla) , animal shortening and gelatin made of pork JUDAISM – pork , fowl , shellfish and scavenger fish( without scales or fins) , blood by ingestion(transfusion –o.k.), packed fods – kosher-properly presserved or fitting KOSHER- no meat and milk altogether Pareve – made without milk or meat items MORMON – alcohol, tobacco, beverages with caffeine stimulants 7TH DAY ADVENTIST – pork , certain seafoods including shelfish, fermented beverages , vegetables are encouraged YIN AND YANG – cold foods in hot illness , vice versa Hot – rash , fever , sorethroat , surgery , ulcer , infection Cold – Ca , HA , stomach cramps and colds BEDSIDE SAFETY/EMERGENCY MATERIALS / EQUIPMENTS
AMPUTATION – TOURNIQUET AUTONOMIS HYPERREFLEXIA – CATHETER CHEST TUBE DRAINAGE- EXTRA BOTTLE- FORCEPS – VASELINIZED GAUZE CHOLINERGIC AND MYASTHENIC CRISIS – ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE / TRACHEOSTOMY SET EPIGLOTITIS - ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE / TRACHEOSTOMY SET PIH – PADDED MOUTH GAG PARKINSONS – SUCTION APPARATUS
RADIUM IMPLANT – LEAD CONTAINER , FORCEPS SENGSTAKEN BLAKEMORE TUBE – SCISSORS SCI AND THYROIDECTOMY – TRACHEOSTOMY TONSILLECTOMY – FLASHLIGHT TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE – OBTURATOR , HEMOSTAT
PREVENTION OF FALLS L IGHTING L OWER BED POSITION L OCATE GRAB BARS AND CALL BELL S UFFICIENT ORIENTATION S IDERAILS S UPERVISE AND ORIENT
THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES PASSIVE ROM-RETENTION OF ROM AND MAINTENANCE OF CIRCULATION ASSISTIVE- INCREASES MOTION , MAINTAINS MUSCLE TONE ACTIVE – MAINTAINS MOBILITY OF THE JOINT AND MAINTAINS MUSCLE STRENGTH RESISTIVE – INCREASES MUSCLE POWER ISOMETRICS- MAINTENANCE OF STRENGTH AND PREVENTS MUSCULAR ATROPHY
ERGONOMICS-BODY POSITIONING AND MECHANICS PERSONAL CAPACITY 1ST USE PROTECTIVE DEVICES/ TRANSFER AIDS CHANGE POSITION SLOWLY-ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION(DANGLE LEGS FIRST) PIVOT ON THE STRONGER SIDE,MOVE PNT TOWARDS STRONGER SIDE USE LARGER MUSCLES OF THE BODY AND FACE THE DIRECTION OF THE MOVEMENT PULL SHEETS ARE BETTER METHOD THAN SLIDING ALWAYS MOBILZE MAXIMUM MANPOWER/HAVE AN ASSISTANT STANDING BY. ROCK FROM FRONT TO BACK/VICE VERSA.WIDE BASE OF SUPPORT, WEIGHT NEAR MIDLINE OF THE BODY.USE APPROPRIATE TRANSFER AND AMBULATION AIDS. (TRAPEZE, HOYER LIFT, SLIDE BOARD, DRAW SHEET AND TRANSFER BELT PRIORITY-ASSESS
DANGERS OF IMMOBILITY ULCER-OSTEOMYELITIS OSTEOPOROSIS-PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND RENAL CALCULI INCREASED CARDIAC WORKLOAD- TACHYCARDIA CONTRACTURES- DEFORMITIES THROMBUS FORMATION-PULMONARY EMBOLISM ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION-WEAKNESS,FAINTNESS AND DIZZINESS RESPIRATORY STASIS – HYPOSTATIC PNEUMONIA CONSTIPATION – FECAL IMPACTION URINARY STASIS-URINARY RETENTION NEGATIVE NITROGEN BALANCE-WEIGHT LOSS/DEBILITATION DECUBITUS