What is the stimulus for the formation of a blood clot or a platelet plug?
100
Excessive anaerobic metabolism.
The metabolic acidosis of shock is caused by which of these mechanisms?
100
Stop the infusion.
What are actions do you take if IV is infiltrating?
100
Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is.
What definition of pain should should guide the nurse’s practice?
100
Petichiae.
What is an early sign of DIC?
200
CBC
What is a lab diagnostic test to determine the number of RCB and WBCs per cubic millimeter?
200
Pulmonary Edema.
What symptom is unique in cardiogenic shock?
200
A name for a large group of diseases characterized by cells that multiply rapidly and invade normal tissue.
What is cancer?
200
Respiratory rate, pulse ox, BP and level of consciousness.
What should the nurse assess before giving an opioid?
200
Periods of fast, deep respirations alternating with periods of apnea.
What is Cheyne Stokes?
300
4 hours
What is the maximum time that blood can hang during infusion before it begins to deteriorate?
300
Distributive Shock examples
anaphylactic, septic, and neurogenic shock as examples of what type of shock?
300
They are the fast growing cells in the body.
Why are hair, blood, skin, and gastrointestinal tract cells more likely to be adversely affected by chemotherapy than other cells?
300
General Anesthesia
What type of anesthesia causes a total loss of sensation and a complete loss of consciousness?
300
Tachypnea
Which term describes a respiratory rate of 36 breaths per minute in an adult?
400
Low RBC's (condition)
Which blood component is deficient in a patient with anemia?
400
Apply pressure.
What should you do to stop external bleeding?
400
Generativity versus self-absorption
What is Erickson's stage for middle adulthood?
400
Inhale deeply until the target is reached.
How do you instruct a patient to use a incentive spirometer?
400
Place the patient in low Fowler’s position with flexed knees and cover the wound with sterile dressings or towels moistened with warm sterile normal saline.
What action needs to take place if you find a patient with a wound evisceration?
500
Therapeutic phlebotomy.
What is the treatment for polycythemia vera?
500
Narcan
What medication reverses and opioid overdose?
500
Integrity versus despair
What is Erikson's developmental stage for an older adult?
500
Early ambulation, SCD's, TED hose, perform leg exercises 10 times hourly while awake.
What are ways to prevent DVT in a post surgical patient?
500
Air gets trapped when damage to the air sacs makes it hard for air to move in and out.
What happens in the lungs with a person with Emphysema?