Nutrition & Bladder Elimination
Fluid & Electrolyte Balance
Oxygenation
Psychosocial Basis
Meds/Wound Care
100

Difference between enteral nutrition & parenteral nutrition

What are entering the GI tract (enteral) & entering the bloodstream (parenteral)?

100

Three common nursing interventions for FVD & FVE

What are VS, I & O, & daily weights?

100

Values for hypoxemia (2 of them)

What are PaO2 < 80 mm Hg & SpO2 < 90%?

100

AND stands for

What is allow natural death?

100

Timeframes for STAT, routine, & NOW orders

What are 5, 30 before/after, & 90 minutes?

200

Three complications with enteral nutrition

What delayed gastric emptying, diarrhea, aspiration, dehydration, & skin irritation?

200

Explain Chovstek’s & Trousseau’s sign & what two electrolyte imbalances are they positive for . . .

What are touch the cheek (facial twitching), inflate BP cuff (carpal spasm), hypocalcemia & hypomagnesemia?

200

Three components of chest physiotherapy (CPT)

What are percussion, vibration, & postural drainage?

200

Four Cs of a cultural/spiritual assessment

What are call, cope, concerns, & cause?

200

Signs of anaphylaxis (3 of them) & treatments (2 meds)

What are dyspnea, hypotension, & tachycardia? What are epinephrine & diphenhydramine?

300

Four nursing interventions to prevent CAUTI

What are only when necessary, sterile technique on insertion, peri care at least q8h, hang bag below bladder, increase fluids, & only good for 30 days?

300

Two nursing interventions only for FVE

What are fluid restriction and diuretics?

300

3 key points with suctioning

What are only suction when needed, hyperoxygenate, < 15 seconds on removal, 1 min. between attempts, only 2 attempts in 5 mins, assess before & after?

300

Main difference between palliative care & hospice care

What is less than 6 months to live?

300

Signs of anaphylaxis (3 of them) & treatments (2 meds)

What are dyspnea, hypotension, & tachycardia? What are epinephrine & diphenhydramine?

400

Normal urine output

What are 30 mL/hr & 0.5 mL/kg/hr?

400

5 clinical manifestations for FVD

What are tachycardia, weak & thready pulses, hypotension, skin tenting, dry mucous membranes, oliguria, & flat neck veins?

400

Oxygen complications (3 of them)

What are toxicity, induced-hypoventilation, & combustion?

400

5 stages of grief

What are DABDA (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, & acceptance)?

400

Five types of wound exudate (drainage) & describe

What are serous (clear, watery), purulent (yellow/green/brown), serosanguineous (pink watery), sanguineous (red), & purosanguineous (pus & blood)?

500

Nursing interventions with enteral nutrition (6)

What are assessing placement, tolerance (residual checks q4-6h), label date, time, & initials when opening bag, only hang for 24hrs with tubing, water flush 30 mL q4-6h, glucose checks q6h, I & O, VS, & daily wts?

500

Two potassium reducing medications

What are furosemide & sodium polystyrene?

500

Five early signs of hypoxemia & five late signs of hypoxemia

What are (early) tachypnea, tachycardia, HTN, ALOC, restlessness, & pallor? What are (late) bradypnea, bradycardia, hypotension, cyanosis, & dysrhythmias?

500

5 clinical manifestations at the end of life & 3 nursing interventions

What are cheyne stokes (death rattle), tacky -> brady, hypotension, diminished reflexes, mottling skin, dec. urine output, incontinence, muscle loss, anxiety, & life review? What are symptom management (pain control), keep clean, elevate HOB, & collaborative care?

500

Name & describe each pressure ulcer

What are stage I (erythematous non-blanchable), stage II (exposed dermis-partial thickness loss), stage III (subcutaneous tissue, full thickness loss, ?slough/eschar), stage IV ( muscle, tendon, bone, full thickness loss, slough/eschar), unstageable (can’t determine extent, full thickness, need to debride eschar/slough then stage), & DTI (usually intact discoloration dk maroon/bruise)?