Musculoskeletal
General Knowledge
Urinary
Pharmacology
Nursing Assessments
100
When assessing osteoarthritis of the knee, a key assessment finding the nurse can expect is this.
What is crepitus?
100
This nervous system is responsible for stress response as seen in increasing blood glucose levels.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
100
With polycystic kidney disease, the nurse knows the patient understands their disease progress when they make a statement such as this.
What is "My abdomen will increase in size as the cysts in the kidneys grow"?
100
This is a key patient teaching for allopurinol.
What is increasing fluids to at least 3000 mL per day.
100
When assessing muscle strength for ambulation, this is the action that the nurse assesses.
What is having the patient push against your palms with their legs.
200
I know my patient teaching for cast care related to a school age child is understood when the following statement is made.
What is "I can use an ice pack on areas of my cast that itch"?
200
An expected finding for a detached retina would be this.
What is an intraocular pressure reading of 8 mm/hg?
200
This laboratory finding is the most expected for chronic kidney disease.
What is elevated creatinine?
200
When teaching about betamethasone, this is a key factor in dosing.
What is administering every other day?
200
This is a key way to assess cranial nerve #7.
What is observing facial symmetry when the patient smiles?
300
This is the fluid filled capsule that enables movement and flexibility.
What is a synovial joint?
300
When teaching about newborn sensory behaviors, an important fact to teach is this.
What is the newborn can recognize its parent's voice in utero?
300
When collecting data on early signs of renal impairment, a nurse can expect this.
What is diluted urine?
300
Safety interventions when caring for someone with opioid pain meds can include these 3 key things.
What are:
Checking on patient hourly
Instruct on use of call light
Using an ambulation alarm
300
This finding could indicate compartment syndrome in someone with a cast.
What is decreased capillary refill?
400
This is the definition of a green stick fracture.
What is the bone is cracked lengthwise, but does not break all the way through?
400
When teaching dietary recommendations for chronic kidney disease, the nurse should make these recommendations.
What are:
Choose protein carefully
Avoid added salt
400
The nurse knows that the patient understands how neobladder urinary diversion functions when this statement is made.
What is "I will have an internal pouch to store my urine"?
400
This medication must be held when performing studies with IV contrast dye.
What is metformin?
400
Following a post-op hip arthroplasty, the nurse should monitor for this to identify a possible DVT.
What is pain in the lower extremity?
500
This is the type of traction used following a hip fracture.
What is Buck's traction?
500
When setting up skeletal traction, the nurse recognizes that this problem should be corrected.
What is if the weights are resting against the foot of the bed?
500
When collecting data for a patient with end-stage kidney disease, this would be an expected finding.
What is pruritus?
500
This is the name of the phenomenon when pain medication no longer seems to be relieving pain at the prescribed dosing.
What is opioid tolerance?
500
When making a pain assessment, this finding is an objective indicator of pain.
What is facial grimacing when moving?