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Critical Care
Endocrine
Respiratory
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Neurological
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A person who is at high risk for actual or potential life-threatening health problems and who requires intense and vigilant nursing care.
What is the definition of a CRITICALLY ill patient?
100
Exopthalomas, heat intolerance, goiters, increased systolic BP, widened pulse pressure, weight loss, and increased appetite are clinical manifestions of this condition
What is Graves disease
100
This is the first action to take for a patient with facial trauma.
What is airway assessment
100
For most diagnostic studies you should make sure this is signed and placed in the medical record.
What is a consent
100
For patients who have back surgery, the nurse must observe the incision site for bleeding and leakage of this.
What is cerebrospianl fluid
200
This ICU assists the bedside ICU by monitoring a patient from a remote location.
What is the electronic (or virtual) ICU?
200
This type of replacement therapy for hypothyroidism is life long. List the medication
What is hormone replacement-Synthroid
200
This test is performed to confirm the diagnosis of TB. It is more reliable than a skin test.
What is Acid-fast bacillus
200
After an endoscopy the nurse must check the temperature q 15-30 minutes for 1-2 hrs to observe for signs of what?
What is a perforation
200
This medication may be given to decrease inflammation caused by spinal cord injury and nerve tissue
What is Methylprednisone (Solu-Medrol)
300
Usually, these are composed of a critical care nurse, an RT, and a critical care physician or APN.
What are Rapid Response Teams?
300
This insulin therapy is used for mealtime coverage for patients receiving intensive insulin therapy
What is Lispro/Humalog
300
This is the most common manifestation of pneumonia in the older adult.
What is acute confusion from hypoxia
300
What is the nursing care given to patient post liver biopsy? Include Assessment, Position, labs, etc.
What is Check vital signs frequently to monitor for bleeding. Keep patient lying on the right side for a minimum of 2 hrs to splint puncture site. Keep patient in bed in the flat position for 12-14 hrs post procedure. Assess for complications such as peritonitis, shock, and pneumothorax. Hgb, WBC, platlet count, pt/INR
300
This medication is given to a patient diagnosed with an acute ischemic stroke and must be administered within 3 hours after the onset of stroke symptoms
What is Retavase rtPA
400
What is the generic name for the common anti-anxiety drug Ativan?
What is Lorazepam
400
This condition is a water metabolism problem caused by an ADH deficiency resulting in excretion of large volumes of dilute urine.
What is Diabetes Insipidus
400
List at least three types of pneumonia
What is Bacterial, ventilator associated pneumonia, community acquired, hospital acquired.
400
This occurs as a direct result of surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach and the pyloric sphincter. The onset of symptoms occur within 15-30 minutes after eating. The patient experiences weakness, sweating, palpitations and dizziness
What is Dumping syndrome
400
This condition is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the myelin sheath and conduction pathway of the CNS. It is one of the leading causes of neurologic disability in young adults. Symptoms are Muscle weakness, spasticity, paresthesia, ataxia, tremors
What is Multiple Sclerosis
500
Sleep deprivation, anxiety, sensory overload, and immobilization are these types of factors contributing to delerium in ICU patients.
What is ICU psychosis?
500
The typical appearance of a patient with this condition presents to the MD office with truncal obesity, moon face, buffalo hump, thinner arms and legs, and striae
What is Cushing's disease
500
Your 63 year old patient with chronic bronchitis reports fatigue, SOB, shallow respirations difficulty thinking, and anorexia. ABG,s pH 7.30 PaCO2 68 mm,Hg HCO3=29mEq/L The patients extremities are cold and pale. WBC 12.5 serum potassium 5.8 The CXR report shows consolidation in the lower lobes. Please interpret the ABG's PaO2=65mm Hg
What is Respiratory Acidosis (COPD Related)
500
This may occur with inflammatory conditions examples: Gastroenteritis, Appendicitis, Pancreatitis, Diverticulitis, Cholecystitis. The fluid shifts to the area of inflammation and there is a risk of perforation and peritonitis
What is Septic Shock
500
Suddent onset of severe, throbbing headache, Severe, rapidly occuring hypertension, bradycardia, flushing above the level of the lesion, nausea, and piloerection are all signs of this emergent condition
What is autonomic dysreflexia