Proceed with Caution
With a white blood cell count of just 1,700, this is the type of precautions the nurse will implement to protect this patient."
What is reverse precautions
"Partial-thickness skin loss with a pink wound bed or intact/ruptured blister, no slough present."
"What is a Stage II pressure injury?"
DUAL ANSWER "This hormone rises when ventricles stretch, confirming heart failure over other causes of dyspnea." I go only by my full name and my level please.
"What is BNP (B-type natriuretic peptide) and what is less than 100?
"Unlike other vessels, these carry deoxygenated blood — straight to the lungs for gas exchange."
"What are the pulmonary arteries?"
"Normal byproduct of fat breakdown when the body lacks enough carbs —not normal in diabetes"
"What are ketones?"
"Output here is liquid and constant — unlike the more formed stool from a sigmoid colostomy."
"What is an ileostomy?"
"Antibiotics for one infection trigger a second infection needing treatment of its own."
What is a superinfection
"This assessment tool's moisture and mobility subscales flag patients needing prompt repositioning and cleansing after incontinence."
What is the Braden scale
"The volume stretching my ventricle at the end of diastole, just before I contract."
"What is preload?"
"Sternocleidomastoid and intercostals kick in when breathing gets hard."
"What are accessory muscles?"
"Skip this sunny vitamin and calcium plummets”
"What is vitamin D?"
"Opioids, dehydration, low fiber, and immobility can all cause this GI complaint."
"What is constipation?"
" This inflammatory marker rises during infection and chronic disease; in this patient with fever and malaise, it's elevated at 100 mm/h — but don't just call it by its initials!"
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
"Wound edges roll under and close prematurely, trapping this from healing the wound bed."
"What is epibole?"
— "Hypertension makes me work harder, raising the resistance I must pump against to eject blood."
"What is afterload?"
"Above this flow rate by nasal cannula, oxygen must be humidified to prevent drying the mucosa."
"What is 4 L/min?"
"Potassium regulates these two key functions in the body
"What are heart function and muscle function?"
"Post-op bowel sounds are absent — peristalsis has completely stopped."
"What is a physiological ileus?"
"Mask within 3 feet, no gown needed — used for flu, mumps, and meningitis."
What are droplet precautions
"A scalpel removes dead tissue from a wound to promote healing and granulation tissue"
"What is surgical debridement?"
"My failure backs blood into the systemic system, causing JVD, an enlarged liver, and an enlarged spleen."
"What is right-sided heart failure?"
"This long-acting bronchodilator class controls chronic symptoms but won't rescue an acute asthma attack."
"What is a LABA (long-acting beta agonist)?"
DUAL ANSWER "Solid at room temp, this type of fat (answer #1) raises this 'bad' cholesterol level (answer #2).
"What is saturated fat and what is LDL?"
DUAL ANSWER "Muscle wasting, edema, and brittle hair (answer #1) — confirmed by a total protein below this level." (answer #2)
"What is malnutrition and what is 6 g/dL?"
“I spread by droplet but also by contact”
What is RSV
"Eschar or slough hides the wound base, making true depth and stage impossible to determine."
"What is an unstageable pressure injury?"
DUAL ANSWER "70 kg, 5'9" tall, HR 80, SV 70 mL — find my BMI and my cardiac output."
"What are BMI 22.9 and CO 5,600 mL/min (5.6 L/min)?
"In chronic CO2 retainers, low oxygen — not high CO2 — becomes the trigger to breathe."
"What is hypoxic drive?
DUAL ANSWER "This iron-dependent protein carries oxygen body-wide (answer#1); its normal range in men is this." (answer #2).
"What is hemoglobin and what is 14–18 g/dL
DUAL ANSWER "Vomiting patient: pH 7.50, CO2 50, HCO3 32, PaO2 70 — name the acid-base imbalance (answer 1) and the compensating system.” (answer 2)
"What is partially compensated metabolic alkalosis with hypoxemia, and what is the respiratory system?