GI
The GI disease that is a syndrome
Flu Season
The widow maker vessel
what is the left main?
THROMBINS2
What is...
▪Thienopyridines
▪Heparin
▪Renin
▪Oxygen
▪Morphine
▪Beta blocker
▪Intervention
▪Nitroglycerin
▪Statin/salicylate
...?
Bronchitis
The patient comes into the ED with bloody stool and abdominal pain
What is Ulcerative Colitis?
A patient is diagnosed with allergic rhinitis and states they want a medication they can take in the morning with their other medications. Which medications would the nurse recommend for the patient?
What are Loratadine (Claritin), Fexofenadine (Allegra), Cetirizine (Zyrtec), or Levocetirizine (Xyzal)?
A patient on the telemetry unit is placed on a continuous monitor. The EKG shows the the SA node is firing and there is a P-wave present. What does this indicate?
When the entire thickness of the heart muscle becomes necrotic
When is 4-6 hours?
Pneumonia is manifested in the lungs through
crackles
A patient in the ICU is screaming in pain, while the nurse is preparing pain medication the patient stops screaming and seems as though everything is fine. What has happened?
What is perforation of the out-pouch in diverticulosis?
A patient sees his PCP with complaints of clear drainage from nares, mouth breathing, and nasally speech.
A patient in the ED tells the triage nurse that he is not feeling well and then passes out. The EKG that was done on the patient 5 minutes before comes back and shows a widened bizarre QRS complex. The nurse should anticipate what next action will be taken?
What is a shock? The patient is in ventricular tachycardia, causing a widened bizarre QRS complexes and is a shockable rhythm.
A patient is scheduled for Fibrinolytic therapy following an MI. The patient has a history of iron deficient anemia, chronic heart failure, and had an ischemic stroke one month ago. Which would be a contraindication of this therapy?
What is an ischemic stroke one month ago?
What is the explanation of, "diabetes makes the normal flora in the lungs gram negative, which allows bacteria to grow with more ease."
A nurse is assigned three patients in the ED with abdominal considerations. Patient 1 has a stomach ache of four days that is not going away, Patient 2 has yellowing of the skin and has noted white/chalky stool, Patient 3 is complaining of diarrhea and cockily abdominal pain. Which patient would the nurse see first?
Who is patient 2?
A patient is receiving radiation treatment for Head and Neck Cancer. The nurse would tell the patient to expect what side effect?
A patient presents to the ED with cardiovascular issues. Pulse pressure is taken and it is 32 mmHg. The nurse would be concerned about what occurring?
What is hypovolemia/bleeding?
What is Left Sided Heart Failure?
A patient has a positive PPD test but has a negative sputum culture. Which medication would the nurse expect to be prescribed and for how long would the nurse expect to instruct the patient to take it?
what is Isoniazid for 9 weeks?
There is a genetic defect with NOD2 that is associated with Crohn's disease. This genetic defect causes something else other than CD. What is it and what does it cause?
What is Bacterial Dysbiosis? It is an abnormal immune response causing bacteria to grow unchecked in the gut.
What is concerning when a patient does the teach back method when learning about how to maintain a tracheostomy?
-I should wear a covering over the stoma
-I can go swimming as long as I keep the stoma under a water tight covering
-I should get a medical alert bracelet
-I need to make sure all my smoke detectors are working and get a carbon monoxide detector
What is the phrase, "I can go swimming as long as I keep the stoma under a water tight covering."
A patient is admitted to the hospital with severe angina. The patient has a history of migraines and Reynaud's disease. The type of angina would most likely be what?
Prinzmetal's Variant (angina)
A cardiac patient has a history of rheumatic fever but has the symptoms of loud first heart sound and has palpitations
What is mitral stenosis?
A nurse walks into a patient's room and notices that the patient is in the tripod position. What would be the nurses priority intervention?
What is to increase O2 levels on NC