Surgical
E and E
Integumentary
Musculoskeletal
Miscellaneous
100
Patient returns from surgery post inhalation therapy,
What is the nurse monitoring for?
What is larygnospasm
100
A doctor orders the Snellen test on an elderly individual. Who can perform this test?
Who is a UAP.
100
The skin is know as?
What is the largest organ in the body?
100
Patient tells the nurse that she has been off balance lately and fallen a few times, the nurses priority is?
What is provide further assessment and intervention?
100
Patient has returned to the outpatient clinic for follow up of open reduction and internal fixation of the right radius. The nurse takes the vital signs. What would be a priority to notifiy the physician?
What is temperature over 100.5 F.
200
Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) is going to be used for a closed, manual reduction of a dislocated shoulder \. What is the nurses first priority?
Put an IV in the opposite arm.
200
Shine a light into one eye and observe responses of both pupils. What is this called.
What is consensual pupil response?
200
A nurse notices petechiae on the chest and abdomen. What is her next priority?
What is call the doctor?
Can be a precursor to leukemia.
200
The patient has had a knee arthroscopy and the doctor pulls cloudy fluid from the Knee, the nurse understands that this is?
What is a sign of infection?
200
What food choices would indicate that a patient with osteoporosis understands their diet?
What are dairy products?
300
A new nurse positions a unconscious post-op patient where?
What is the side
300
The nurse recording health histories in the outpatient clinic would plan a focused hearing assessment for adult patients taking which medication?
What is ibuprofen?
Causes hearing loss when used over long periods of time.
300
Angiomas are noted on the chest of a patient. This is an indication of evaluation of what system?
What is the liver.
300
A patient comes to the ortho clinic for an assessment, the patient is 5'2" tall and weighs 180 pounds. The nurse can expect that this patient may have increased risk for?
What is musculoskeletal problems?
Joint pain
Inability to walk for periods of time
Back pain
300
Colchicine is a medication that is used to treat?
What is THE gout?
400
A knee-replacement patient from three days ago cannot get out of bet without sever pain. What would the nurse suspect?
What is Venous thromboembolism?
400
When doing an otoscopic test on an adult, you pull the ears?
What is down and back?
400
You are examining an elderly individual at home and notice bruising at different stages of healing. What is your priority?
What is talk to the individual alone and ask about the bruising?
400
A patient 2 days post hip replacement surgery is expected to walk with physical therapy. What is the nurses main priority?
What is pain control?
400
An aspirin a day keeps the symptoms away. What symptoms?
Stroke
Tia
Angina
500
The PACU nurse has been pushing the PCA button for the patient every minute. The patient cannot be aroused what is your best measure?
What is give Narcan?
500
What is the Snellen test?
500
The patient comes in to the clinic with a suspected fungal rash between the toes. How would you obtain a sample to send to lab?
What is use cotton tipped applicators to obtain specimen?
500
Patient presents with lumbar vertebral compression fraction. Which information is of most concern?
What is loss of bowel and bladder control?
500
The nurse is assessing a patient in the clinic. The patient's vital signs are:
T=98 Ht: 6' 2"
P=68 Wt: 384 lbs
R= 18
B/P= !70/ 94
The patient states these are normal for him. The nurse understands that she needs to educate the patient on what?
What are weight and B/P?