Lab Values
Sodium level of 152, what symptoms is your patient experiencing?
Confusion, lethargy, muscle weakness, potential seizures
A client with type 2 diabetes is started on prednisone as a form of immunosuppression, what intervention will the nurse need to perform?
Frequent fingerstick blood glucose levels
A child will start solid foods at this age.
4-6 months
This diagnosis can be identified by skip lesions during an endoscopy.
Chron's Disease
What medication is prescribed to treat basal cell carcinoma?
Fluorouracil
White blood cell count 15,000, what interventions will you perform?
What is the antidote for acetaminophen?
Acetylcysteine
A neonate born at 26 weeks and on a ventilator is at risk for this condition.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Pernicious anemia requires
lifelong b12 injections
A patient is admitted with gram negative sepsis and begins having hematuria and clotting of their central line. Which condition is the client experiencing?
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Potassium level of 2.0 mEq/L, what intervention will you perform to fix this level?
Administer IV potassium chloride
Which sleep aid is not recommended for someone who works 12 hour shifts or more?
Eszopiclone
This disorder increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome?
GERD
A patient on chemotherapy should be advised to seek treatment immediately if they have a
fever
A medication given via the GI tract will have less active metabolite than a drug given IV.
INR 5.2 on warfarin therapy, what is your intervention?
Hold the dose, call the provider and monitor for signs and symptoms of bleeding.
Duodenal obstruction has this hallmark sign
double bubble
What are the signs and symptoms of malignant hyperthermia?
muscle rigidity, tachycardia, diaphoresis
This diuretic will cause an increase in potassium levels.
Spironolactone
pH 7.23 HCO3 24 PCO2 56 PaO2 78, what state is the patient in?
Respiratory acidosis
This antacid can become toxic in the setting of renal failure.
Magnesium
Non-bilious projectile vomiting are symptoms of.
Pyloric Stenosis
Which medication can be administered during an opioid overdose?
Naloxone
This medication cannot be given to someone who has a latex allergy.
Etanercept