NUR 280 Anti Review
- Xerostomia, what is it & how do you treat it?
Answer
feeling of oral dryness - treat with sugarless candy or gum
- Labs to check for pernicious anemia
Answer
B12
- Sign of mild anxiety
Answer
Extreme focus
- What is remote memory loss?
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Inability to remember things from YEARS ago
- Heart failure dietary teaching
Answer
Low sodium & fluid restriction
- Diverticulitis dietary teaching 1 / 4
Answer
Low fiber
- Diverticulosis dietary teaching
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High fiber
- IBS dietary teaching
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High fiber
- Parents nervous about how their 3-year-old will act when newborn arrives. What can they do
Answer
Provide gift from the infant to the sibling
- Methylprednisolone sodium succinate lab to watch for?
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Serum glucose (because glucocorticoids cause hyperglycemia)
- At 14 weeks' gestation, what should the patient report to the MD
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Swelling of the face (sign of preeclampsia) 2 / 4
- Change of shift report should include
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The blood lost
- Patient teaching for colostomy care
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The patient doesn't need to change the bag every day (only needs to be changed every 4-7 days)
- Scoliosis manifestation
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Lateral curvature of the spin & asymmetrical hips/ribs
- Lab values that are elevated for Cushing's disease
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Cortisol, sodium & glucose
- Administering medications through an NG tube
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Administer meds separately DO NOT mix with enteral feedings
Dissolve crushed tablets in 15-30mL of water Flush tubing before & after each medication with 10-30mL of water
- Tobramycin adverse reaction 3 / 4
Answer
Ototoxicity (hearing damage & loss of balance) Cloudy/bloody urine (nephrotoxicity
- Amniocentesis patient teaching
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Have them empty bladder before the proce- dure
- Expected finding during cardiac catheterization
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Patient will feel warmth and flushed when dye is inserted
- What action should you instruct the patient to do prior to postural drainage
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Administer a bronchodilator or nebulizer prior to treatment, postural drainage should be done 1 hour before meals or two hours after meals (perform twice daily)
- IV phlebitis has occurred, what should the nurse do
Answer
Discontinue IV & apply a warm/moist compress
- When a patient is receiving mannitol, what should the nurse monitor for
Answer
Hypovolemia
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