VRE
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
What is PQRST in pain assessment?
Provocation
Quality
Radiation/Region
Severity
Timing
Your patient has COPD, what is the appropriate NIV for your patient CPAP or BiPAP?
BiPAP
Your patient was charted 0.25 mg of digoxin. Your stock dose available is 62.5 mcg/tablet. How many tablets will you administer?
4 tablets
What solution should you use to inflate the balloon of an IDC?
Sterile water
What does CPAP stand for?
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Patient presented with a fall and is intoxicated with alcohol. What focused assessment would you initiate?
AWS
Neurological Ax/ GCS
Your patient's bedside ketones level is 1.8 mmol/L, and is asymptomatic. What appropriate escalation would you do?
Ketonaemia > 1.5 mmol/L is additional criteria for YZ or CR.
Your patient reports mild pain. No analgesia is charted, and you would like to nurse-initiate paracetamol. Which blood test should you check before giving paracetamol?
LFT
AHPRA stands for?
What does VAC stand for in wound management?
Vacuum-Assisted Closure
A 16 years old patient presented with dull pain, increasing in severity, usually localised to the right iliac fossa, and rebound tenderness. What is your impression of the patient's presentation?
Appendicitis
Your patient just had a lumbar puncture procedure for suspected meningitis. What should you advise your patient to prevent post-procedure headache?
Your patient is about to receive a Rituximab infusion for rheumatoid arthritis. What pre-infusion medications would you expect the doctor to order?
Paracetamol
Hydrocortisone
Anti-histamine (loratadine)
What are the chambers of the heart?
left and right ventricles
left and right atrium
What does RACE stand for in fire response?
Rescue
Alarm
Contain/Confine
Extinguish
Identify the classic hallmark signs of hyperglycemia. (Ps)
Polyuria
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
Your patient was ordered to have an iron transfusion. She is 10 weeks pregnant. Will you carry out the order? And why?
No, because iron infusion is only given after the 1st trimester.
You are looking after a patient on PCA. What physical assessment/ observations should you do at least hourly?
vital signs
sedation assessment
pain assessments
check check nausea and vomiting
How many bones does an adult body have?
206
What is DRSABCD?

Interpret these ABG results?
pH: 7.29
PaCO2: 38mmHG
HCO3: 20 mmol/L
Metabolic Acidosis
What medication is initially given when suspecting MI?
Aspirin (300 mg
Give me 3 medications that reduce potassium levels in the blood.
Fast-acting + dextrose
Resonium
Salbutamol nebs
Give me at least 4 standards of nursing practice?
Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
Standard 2: Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
Standard 3: Maintains the capability for practice
Standard 4: Comprehensively conducts assessments
Standard 5: Develops a plan for nursing practice
Standard 6: Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice