LEFTOVER CARDIAC AND RESP
Neuro Disorders
Renal Disorders
Endocrine Disorders
GI and Biliary Disorders
100

These are the most common cardiac labs complete in the acute setting. 

What are CBC, CMP, CPK, Troponin, BNP? 

100

This rapid and easy numeric neurologic assessment is often used in the assessment of acute neuro trauma patients. 

What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)? 

100

A patient admitted with acute kidney injury has the following morning labs:

GFR 90 mL/min, BUN 17 mg/dL, potassium 4.9 mEq/L, and creatinine 1.1 mg/dL.

The UO is WNL. 

What stage of AKI is this patient in? 

What is the Recovery Stage? 

100

This is the primary symptom reported in patients who are diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. 

What is extreme fatigue?

100

Besides a GI assessment, these two secondary assessments/measurements are priority in a patient admitted with liver failure and abdominal ascites. 

What are daily weights and abdominal girth measurement? 

200

This is the most common cause of an empyema. 

What is pneumonia? 

200

This is the optimal HOB positioning for a patient with increased ICP. 

What is HOB elevated at 30-44 degrees? 

200

In a patient with renal disease, this is the most accurate indicator of fluid status. 

What are daily weights? 

200

This is the most important patient teaching associated with taking Prednisone. 

What is the dose must be tapered down slowly to prevent adrenal suppression? 
200

A patient in liver failure is admitted to the hospital in fulminant hepatic failure and high ammonia levels. The nurse anticipates an order for this medication in response to the elevated ammonia. 

What is lactulose? 

300

A patient with ARDS is becoming progressively more hypotensive. Explain the patho of the ARDS hypotension. 

What is inflammatory fluid leaks into the interstitial spaces leading to a relative hypovolemia?  

300

This finding is common in patients with Diabetes Insipidus (DI). 

What is a large volume of dilute urine output in a short increment of time? 

300

These medications are often utilized in the emergent treatment of extreme hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis in AKI or CRF patients. 

What are Regular insulin IV, D50, Calcium gluconate, and sodium bicarbonate? 

300

This is the primary presenting symptom for patient's who are diagnosed with Addison's Disease.

What is emotional lability? 

300

The nurse is caring for a patient with a large and acute esophageal variceal bleed. The nurse should anticipate orders for these two fluids/medications. 

What are IV octreotide and volume expanders?

400

This type of cardiomyopathy is particularly common among young people who appear otherwise healthy.

What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? 

400

Prior to scheduled cerebral aneurysm surgery, what type of hospital room environment should the nurse provide for the patient? 

What is a calm, dark, non-stimulating environment? 

400

This type of AKI (Prerenal, Intrarenal, or Postrenal) is due to direct damage in the kidney caused by inflammation, toxins, drugs, or infection.

What is Intrarenal?

400

After a thyroidectomy procedure, the patient develops sudden onset of tetany and and changes on the cardiac monitor. The nurse is aware that the most likely cause of these symptoms is what? 

What is hypocalcemia due to inadvertent removal of a portion of the parathyroid gland? 

400

This is the primary pathophysiology of the increased risk of bleeding in patients with chronic liver disease. 

What is the inability of the liver to utilize the available Vitamin K? 

500

This antiarrhythmic works by blocking aspects of the potassium channel and slows the movement of potassium across the cellular membranes.  

What is amiodarone (Cordarone)? 

500

This type of fluid is utilized to treat acute and severe episodes of hyponatremia. 

What are hypertonic fluids (like 3% NS)? 

500

This stage of AKI occurs when the patient's diagnostic findings reveal casts, WBC's, and RBC's in the urinalysis, the laboratory findings reveal hyperkalemia and hyponatremia, and the ABG's reveal a metabolic acidosis.

What is the Oliguric Stage? 

500

This medication is used to treat hyperthyroidism and prevent thyroid storm in patient who is receiving radioactive iodine treatments. 

What is Tapazole (methimazole)? 

500

This medication is given alongside vasopressin to reduce portal pressures in a patient with portal hypertension.

What is propranolol? 

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