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Next Generation NCLEX Cheat Sheet megandillard Created 10/10/23 Save Share Next Generation NCLEX Cheat Sheet Question Types Electrolytes Blood Extended Select• Extended Drag• Matrix Style Drop Down• Highlighting Bowtie• All That Apply• & Drop• "Cloze"• 2-3 columns with Responses that can be dragged & dropped• A question that can have 1 or more drop down answers• Drag and drop an item in each of the multiple rows (answers) to be picked• Select words or phrases that are critical to do or dropped into correct answer•
- main targets•
Sodium: Dehydration, CHF. High: thirsty, edema• Potassium: Acidosis, Cushings, Vomiting. High: Peaked T waves• Chloride: Acidosis, Addisons. High: dry membranes•
Magnesium: Alcoholism. High = prolonged PR intervals, calms muscles•
Calcium: Hyperparathyroidism, Pancreatitis. Low: Trousseau/Chvostek• Phosphate: Acromegaly, Alcoholism, Anatacids. High: Trousseau/Chvostek•
Hemoglobin: Polycythemia, Anemia• Give it a go
ABGs Coagulation Renal Hepatic Cardiac Safety Precautions OB-Maternity
Hematocrit: Burns, Anemia, Hemorrhage•
WBCs: Inflammation/Infection•
Platelets: Cancer, Chemo•
Ph: Vomiting, Diarrhea, DKA•
PCO2: COPD Anxiety•
Specific Gravity: = dry, = high fluid•
HCO3: Vomiting, Suction•
PO2: Hyperventilation•
PT: Slow Clotting = Bleeding Risk•
aPTT: Slow Clotting = Bleeding Risk•
Creatinine/BUN: Renal Damage•
ALT or AST: Cirrhosis•
Bilirubin: Cirrhosis. High: Jaundice•
Albumin: Liver Failure, Malnutrition•
CK, Myoglobin, Troponin: MI•
Natriuretic Peptides: Heart Failure, MI•
Standard: stands for ALL•
Airborne: MTV = measles, tuberculosis, varicella•
Droplet: PIMP = pertussis, influenza, mumps, pneumonia•
Contact: SEWER = skin infection, enteric, wound infection, eye infection, rotavirus•
RIGHT: Task, Circumstance, Person, Communication, Supervision•
RNs should not delegate what they EAT: Evaluate, Assess, Teach•
LPNs can EAT second = re-evaluate, re-asses, re-educate•
Positioning Hospital Diets Pharmacology
- months = maintain head upright•
- months = rolls tummy to back•
- months = sits upright, food introduced•
- months = crawling•
- year = walking•
(+) Pregnancy Sign: Fetal Heartbeat & Skeleton•
1st Trimester = 1-3 months• 2nd Trimester = 3-6 months• 3rd Trimester = 6-9 months•
Weight gain: weeks pregnant - 9 = lbs gained•
Fetal HR: 110-160 BPM•
Fetal HR Patterns: VEAL CHOP•
LIONS: Left side lie, IV fluids, Oxygen, Notify provider, Stop Oxytocin for Low FHR or Late Decelerations •
APGAR: 0-3 = distress, 10 = best•
Based on Fetal HR, RR, Muscle Tone, Reflex Irritability, and Color• Fowlers: "Sitting Up" Uses: Shortness of Breath, Aspiration Prevention, Increased ICP• Supine "On my Spine" Uses: Abdominal or Facial Procedures, Post Lumbar Puncture•
Prone "Away from the Tailbone" Uses: Spinal Surgery, Spina Bifida•
Trendelenburg "Trending Back" Uses: Hypotension, Shock, Prolapsed Cord• Sims "On Stomach w/ Leg Flexed" Uses: Perineal Exam, Enema Administration•
Lateral "On Side" Uses: Rectal Surgery, GI Issues, Ear Irrigation•
Acute Renal Disease: Calorie, Protein•
Burns: Calorie, Protein, Fluids•
Cancer: Calorie, Protein•
Celiac: No BROW (barley, rye, oat, wheat)•
Constipation: Fruits, Fiber, Fluids•
COPD: Calorie, Fat•
Hepatitis: Calorie, Protein•
Hypertension: DASH (Salt, Fat, Sugar)•
Stroke: Mechanical Soft, Regular, Tube Feed•
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Analgesics: Fentanyl, Morphine, Hydrocodone•
Anticoagulants: Warfarin, Heparin•
Anticonvulsants: Phenytoin, Valproice Acid•
Antidepressants: Fluoxetine, Sertraline•
Antihypertensives: ACE "Pril", ARBs "ARTAN", CCB "DIPINE", Beta Blocker "LOL", Diuretics "IDE" •
Antiplatelet: Clopidogrel•
Antiarrhythmic: Digoxin•
H2 Antagonists: Famotidine, Ranitidine•
Nitrates: Nitroglycerin•
Proton Pump Inhibitors: Omeprazole•
Antidiabetics: Metformin•
HIGH ALERT MEDS: HICKOP = Heparin, Insulin, Chemo, Potassium, Opioids, Pediatric• Long Acting: "Glargine, Determir" No Onset/Peak, Duration: 12-24 hrs• Intermediate Acting: "NPH" Onset = 6 hrs, Peak = 8 hrs, Duration = 12 hrs• Short Acting: "Regular" Onset = 1 hr, Peak = 2 hrs, Duration = 4 hrs• Rapid Acting: "Aspart, Lispro" Onset = 15 min, Peak = 1 hr, Duration = 3 hrs•
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