Neuro/Psych
Skills
Pain
Cardiac
100
Avoid taking with high protein meals.
Teaching for patient taking levodopa for Parkinson’s disease?
100
Pull the Client’s skin so that it is taut and insert the needle at a 5º to 15º angle, almost parallel to the Client’s skin and with the bevel facing up
To administer an intradermal injection for a client who requires a tuberculin skin test.
100
Patient who has bleeding disorders, such as a history of vitamin K deficiency.
Contraindication to taking aspirin?
100
Nitroglycerin
Contraindication of sildenafil use?
200
Restlessness, insomnia, hallucinations and weight loss are side effects of CNS stimulants.
Side effects of prescribed methylphenidate?
200
Administer each medication individually, followed by flushing the tube.
The safest way to administer multiple medications via a feeding tube?
200
Patient c/o nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea after taking acetaminophen. What medication should the nurse prepare to administer?
Acetylcysteine
200
Priority assessment findings heart rate <50. Signs of toxicity including vision changes hypokalemia anorexia and gi upset.
What is the nurse's priority assessment before administering prescribed dose of digoxin to a client?
300
Flumazenil
Antidote for benzodiazepine overdose?
300
Bend the top of the ampule toward the nurse to break the ampule.
To prepare an intramuscular injection using medication from an ampule. How should the nurse break the ampule to avoid injury?
300
Patient who is receiving fentanyl for pain. The client is unresponsive and has a RR of 12 breaths per minute. Which medication should the nurse plan to administer?
Naloxone.
300
Take a sip of water before putting the tablet under the tongue if the mouth is very dry.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include for patient taking sublingual nitroglycerin?
400
Patient indicates an understanding about sertraline when they say?
I should take the medication in the morning to prevent sleep disturbances.
400
Do not crush an enteric-coated tablet, because this will interfere with the coating and allow the medication to dissolve in the stomach, resulting in gastric irritation.
Enteric-coated naproxen patient teaching?
400
Opioids can cause bradycardia. HR<60 should be reported to LIP.
Post-op patient who has been given hydromorphone. Which adverse effect should the nurse prioritize?
400
Loop diuretics such as furosemide can cause hypokalemia.
Which of the following clients is at risk for developing digoxin toxicity?
500
1-3 weeks
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) effects start to occur in which time frame?
500
On the fifth intercostal space at the left midclavicular line.
Where the nurse should place the stethoscope to auscultate the apical pulse?
500
Post-surgical client, who has a patient-controlled analgesia pump, what should the nurse explain to the patient who is afraid of overdosing on pain medication?
“Patient-controlled analgesic pumps will not allow excessive dosing”.
500
Leg Cramping
Patient taking diuretics, s/s of hypokalemia?
600
When patient had his last drink.
Important data for the nurse to collect, before giving disulfiram?
(Disulfiram used concurrently with alcohol will cause acetaldehyde syndrome to occur. Effects include nausea, vomiting, weakness, sweating, palpitations, and hypotension.)
600
Can you please tell me your name and birthday?
Appropriate way to identify patient.
600
Acetylcysteine?
acetaminophen antidote
700
Overactive bladder
Condition is oxybutynin used?
700
To administer a rectal suppository to a client, the nurse should instruct the client to lie in which position while in bed?
Sims