Professional Nursing Practice
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WHAT IS ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CAUSED BY? - Correct answer UNTREATED
STREP INFECTION
WHEN DOES SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER BEGIN? - Correct answer AGE 50
HOW OFTEN ARE COLONOSCOPIES PREFORMED? - Correct answer EVERY 10 YEARS
AFTER THE AGE OF 50
RISK FACTORS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER - Correct answer -OLDER THAN 50
-FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS
-FAMILY HX (1ST-DEGREE RELATIVE PRESENTS A HIGH RISK)
-PREVIOUS COLORECTAL POLYPS
-HX OF COLORECTAL CANCER
, -HX OF IBD (CROHNS, ULCERATIVE COLITIS)
-HX OF OVARIAN, BREAST, ENDOMETRIAL AND STOMACH CANCERS
PACU PRIORITIES - Correct answer -IDENTIFY PT
-VITALS
-ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL SITES AND DRAINAGE TUBES
-MONITOR RATE AND PATENCY OF IV FLUIDS AND IV ACCESS
-TREAT PAIN, NAUSEA AND OTHER POST-OPERATIVE SYMPTOMS OF ANESTHESIA
AND ADMINISTERED MEDS AS PRESCRIBED
-ASSESS MENTAL STATUS AND BODY TEMP
-MONITOR FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
-MONITOR I&O
-MAINTAIN PATIENTS GOOD BODY ALIGNMENT
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU TURN A PATIENT? - Correct answer EVERY 1-2 HOURS
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A SOCIAL WORKER? - Correct answer -ADVOCATOR FOR THE
PATIENT