Fluids and Electrolytes Ventilation Txport/Perfusion GU/Renal DM/Endocrine
100
What is dehydration?
Loss of water without corresponding sodium loss.
100
What are symptoms of a pneumothorax?
Absent breath sounds on one side, dyspnea, and tachycardia.
100
What is sickle cell crisis?
Treatment for this condition includes managing pain, oxygen administration, hydration, and rest.
100
What is a UTI?
Teaching for patients with this condition includes increasing fluid intake and regular toileting.
100
What is 1210-1215?
The time a diabetic patient should eat after taking Novolog at 1200.
200
What is fluid volume excess?
Manifestations include edema, JVD, crackles in the lungs, and bounding pulses.
200
What is a finding requiring immediate intervention?
Severely diminished breath sounds in an asthma patient in respiratory distress.
200
What is B12 deficient anemia?
A patient post gastric bypass surgery is at risk for this condition.
200
What is disequilibium syndrome?
The client having his first dialysis treatment is at risk for developing this complication.
200
What is give the patient a slow acting carbohydrate snack.
The nursing intervention that should follow giving a patient D50 for hypogl\ycemia.
300
What is D51/2NS?
The most common maintenance fluid for medical patients.
300
What is a normal finding?
Continuous blubbling in the suction chamber of a chest tube.
300
What is angina?
Chest pain that is relieved with rest or NTG if usually this condition.
300
What is HTN?
Retinal damage and CAD are complications of this condition.
300
What is the Somogyi effect?
Decreasing the nightly dose of insuling after a patient has morning episodes of hyperglycemia treats this condition.
400
What is hyperkalemia?
Electrolyte imbalance manifested by peaked T-waves, arrhythmias, and weak skeletal muscles.
400
What is ARDS?
Key components of this include severe dyspnea, hypoxemia refractory to oxygen administratin and decreased lung compliance.
400
What is check for a pulse?
The priority intervention for a patient in V-tach.
400
What are NSAIDS?
This common over-the-counter medication should be avoided by patients with AKI or CKD.
400
What is Addison's disease?
Bronze skin, hypotension and anorexia are signs of this condition.
500
What is a blood pressure cuff?
Equipment needed to check a patient for hypocalcemia.
500
What is partially compensated respiratory acidosis?
pH 7.32, PaCO2 60, PaO2 80, HCO3 30, SaO2 80%.
500
What are ACE inhibitors?
This first line drug class in HF decreases ventricular remodeling and decreases workload.
500
What is manually flush the tubing saline?
What is the best nursing intervention for a patient receiving bladder irrigation who develops bladder spasms and decreased output with clots noted in the tubing?
500
What is Cushing's syndrome?
Complications of this disorder include weight gain, hyperglycemia, bone resorption, and a moon face.






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