Heme
This medication should be administered on an empty stomach and through a straw for PTs with anemia.
what is Iron?
Labs show elevated PT and PTT, AST, ALT and ammonia. You suspect this disease in your PEDS neuro PT.
Reyes syndrome
Short staffing leaves nurses high and dry but so does this disease.
What is ID?
You are caring for a PT with suspected cancer. Their CBC shows an ANC of concern.
what is an ANC less than 500.
FIRST LINE med for aplastic anemia to counter prolonged aplasia
What is ATG
This medication is contraindicated in Sickle Cell Anemia
What is Meperidine
vomiting, nuchal rigidity progressing to opisthonos, positive Berdzinski and Kernig's sign, seizure and photophobia are hallmark sign of this disease.
What is bacteria meningitis?
Hypoglycemia in a child is defined at this benchmark.
What is less than <60?
Your PT has an xray of their knee showing a tumor of star-burst appearance. You suspect this type of cancer.
What is osteocarcoma?
This drug is an anti tumor drug antibiotic that binds to guanine portion of DNA preventing synthesis
What is actinomycin D/ dactinomycin?
BMP shows pancytopenia, a hallmark sign of this disease of the blood.
What is aplastic anemia?
Your PT has a seizure and you record this for PT seizure hx.
What is behavior prior to seizure, aura presence, seizure movements, duration and postictal state?
CBC shows high ACTH, low Cortisol, hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, hyperkalemia and elevated BUN. You suspect this disease.
What is Acute Adrenal Insufficiency?
This drug used to treat some cancers poses a risk of HF.
What is doxorubicin?
This drug prevents serum sickness.
What is methroprednisolone?
You find a decrease in platelets <20,000 l.t a decrease in H.G. You suspect this disease.
What is Immune thrombocytopenia?
Speech difficulties, occular palsies and paralysis differentiate this disease from bacterial encephalitis.
What is viral encephalitis?
Your PT presents with high cortisol levels, moon face, hypokalemia, excessive hair growth and poor wound healing. You suspect this disease.
What Is Cushing's Syndrome?
pancytopenia, bone pain and high ICP are hallmark clinical manifestations of this cancer.
What is acute leukemia?
This cancer drug denatures the double helix of DNA and required premedicating the PT with antiemetic 30min prior to administration.
What is Cisplastin?
Toothlettes, RICE and ROM are three interventions you would implement for this disease.
What is Hemophilia 8?
You are assigned care for a PT with Cerebral Palsy. After assessment, you form these four primary nursing dx.
What is Risk for fall and seizure. Impaired physical mobility. Altered comfort. Impaired communication?
You are assigned a PT c/o nausea, BG >250, k <3.0, CO2 <20, dehydrated with fruity breath. You write up a list of primary nursing diagnoses.
What is Risk for injury, fluid and elctrolyte imbalance and knowledge deficit?
You treat a PT with Reed Sternberg Cells and choose four primary nursing diagnoses.
What is impaired skin integrity, altered comfort, nutrition less than body requirements and knowledge deficit?
Two 2ND LINE drugs for seizure
What is topiramate and leveteracetam?