Disease and Diagnostics
This infection is usually caused by bacteria, leading to inflammation, pain, and sometime bone destruction.
Osteomyelitis
Which electrolyte is given to correct hypomagnesemia and symptoms of digitalis toxicity?
Magnesium
What blood type is the universal blood donor?
O Negative
This condition is characterized by a decrease in bone density, making bones fragile, and prone to fractures.
Osteoporosis
Which antibiotic can lead to ototoxicity that can cause hypomagnesemia?
Penicillin
A patient with blood type AB can receive what type of blood?
A, B, and O
This condition will often present with increased body temperature, cough, low O2 saturation, diminished lung sounds.
Pneumonia
When hyponatremia occurs with hypovolemia and hypervolemia, what is the first symptoms of sodium deficit?
Thirst
How long do you have to hang blood after receiving it from the blood bank?
How long should you stay with the patient after hanging the blood to observe for a blood transfusion reaction?
30 minutes
15 minutes
This condition presents with pain in the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, often associated with alcohol abuse or gallstones.
Pancreatitis
Muscle weakness, headache, lethargy, confusion, seizures, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, hypotension, pale skin, and dry mucous membranes are signs of what?
Hyponatremia
While receiving a unit of blood, the patient complains of chest pains. Set of vital signs are taken. Temperature went from 98.9 to 101.2
The nurse suspects the patient is having a transfusion reaction. What is the first thing the nurse should do?
Turn of the blood and notify the provider.
This condition presents with chest pain, shortness of breath, heavy sweating, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. What is the condition and what should the nurse do next?
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Call an RRT
Flushed dry skin, agitation, elevated body temperature, rough/dry tongue, anorexia, tachycardia, hypertension, muscle twitching, and hyperreflexia, are symptoms of?
Hypernatremia