meds
inhibits reactivation of vitamin K thus depleting functional vitamin k reserves and thus reduces synthesis of active clotting factors
What is Warfarin (Coumadin)?
Utilized to administer oxygen at a rate between 2 to 6LPM
What is nasal canula?
a patient has just had a cast put on the left arm. what is the priority focused assessment for the nurse?
what is a neurovascular assessment?
5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, used in treatment of BPH to prevent the conversion of testosterone and to decrease prostaste size.
What is Finasteride (Proscar)?
A client is suspected of having lupus - the nurse monitors the client, knowing that the appearance of a ________ especially across the bridge of the nose is an initial characteristic sign of systemic lupus erythematous.
What is a rash?
Proton pump inhibitor; Suppresses gastric basal and stimulated acid secretion by inhibiting the parietal cell H+/K+ ATP pump
What is omeprazole (nexium)?
4 to 8 hours after indwelling urinary catheter removal the nurse should perform ______ to check the volume in the bladder
What is a bladder scan?
a post op patient became suddenly confused and disoriented. the nurse calls a stroke alert. what diagnostic imaging should the nurse expect for this patient?
Inhaled agent. Relaxes bronchial smooth muscle by action on beta 2 receptors with little effect on heart rate.
what is albuterol?
A nurse is caring for a client with systemic lupus erythematous who is taking hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil). The nurse understands that a primary concern with this drug is:
a)Pulmonary Fibrosis
b)Fluid Retention
c) Retinal Damage
circulates in the plasma where it crosses the blood brain barrier to be converted by enzymes to dopamine. standard of treatment in parkinsons.
What is Carbidopa and Levodopa (Sinemet)?
The patient has a chest tube removed. What should the nurse anticipate the doctor will order to assess the patient after chest tube removal?
chest xray
the nurse assesses a surgical site to have a large amount of bleeding. the patient's blood pressure is 70/40. what lab should the nurse anticipate drawing?
what is a CBC?
selective inhibitor of beta 1 adrenergic receptors; blocks beta 1 receptors with little or no effect on beta 2 receptors. often given to control heart rate and blood pressure
what is metoprolol?
Four years after seroconversion, a patient who is HIV+ has a CD4+ cell count of 800/µl and a viral load <50 copies. What will the nurse include in patient teaching?
a) The patient is still in the latent phase of infection
OR
b) The body currently is able to produce an adequate number of CD4+ cells to replace those destroyed by viral activity
What is b) The body currently is able to produce an adequate number of CD4+ cells to replace those destroyed by viral activity.
The patient is in the early chronic stage of infection, when the body is able to produce enough CD4+ cells to maintain the CD4+ count at a normal level. The risk for opportunistic infection is low because of the normal CD4+ count. Although the viral load in the blood is low, intracellular reproduction of virus still occurs. Anti-HIV antibodies produced by B cells attack the viruses in the blood, but not intracellular viruses.
Clas III antiarrhythmic agent that affects sodium, potassium, and calcium channels, prolongs the action potential and refractory period in myocardial tissue; decreases AV conduction and sinus node function
What is amiodarone?
A patient has an ngt hooked up to low wall suction after a small bowel repair. The patient wants to drink gatorade. How should the nurse respond? a) Go ahead the tube will suck it right out. b) The tube is in place to keep your stomach empty until your bowel function returns. c)Pour it in the tube.
What is B) the tube is in place to keep your stomach empty until your bowel function returns.
A nurse assesses a new colostomy. the stoma is moist, pink, round, and protruding above skin level. is this normal or abmormal?
What is normal?
selective leukotriene receptor atagonist. used to treat asthma.
what is montelukast (singulair)?
When teaching a patient with HIV infection about ART, the nurse explains that these drugs:
a) Boost the ability of the immune system to destroy the virus
OR
b) Work in various ways to decrease viral replication in the blood.
What is b) Work in various ways to decrease viral replication in the blood.?
The three groups of antiretroviral drugs work in different ways to decrease the ability of the virus to replicate. The viral load detected in the blood is decreased with effective therapy, but intracellular virus is still present.
competitive inhibition of histamine at H2 receptors of the gastric parietal cells, which inhibits gastric secretion
What is Famotidine (Pepcid)?
In the setting of urinary retention an indwelling urinary catheter was placed in an elderly patient. Later that night, the patient became disoriented and confused. The nurse should be concerned for _______.
What is a urinary tract infection?
A patient has had multiple loose bowel movements all day. He is at risk for what electrolyte imbalance?
What is potassium?
anticoagulant that potentiates action of antithrombin III and thereby inactivates thrombin, prevents conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin. Given to patients to be anticoagulated until able to tolerate an oral anticoagulant medication.
What is Heparin?
The nurse is preparing a teaching tool about the pathophysiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which immunoregulatory disturbance factors will the nurse include in this tool? Select all that apply.
A) Genetic
B) Hormonal
C) Psychosocial
D) Immunological
E) Environmental
What iS:
A) Genetic
B) Hormonal
D) Immunological
E) Environmental
SLE starts with the body's immune system inaccurately recognizing one or more components of the cell's nucleus as foreign, seeing it as an antigen. The immune system starts to develop antibodies to the nuclear antigen. The antibodies also act to destroy host cells. The immunoregulatory disturbance is thought to be brought about by some combination of four distinct factors: genetic, hormonal, immunologic, and environmental. Psychosocial is not an immunoregulatory disturbance factor that affects SLE.