This should be evaluated before giving Furosemide?
What is Blood pressure; potassium levels
100
true or false: Nurses can look up their cousin (who lives in Grande Prairie) urine culture results on netcare when they are at work in Edmonton?
False:
100
______ _____ are an accumulation of fluid in the pleural sac?
Pleural effusions
100
your patients BGM is 3.0 at 0730. What do you do (be specific)?
Give 15 gms of carbohydrates (package of crackers and pb; 125mls of juice); recheck sugars in 15 mins and offer snack if next meal is greater that 30 mins away.
100
An echo-cardiogram measures what? Is it an invasive procedure?
What is the size and shape of the heart (including internal chamber size); pumping capacity and helps estimate capacities such as diastolic function, ejection fractions etc.
It is done using sonography (ultrasound)
200
The onset; peak and duration of Lantus (glargine)
What is 1.5 hr/none/24hrs
200
True or False: A nurse had the right to refuse to do work that is in direct conflict with their conscious or morals?
True as long as they are not abandoning their patients; should let employer know in advance if possible and must continue to provide care till an alternative can be found.
200
Increased respiratory rate is an EARLY or LATE sign of patient de-compensation?
What is early (short feedback loop)
200
medication that is measured on Meq (20 Meq; 40 Meq) or Mmols
What is Potassium chloride
200
A test that measures electrical activity of the heart is call?
What is an ECG
300
This drug is given for an analgesic overdose, excessive sedation from administration. How is this drug given?
What is Naloxone. 0.4 mg IV direct (push)
300
Respecting a capable patients wishes to refuse/withdraw consent falls under which CNA nursing Value:
1. Promoting justice
2. providing compassionate, safe, competent care
3. Promoting and respecting informed consent.
What is #3
300
_______ disease, characterized by outpouchings of the mucous in the colon occur most frequently in developed countries where most of the diet consists of refined foods.
What is diverticulitis.
300
Vital signs that should be assessed for a minute.
What are pules and respirations
300
A doppler is a test that looks for?
What is a blood clot.
400
This is the therapeutic blood range for INR. INR returns to normal within how many days?
2-3 (N=0.8-1.2) 4 days
400
____ ____ arises in situations nurses know and believe they know the right thing to do, but for various reasons cannot take the right action or prevent potential harm.
What is Moral Distress
400
IV lines are checked how often by the nurse? How long are intermittent IV lines good for and what should be done when you determine a line is interstitial?
What is every hour while infusing; 24 hours and turn it off and notify the nurse.
400
1. Social Exclusion
2. Social Safety Network
3. Health Services
4. Aboriginal Status
5. Gender
6. Race
Are all examples of what?
What are the Canadian social determinants of health.
400
A ___ ____ shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, organs, and blood vessels. They are more detailed than standard X-rays.
What is CT scan
500
Patients with the following disorders need adjustments in their Coumadin dose (liver disease, malabsorption disorders, and fever), why?
All decrease absorption of vitamin K; coumadins natural antidote).
500
_____ _____ is exercised when a nurse stands firm on a point of moral principal or decision about something in the face of overwhelming fear?
What is ethical/moral courage.
500
true or false: you can use your thumb to take a pulse?
False: your thumb has a strong beat of its own.
500
Name the least recorded vital sign
What is the respiratory rate.
500
An ERCP studies which parts of the body. What is the prep your patient has to do prior?
What is the bile ducts, pancreatic duct and gallbladder.
You should fast for at least six hours (and preferably overnight) before the procedure to make sure you have an empty stomach,