Eye/Ear Disorder
A client receiving injections for macular degeneration reports worsening difficulty recognizing faces and reading medication labels. This visual change indicates progression of the disease
What is central vision loss?
A client with chronic kidney disease should avoid salt substitutes because they frequently contain excessive amounts of this electrolyte.
What is potassium?
Men with a history of cryptorchidism are taught to perform this monthly screening measure ________(1) because they are more at risk for (2) ___________
1 What is a testicular self-examination?
2. Testicular Cancer
Following chest trauma, the client develops dyspnea, chest pain, and accessory muscle use. The nurse suspects this condition (1) _______ and the insult is comprised of (2) _______
1. What is a pneumothorax?
2. Air
A nurse receives orders for antibiotics, chest x-ray, sputum culture, and IV fluids. This should occur before the first antibiotic dose (1) ________ and Why (2) _______
1. What is obtaining a sputum culture?
2. What is because the antibiotics can affect the results?
Meclizine is prescribed for vertigo. The nurse includes teaching related to this common effect.
What is dry mouth
Sharp flank pain that comes in waves and radiates toward the groin is most characteristic of this disorder.
What are urinary calculi?
1. What is pictured
2. After what procedure do we typically manage this
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1. CBI
2. TURP
Following bronchoscopy, the nurse's priority assessment before offering oral fluids focuses on this assessment
Thick infected fluid trapped within the pleural space is known as this condition.
What is Empyema
A client reports episodic vertigo, tinnitus, and a sensation that the room is spinning. The nurse suspects this disorder 1_______ and what other symptom is a big giveaway for this condition 2______?
What is Ménière's disease? and what is paroxysmal hearing loss?
A client with BPH develops increasing bladder distention and dribbling. The nurse recognizes this complication.
What is urinary retention
A client recovering from prostate surgery reports severe bladder spasms. Before administering medication, the nurse should assess this first.
What is catheter patency?
This piece of equipment should always be kept at the bedside of a client with a tracheostomy in case the tube becomes dislodged.
What is an obturator
While suctioning a tracheostomy, the nurse notes the client's heart rate suddenly drops from 88 to 48 beats/min. This complication is occurring.
Vagal Stimulation
Long-term aminoglycoside therapy (name adrug in this category) 1. ________ damages the cochlea and results in this type 2. __________ of hearing loss.
What is gentamycin, tobramycin
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Painless(1) ________ in an older smoker should raise concern for this diagnosis(2) ________
1. What is hematuria
2. What is bladder cancer
1. The nurse recognizes these two laboratory values as the earliest indicator of declining kidney function.
2. Is it a blood or urine test?
3. What is one more test that tells an overall kidney function level?
1. BUN/Creatinine
2. Blood (serum)
3. eGFR
A client with COPD receives 100% oxygen by nonrebreather mask and becomes increasingly lethargic. The nurse suspects this
What is decreased respiratory drive
A client with tuberculosis has taken prescribed medications for 3 weeks. Before discontinuing airborne precautions, the nurse looks for this evidence.
What are three consecutive negative sputum cultures/smears?
Following retinal detachment repair, the nurse positions the client according to provider orders, which is (1) ________, primarily to achieve this goal (2) ________
1. What is face down, Prone
2. What is keeping the retina attached (or maintaining retinal positioning)? (bubble alignment)
The classic triad associated with renal cell carcinoma includes flank pain, hematuria, and this finding.
What is a palpable flank mass?
A client with acute kidney injury has a potassium level of 6.8 mEq/L. The nurse recognizes this (1) complication as the most immediately life-threatening. The nurse will want that client on (2) _________The nurse anticipates the following orders:
(3) ________ Medications (there are a minimum of 2)
(4) _______ Urgent orders for this
1. What is Cardiac Dysrhythmias
2. Cardiac monitoring
3. What is insulin, dextrose (possibly kaexylate)
4. Urgent dialysis
Massive fluid resuscitation and aspiration place a patient at risk for this life-threatening respiratory complication.
What is ARDS?
A patient with asthma develops wheezing that suddenly disappears, but respiratory distress continues to worsen. The nurse recognizes this as a sign of this life-threatening complication (1) ______and the priority is to be ready for this (2) _______
1. What is status asthmaticus
2. What is be ready to intubate