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Q: When are eye exams needed every year?
Answer:
After age 65
Q: Breast Cancer
Answer:
“my life won’t be the same”
Q: calcium oxalate
Answer:
what kidney stones are made from, AVOID CAFFIENE
Q: what can a 2 month old baby do?
Answer:
laugh
Q: How often should a pacemaker battery be changed?
Answer:
every year
Q: Do not shoot a gun on the side that a what is?
Answer:
pacemaker
Q: What kind of room should a pt with suspected TB be placed in?
Answer:
Negative airflow private room
Q: What will be auscultated in a patient with left sided heart failure?
Answer:
crackles
Q: What kind of precautions are necessary for herpes?
Answer:
Contact/airborne
Q: What medication should be avoided when also taking Coumadin?
Answer:
NSAIDS
Q: What changes should be avoided with Lasix?
Answer:
Quick position changes
Q: What side should you approach a stroke patient on?
Answer:
the unaffected side
Q: What kind of milk can a 1 year old drink?
Answer:
whole (vit D)
Q: Gingival Hyperplasia
Answer:
an enlargement of the gums frequently seen in pregnancy, in leukemia, or after prolonged use of
phenytoin (Dilantin)
Q: Dilantin normal range
Answer:
10-20, anticonvulsant
Q: Hepatic encephalopathy
Answer:
clinical: complication of liver failure, disturbance in consciousness, seizures, asterixis, rigidity
and hyperreflexia, also DECREASED PROTEIN and CRAZY MOVEMENT
Q: safe lifting
Answer:
Lift from knees, don’t bend back, UP TO HIP (teaching is needed)
Q: Post thyroidectomy tingle around mouth what drug helps?
Answer:
calcium gluconate
Q: calcium gluconate
Answer:
given IV to correct hypocalcemia
Q: diabetes insipidus
Answer:
a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that
regulates the kidneys) characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute
urine which results in DEHYDRATION and extreme thirst
Q: A food tray is considered what?
Answer:
a restraint
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Q: with any weird cardiac rhythm first ?
Answer:
Assess the patient
Especially with asystole see if the probes are in place correctly
Q: with evidence base practive what is a barrier ?
Answer:
Money !!!, time, employees
Q:
Answer:
Which rhythm is it?
Q: sinus bradycardia treatment
Answer:
-atropine
-avoid valsalva
-hold rate slowing drugs (digoxin, beta blockers)
- 02 for symtomatic patient
If atropine does not work = transcutaneous pacemaker
Q: client with unresolved bradycardia might need a permanent?
Answer:
Pacemaker
Q: sinus tachycardia
Answer:
What am i ?
Q: sinus tachycardia treatment
Answer:
-may resolve with treatment of underlying cause
-digoxin, beta blockers (-olol), verapamil
-vagal maneuver
Q: afib
Answer:
What am i?
Q: afib treatment?
Answer:
- oxygen
- anticougulants = warfarin/ coumadin (blood thinner) to prevent clots in atria
- digoxin to slow heart
- prepare pt for cardioversion
Q: v-tach
Answer:
What am i ?
Q: vtach treatment
Answer:
- 02
- amiodarone or lidocaine
- synchronized cardioversion (unstable)
- cough cpr hard 1-3 sec
Note – lidocaine is not effective for atrial arrhythmias, only ventricular ones.
Q: vtach no pulse tx?
Answer:
Defib and cpr
Q: vfib
Answer:
What am i ?
Q: vfib treatment
Answer:
Defib and cpr
Q: pvc
Answer:
What do you see in this rhythm ?
Q: pvc can happen with ?
Answer:
- low k level
- hypoxemia (assess 02 sat)
- mi
Q: myocardial infarction (mi) heart attack s/s ?
Answer: - chest/sternal pain radiating to jaw, back , left arm
- n/v
-diaphoresis - dyspnea
- dysrhythmias
Q: mi is experienced different in women?
Answer: - epigastric pain
- fatigue
- sob
- back shoulder pain and jaw
- choking sensation
Q: what relieves pain with an mi ?
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Q: The nurse has attended a staff development conference on cultural consideration for clients
receiving hospice care. Which of the following statement id made by the nurse would require
follow up
Answer:
The family of a client of the Hindu faith may request that the client body be bathed after the
clients death
Q: The nurse is caring for a client with bipolar disorder who has lithium prescribe. The nurse
should suggest that the client have which of the following snacks
Answer:
Tuna fish on saltine crackers (sodium)
Q: The nurse has provided discharge instructions for a client who has been prescribed digoxin.
It would require follow up by the nurse if the client says.
Answer:
“I will avoid avocados, grapefruit and cantaloupe.”
Q: The nurse is caring for a client who has bumetanide (Bumex) prescribed. The nurse should
suggest that the client include which of the following foods in the diet
Answer:
Apricots
Q: Teaching instructions for a client with ulcerative colitis
Answer:
occurs in Jewish men 30-50 years
Prednisone may be prescribed for exacerbations
Flagyl, Cipro, and commonly prescribed during acute exacerbations
Q: The nurse is precepting a new hire nurse who is caring for a client receiving a continuous
NG feeding. The nurse should intervene if
Answer:
Installs 30cc of NS into the feeding tube while auscultating the stomach for bowel sounds
Q: The nurse is observing a staff member caring for clients. It would require immediate
intervention if the nurse observes
Answer:
giving OJ to a client who has a clear liquid diet
Q: The nurse is preparing a class for parents of children DX with sickle cell. The nurse should
instruct the parents that children should avoid
Answer:
Other children who are sick
Q: The nurse is assessing a 5 month old. what is an expected finding
Answer:
roll from ABD to back
Q: The home health care nurse is assigned to see four clients who all live within three miles of
each other. The nurse should first see the client
Answer:
who has cancer of the esophagus and given away his favorite shirt
Q: A student nurse is admin Maalox. The nurse should intervene if the student plans to admin
the antacid
Answer:
at the same time as Iron
Q: he nurse in the ED is assessing a toddler who has swallowed bleach, The toddler is crying. It
would be a priority if the patient parents says
Answer:
“I gave my toddler a tablespoon of Ipecac syrup.”
Q: Reason for high pressure alarm on a ventilator
Answer:
Increase bronchial secretions
kink in tubing
acute bronchospasms
tubing is disconnected
Q: The nurse is caring for a client who has a new colostomy. The colostomy stoma is red moist
and raised. The nurse should
Answer:
Document as normal finding
Q: The nurse is attending a staff development conference on medical treatment for various
neurologic disorders. Which of the following statement would require follow up
Answer:
“Clients with MS often receive immunoglobulin G (IVIG).”
Q: The nurse has attended a staff development conference on Meniere’s disease. Which of the
following statements, if made by the nurse would require a follow up
Answer:
“Assistive listening devices are required for these clients.”
Q: The nurse is admitting a client to the ED who is reporting progressive visual impairment and
loss of peripheral vision. These symptoms are consistent with the medical DX of
Answer:
Close angel glaucoma
Q: The nurse is caring for a client who has left ventricular failure. Which of the following
should the nurse recognize as being consistent with the DX
Answer:
wheezing during expiration
Q: The nurse has attended a staff development conference on preparing clients for neurological
diagnosis test. Which of the following statements, if made by the nurse would require a follow
up
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Q: How long for a rear facing car seat?
Answer:
Rear facing back middle until 20 bs
Q: Cleft lip teaching?
Answer:
feed upright prone, no pacifiers. frequent rest during feedings. Risk for aspiration.
Q: What is celiac disease?
Answer:
Inability to tolerate wheat protein. Foul smelling diarrhea and emaciation. Often lactose
intolerant. Avoid wheat, barley, rye.
Q: Is orange juice a clear liquid?
Answer:
NO (because of pulp)
Q: What to expect with a cocaine user?
Answer:
Increased HR, decreased respirations, hallucinations.
Q: What is compartment syndrome?
Answer:
Swelling from a tight dressing/cast. Pain with movement under a cast is bad.
Q: Complication of thyroidectomy?
Answer:
bleeding behind neck. Watch for swallowing.
Q: Crohns diet?
Answer:
High calorie, high protein. Low residue(fiber).
Q: Cyanotic defects cause?
Answer:
poor reflexes, bradycardia, fainting
Q: What do Cystic fibrosis patients need with meals?
Answer:
Pancreatic enzyme with every meal. Otherwise loose greasy stools.
Q: 5 stages of grieving?
Answer:
DABDA: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance.
Q: What is diabetes insipidus?
Answer:
deficiency of vasopression. Excrete lots of urine. Patient has deydration and thirst.
Q: Preop for barium enema
Answer:
NPO
Q: Teaching for digoxin
Answer:
No ASA, no antacid unless 2 hrs before or after. Visual disturbance is toxicity.
Q: Teaching for dilantin (phenytoin)
Answer:
Take with food, avoid antacids and milk.
Q: Diet with Diverticulosis