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NUR2571: Professional Nursing II / PN 2 Exam 2 Study Guide
1. Child with allergic rhinitis
a. Allergic shiners, line on nose, runny nose, nasal congestion, nasal itching, allergic
salute
2. Anti-histamine that doesn’t cause drowsiness
a. Allegra (Fexofenadine)
3. Tonsillectomy: Know what to expect ater and what is abnormal post op
a. hurts to swallow, difficulty swallowing, excessive swallowing could mean
bleeding, difficulty swallowing
4. Pneumonia risk factors
a. Severe coughing
5. Teaching for a client w/ allergic rhinitis
a. Windows closed, wash clothes in warm water, use A/C, get rid of your pets, get
rid of carpets, avoid feather pillows
6. COPD physical assessmen
7. PPD test, when to treat, how done and protocol for reading (TB)
a. If one is positive, do a chest X-ray, pharmacological treatment first
b. Read 48 to 72 hours after administered
8. Chest tube complications and how to deal w/ them
a. If dislodged, we tape down 3 sides,
9. Teaching for rib fracture
a. Nothing we can do, coughing and deep breathing with splinting with a pillow,
stay active
10. Nursing interventions for COPD exacerbation
a. Spread out activities, impaired gas change NANDA, take extra care with pain
medications
11. DC teaching for COPD w/ cor pulmonale
, 2
a. Right side heart failure, back up in periphery, fluid restriction, put your feet up,
walking, daily same time every day weight, notify is weight gain of more than 2
lbs
12. Asthma pt, what position should you put them in to facilitate breathing
a. High fowlers position
13. Albuterol, Proventil, ventolin, serevent, know what they are and what is different, how
used
a. albuterol, Proventil, ventolin for acute attack, do not give serevent
14. Abuterol side effects
a. Nervousness, jittery anxiety, tachycardia
15. During an asthma attack and we hear wheezing then no sounds what does it mean
a. Something is swelling beyond return and they are not breathing
16. Know genetics of cystic fibrosis, how someone gets it
a. Need to get from both patients
b. Poop looks bulky and fowl smelling
17. Normal ABGs
18. Dx test for heart failure, which one tells you degree of failure
a. Troponin, BNP tells degree of failure (brain natriuretic peptide level
19. Heart failure goals
a. Diet, no smoking, exercise, increase activity level
20. Infective endocarditis, how do we test for this
a. CBC, blood culture
21. Right side heart failure physical assessment
a. JVD, edema, urine output
22. Diet teaching for lower cholesterol
a. Avoid meat and eggs
NUR2571: Professional Nursing II / PN 2 Exam 2 Study Guide
1. Child with allergic rhinitis
a. Allergic shiners, line on nose, runny nose, nasal congestion, nasal itching, allergic
salute
2. Anti-histamine that doesn’t cause drowsiness
a. Allegra (Fexofenadine)
3. Tonsillectomy: Know what to expect ater and what is abnormal post op
a. hurts to swallow, difficulty swallowing, excessive swallowing could mean
bleeding, difficulty swallowing
4. Pneumonia risk factors
a. Severe coughing
5. Teaching for a client w/ allergic rhinitis
a. Windows closed, wash clothes in warm water, use A/C, get rid of your pets, get
rid of carpets, avoid feather pillows
6. COPD physical assessmen
7. PPD test, when to treat, how done and protocol for reading (TB)
a. If one is positive, do a chest X-ray, pharmacological treatment first
b. Read 48 to 72 hours after administered
8. Chest tube complications and how to deal w/ them
a. If dislodged, we tape down 3 sides,
9. Teaching for rib fracture
a. Nothing we can do, coughing and deep breathing with splinting with a pillow,
stay active
10. Nursing interventions for COPD exacerbation
a. Spread out activities, impaired gas change NANDA, take extra care with pain
medications
11. DC teaching for COPD w/ cor pulmonale
, 2
a. Right side heart failure, back up in periphery, fluid restriction, put your feet up,
walking, daily same time every day weight, notify is weight gain of more than 2
lbs
12. Asthma pt, what position should you put them in to facilitate breathing
a. High fowlers position
13. Albuterol, Proventil, ventolin, serevent, know what they are and what is different, how
used
a. albuterol, Proventil, ventolin for acute attack, do not give serevent
14. Abuterol side effects
a. Nervousness, jittery anxiety, tachycardia
15. During an asthma attack and we hear wheezing then no sounds what does it mean
a. Something is swelling beyond return and they are not breathing
16. Know genetics of cystic fibrosis, how someone gets it
a. Need to get from both patients
b. Poop looks bulky and fowl smelling
17. Normal ABGs
18. Dx test for heart failure, which one tells you degree of failure
a. Troponin, BNP tells degree of failure (brain natriuretic peptide level
19. Heart failure goals
a. Diet, no smoking, exercise, increase activity level
20. Infective endocarditis, how do we test for this
a. CBC, blood culture
21. Right side heart failure physical assessment
a. JVD, edema, urine output
22. Diet teaching for lower cholesterol
a. Avoid meat and eggs
