Nursing Math
Nursing Abbreviations
Nursing Equipment
Nursing Pharmacology
Labs
Nursing Assessments
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Order: Metorprolol tartate tablet 50mg BID

Available: Metoprolol tartrate tablet 100mg

How many tablet(s) should the nurse administer per dose?

0.5 tablets

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What does DVT stand for?

Deep vein thrombosis

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What measures oxygen saturation?

Pulse oximeter

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What is a side effect of large doses of lasix? 

Hypokalemia (low K) 

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Sodium lab value is

135-145 mEq/L

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You would more than likely hear this adventitious lung sound if there is fluid in the lung 

crackles 

200

How many Kg are in 99lbs?

45kg

200

Name an example of an NSAID

Ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, ketoralac (Toradol)

200

Your patient reports to urge to void but is unable to pass any urine after several attempts. What piece of equipment should the nurse look for?

Bladder scanner 

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Name all seven medication rights

Right patient, medication, dose, time, route, documentation, reason

200

WBC Lab Value

4,000-11,000 

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When assessing circulation, what are we going to assess?

Name three different assessments.

Skin temperature peripherally and centrally (warm, cool, cold, hot, diaphoretic)

Skin color (normal, pink, pale, dusky, mottled, cyanotic, or other) *assess skin, lip, oral mucosa, and nail bed colour

Central Capillary refill time ( <2 brisk, 2-3 normal, 3-4 sluggish, > 4 seconds slow)

Skin Turgor (Quick return, slow return, tenting, other)

Oral mucosa (moist, dry, pale, or cyanotic)

Pulses palpated (location left and right, rate, rhythm, and strength)

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Order: Infuse Cerfuroxime 500mg in 80 ml over 60 mins

What should the rate be?

80mL/hr

300

What does SBAR stand for and what is it used for?

Situation, background, assessment, and recommendations. Used for ease of conversation between health professionals.

300

What is the function of an incentive spirometer?

To encourage deep breathing by the patient and prevent lung complications.

300
What do anti-emetics treat?

Nausea/vomiting

300

Normal Range for a Fasting Gluclose

70-110mg/dl

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A patient with a history of heart failure presents with sudden onset of severe shortness of breath, a productive cough with pink frothy sputum, and an oxygen saturation of 88% on room air. Which assessment finding would be the highest priority for the nurse to address immediately?

a) The patient's report of feeling anxious.

b) The presence of pink frothy sputum.

c) The patient's respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute.

d) The oxygen saturation of 88%.

d) The oxygen saturation of 88%. (Prioritizing airway, breathing, circulation - low O2 is critical)

400

How many milliliters are in 3 teaspoons?

15mL

400

What does PERRLA stand for?

Pupils are equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation.

400

What is a non-rebreather and when is it used?

oxygen mask that delivers high concentrations of oxygen. It’s for when a person needs oxygen quickly in emergencies

400

What drug class ends in "lol"? 

Beta blockers

400

Platelets lab value

150,000-450,000

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What does GCS stand for? What are the three sections? And what is the highest score a person can score?

Glasgow coma scale, eye-opening, verbal, motor, and 15. 


500

When answering nursing math questions, how should a student round their drops?

A. Nearest tenth

B. Nearest hundredth 

C. Nearest whole number

D. You should never round

C - You can never administer a parial drop

500

This acronym is often used in ED- MONA

*BONUS* what amount of A? 

Morphine

Oxygen

Nitroglycerin 

Asprin-325mg

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What is the tip of a suction setup called? (the part that goes to the patient) 

Yankauer 

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Give an example of a medication class and name that treats heart failure.

ACE, ARBs, ARNIs, beta-blockers, diuretics, glycoside 

enalapril, lorsartan,metoprolol, furosemide, digoxin,

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Potassium lab value range

3.5-5.5 mEq/L

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Your patient c/o of new, sudden, Left sided chest pain what is your first assessment? 

Pain