Periop, F&E, DM, UTI
Which nurse documents during surgery and gives/receives SBAR report?
Circulating Nurse
What medical term refers to a partial or incomplete dislocation?
Subluxation
Once the flow of supplemental oxygen with any device is at _____ liters per minute, humidification must be added
4
A blood pressure of 142/92 would be classified as what?
Hypertension stage II
What lab test needs to be drawn before a transfusion to check ABO and Rh antigens?
Type & crossmatch
What level does hemoglobin A1c need to be to diagnose diabetes?
Hemoglobin A1c of 6.5%
What would we classify an open wound with visible adipose tissue over the sacrum of a bedbound patient as?
Stage III pressure injury
Besides the TB skin test, what is the other initial screening test that can indicate someone has been exposed to TB?
Quantiferon Gold test
A patient taking thiazide diuretics would be monitored for which electrolyte imbalance? (not just the electrolyte, what direction does it go?)
What chemical deficiency causes the impaired absorption of vitamin B-12 that eventually results in pernicious anemia?
Intrinsic factor
A patient was working in the heat and drank several liters of plain water. They started complaining of headache, then became confused. What IV fluid will they likely require?
3% hypertonic sodium chloride
A patient with a long bone fracture who begins experiencing dyspnea, chest pain, and petechiae may have what condition?
Fat embolism
What class of medication may be prescribed if a pneumonia patient has rhonchi upon auscultation?
Expectorant OR mucolytic
Moexipril belongs to what class of medications?
ACE inhibitors
When administering an intramuscular iron dextran injection, what needs to be done differently than usual IM injections?
Z-track technique
A patient with a UTI being treated with multiple medications tells the nurse they've had red-orange urine. Which UTI medication is probably responsible?
Phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
What specific type of traction involves a boot attached to a weight and pulley system, and helps alleviate muscle spasms?
Buck's traction
A thoracentesis may be performed for which condition, defined as a large pocket of watery fluid between the lung and chest wall?
Pleural effusion
Which diagnostic test is performed to monitor the patient's ejection fraction (EF%)?
Echocardiogram
A patient with anemia states they've been feeling light-headed and dizzy occasionally when standing up. What assessment should be done based on this information?
Orthostatic vital signs/
checking for orthostatic hypotension
A type I diabetic with a blood sugar of 650 mg/dL is unconscious with rapid, deep respirations that have a distinct odor. What pH imbalance would the nurse expect their ABG to show?
Metabolic acidosis
What is the name of the pre-cancerous condition where there are visible changes in the distal esophagus due to frequent gastroesophageal reflux?
Barrett esophagus
A patient with a positive skin test but a negative chest X-ray and no symptoms would be said to have ______
Latent TB
If the _________ test is less than 0.9 in either leg, it is diagnostic for PAD.
Ankle-brachial index (ABI)
What are 3 ways an HIV patient could cross over into the Stage III/AIDS category? Need ALL THREE.
CD4+ count less than 200
AIDS-defining infection
Wasting syndrome
A patient says they were recently prescribed a medication to "make me pee more," but they forgot the name. The patient's ECG shows tall, peaked T-waves. What medication does the nurse suspect?
Spironolactone
When comparing and contrasting Crohn's and UC, in Crohn's disease it is less common to see _______ in the stool, but more common to see _______ in the stool (need BOTH).
Less common to see blood, more common to see fat
The nurse would expect vitamin B6 to be co-prescribed with which respiratory medication?
Isoniazid
A patient in the ER is complaining of pounding headache, flushing, and blurred vision. When asked about med history, patient states they took an intranasal drug about an hour ago, but forgot the name. The nurse suspects what?
Cocaine
What is the terminology we would use to describe a regimen of HIV medications offered to the intimate partner of a patient who has HIV, but who is not yet infected themselves?
[two words]
Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP)