Ncsbn nclex rn
Tetracycline - Answer Taken on empty stomach, not given to children < 8yo bcoz it can
stain teeth, not known to cause hearing loss
Propranolol - Answer Can help control essential tremors
Potassium iodide - Answer Used preoperatively to reduce size & vascularity of thyroid
gland
Clozapine (Clozaril) - Answer Common s/e is extreme salivation (sialorrhea), may
increase risk of hyperglycemia
Serum albumin - Answer Most sensitive measure of nutritional status
Normal: 3.4-5.4 g/dl
Normal BUN - Answer 7-20 mg/dl
High risk for CT scan with contrast reaction - Answer - (+) pregnancy test
- hx of asthma
- past rxns to contrast
- hx of ❤️, kidney & thyroid dse.
- taking beta blockers & metformin
- poor renal fxn
Earliest s/s of poor oxygenation - Answer Increased pulse
Late signs of poor oxygenation - Answer Abnormal breath sounds & cyanosis
Pulsus paradoxus - Answer Fall in systolic BP with inspiration > 10mmHg
Dressler's syndrome - Answer Also called post MI syndrome
Digoxin - Answer Take pulse for 1 full minute, withhold if < 60
Has had valve surgery? - Answer Monitor for arrhythmias & hypotension, long term
anticoagulation therapy
Tx for pulmonary edema - Answer M - Morphine
D - Diuretics (furosemide)
O - Oxygen
G - Gases (blood gases)
3 classic findings of pulmonary stenosis & aortic stenosis - Answer Dyspnea, chest pain
& syncope
- 2nd most common congenital ❤️defect
Cardiac tamponade - Answer 3 classic triad of signs:
Tetracycline - Answer Taken on empty stomach, not given to children < 8yo bcoz it can
stain teeth, not known to cause hearing loss
Propranolol - Answer Can help control essential tremors
Potassium iodide - Answer Used preoperatively to reduce size & vascularity of thyroid
gland
Clozapine (Clozaril) - Answer Common s/e is extreme salivation (sialorrhea), may
increase risk of hyperglycemia
Serum albumin - Answer Most sensitive measure of nutritional status
Normal: 3.4-5.4 g/dl
Normal BUN - Answer 7-20 mg/dl
High risk for CT scan with contrast reaction - Answer - (+) pregnancy test
- hx of asthma
- past rxns to contrast
- hx of ❤️, kidney & thyroid dse.
- taking beta blockers & metformin
- poor renal fxn
Earliest s/s of poor oxygenation - Answer Increased pulse
Late signs of poor oxygenation - Answer Abnormal breath sounds & cyanosis
Pulsus paradoxus - Answer Fall in systolic BP with inspiration > 10mmHg
Dressler's syndrome - Answer Also called post MI syndrome
Digoxin - Answer Take pulse for 1 full minute, withhold if < 60
Has had valve surgery? - Answer Monitor for arrhythmias & hypotension, long term
anticoagulation therapy
Tx for pulmonary edema - Answer M - Morphine
D - Diuretics (furosemide)
O - Oxygen
G - Gases (blood gases)
3 classic findings of pulmonary stenosis & aortic stenosis - Answer Dyspnea, chest pain
& syncope
- 2nd most common congenital ❤️defect
Cardiac tamponade - Answer 3 classic triad of signs:
