Professional Issues
Pharmacology
Nursing Practice
Physiologic Balance
ENT: The Nose Knows
100
Discarding patient EKG strips into the garbage.
What is breaching the patient confidentiality or HIPAA regulations?
100
For history of this there must be avoidance of inhalation anesthetic agents and anestine.
What is malignant hyperthermia?
100
The temporal artery thermometer reads 97.2 C. The reading is defined as ...
What is hypothermia?
100
The preferred instrument for noninvasive core temperature.
What is the tympanic thermometer?
100
A thermal injury of partial thickness to the epidermis and upper layers of dermis
What is a second degree burn?
200
One nurse to three patients who meet appropriate criteria.
What is Phase II PACU?
200
The reversal agent for benzodiazipine.
What is flumazenil?
200
Ginger, isopropyl alcohol inhalation and acupressure wrist bands are therapies to prevent this.
What is postoperative nausea and vomiting ( PONV).
200
The most common type of sickle cell crisis
What is vasoocclusive?
200
Swelling, bruising or cerebrospinal fluid leak may be complications of this.
What are complications of rhinoplasty procedures?
300
The written document signed by the patient with the procedure explained.
What is the surgical consent?
300
An allergy to this should alert anesthesia providers to avoid using propofol.
What drug should be avoided if you allergic to eggs?
300
The Modified Ramsey Scale
What is an example of a sedation assessment tool.
300
Dehydration, restlessness, oliguria and low blood pressure are signs of this.
What is hemorrhagic shock?
300
A child, post tonsillectomy continues to swallow and begins to vomit dark blood. Other signs of this include restlessness, tachycardia & hypotension.
What are signs of hemorrhage?
400
Pull the curtian around a patient and speak in a lowered voice is an example of this.
What is a way to maintain privacy in the PACU?
400
The dose range for this meidcation to reverse opioid induced respiratory depression is 0.1 to 0.2 mg every 3-5 minutes.
What is the correct dose of naloxone?
400
A consequence of chronic alcoholism that the nurse should watch for after surgery due to the abrupt withdrawal of alcohol
What is delirium tremens?
400
Plasmanate, Voluven and Albumin.
What are volume expanders?
400
Wash hands, tilt head back and open tissue below the lid.
What is the procedure for administering eye drops?
500
Minimum requirement of an acceptable level of care.
What is a standard of care?
500
Injecting local anesthetic after occluding the blood vessels.
What is an IV regional block?
500
For this type of infectious disease a mask, gown and gloves should be worn for direct patient care.
What is MRSA?
500
The blood value that is affected when massive transfusions are administered during emergency trauma sugery. It may manifect as EKG changes.
What is hyperkalemia?
500
Following this type of surgery there should be no heavy lifting, no eye rubbing & no flying.
What are post-op instructions for retinal surgery?
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