Tag: Nursing

While providing postoperative care for a live kidney donor, the nurse monitors the hematocrit levels to assess for which complication?
Bleeding
Renal impairment
Hypokalemia
Hyponatremia

While planning care, the nurse realizes the clinical manifestations of prostate cancer are similar to which condition?
Prostatitis
Epididymitis
Paraphimosis
Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Which component is NOT part of the PICO framework used to formulate clinical questions?
22Answers: A-D
23A Treatment
24B Comparator
25C Patient or Population
26D Intervention or Exposure

You are doing a wellness/ blood pressure check at an adult Independent Living Center. Which of the following findings may be an indication of an acute problem that needs transport?

Which of the following describes a panel of tests for albumin, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, protein, SGOT, and SGPT?
Basic metabolic
General health
Electrolyte
Hepatic function

Which of the following is the most important characteristic of fetal heart tracings to determine fetal well-being?
Baseline
Variability
Presence of Accelerations
Presence of Decelerations

You would consider hyperkalemia when an ESRD patient presents with:
Poor oral intake
A normal blood glucose
Noncompliance with dialysis treatment
Sudden dyspnea during dialysis treatment

Your patient needs 2,000 mL of saline IV over 4 hours for a patient with deficient fluid volume using a 60 gtts factor. How many milliliters per min will you set on a controller?

Which of the following are clinical manifestations of a possible inhalation injury? Multiple response
Clear lung sounds
Hoarsness
Singed nasal hair
Wheezing
Dyspnea
Soot around the mouth

Which isolation device is a hands free suction, bite block and retraction device thatshines a bright light in the patient’s mouth?IsoliteHVE with LEDNOLA Retraction deviceBite block