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