Mental Health
What is the priority treatment for an anorexia patient?
What is restore electrolyte imbalance
This is used to monitor HIV for progression and treatment
What are T4 count and viral load
This disorder where killer T cells and autoantibodies attack or destroy natural cells-those cells that are "self" is known as what
What is an autoimmune disorder
Paradoxical chest movement is a sign of this acute respiratory condition
Flail chest
What is the most common cause of schizophrenia exacerbation?
What is medication nonadherence
ABG blood draws must only be drawn from where?
what are arterial sites
What is cytomegalovirus
This type of allergic reaction or response can occur days to weeks after the initial contact
What is delayed hypersensitivity response
The nurse would initiate this intervention for a patient with dyspnea and a weak pulse
What should a nurse NOT do when caring for a patient with a disturbed thought process and aggression that can increase their agitation?
What is orient them to reality
In a dehydrated patient, this would be the expected intake and output pattern
What is intake will be higher than output
What is to keep the viral load low or at undetectable levels
This medication is used to boost red blood cell production
What is Epoetin Alfa
During a tracheostomy, this tool is used to guide the placement of the tracheostomy tube
What is an obturator
A depressed psychiatric patient has an argument with their family member, which intervention should be initiated?
What is suicide precautions
Neurogenic shock is a subcategory for this form of shock
What is distributive
To diagnose the progression of HIV to AIDS, the clinician will use these two conditions
What are a T4 count less than 200 and an opportunistic infection
What are inhalants
After undergoing a thorancentesis, the patient should lay on this side for recovery
What is the unaffected side
How does a provider ensure a patient prescribed methadone maintenance ensure that he/she is not taking other CNS depressants?
What is urine drug screening
This is the preferred treatment for deteriorating shock
What are adrenergic drugs
When antiretroviral therapy for HIV begins, a patient is prescribed three medications, two of those medications are from this class of drugs
What are reverse transcriptase inhibitors
A patient with an autoimmune disorder is prescribed antineoplastic medication for this purpose
What is immunosuppression
This is the maximum amount of time that a patient should be suctioned
What is ten seconds