Hondros 160 Comprehensive Final Exam Guide
Hip Replacement - correct answer ✔✔No Hyperflexion
Only sit for 15 minutes at a time
Sit Semi-Fowler
Do not cross legs
Do not roll on affected side
Use abduction pillow
COPD - correct answer ✔✔Pursed lip breathing, in through the nose, out through the mouth
Prostate Blood Test - correct answer ✔✔PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen)
Proscar - correct answer ✔✔(Finasteride) Prostate anti-inflammatory
Do not touch if pregnant
Vomoting - correct answer ✔✔Metabolic alkalosis
Diarrhea - correct answer ✔✔Metabolic Acidosis
TURP - correct answer ✔✔Trans-Urethral Resection of the Prostate
Blood in urine - correct answer ✔✔Risk for blood clots
Hospice - correct answer ✔✔Number one reason people won't go into program because they feel as if
they are giving up
Coumadin - correct answer ✔✔Blood thinner
Test: PTINR
, Side Effect: Bleeding
Teaching before surgery - correct answer ✔✔NPO, no aspirin or blood thinners
Norco, Percocet, Tylenol - correct answer ✔✔All have Acetaminophen in common
Oxy, Timolol, Dilotin, Morphine - correct answer ✔✔No Acetaminophen
Black Box Warning - correct answer ✔✔A type of warning that appears in a drug's prescribing
information and is required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to alert prescribers of
serious adverse events that have occurred with the given drug.
Resp Depression - correct answer ✔✔Watch for this when giving narcotics
Insulin - correct answer ✔✔Pull clear to cloudy (regular to NPH)
RN - correct answer ✔✔Responsible for 1st assessment for new PT's
Must be done within 24 hours
Drawing NPH - correct answer ✔✔Roll vile, do not shake
1 year - correct answer ✔✔How long after death does hospice continue?
Advance Directive - correct answer ✔✔Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a
competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions; also called a living will or health
care directive.
What schedule are narcotics? - correct answer ✔✔Schedule II
Max dose of acetaminophen - correct answer ✔✔4000 mg/day or 4 g/day
Hip Replacement - correct answer ✔✔No Hyperflexion
Only sit for 15 minutes at a time
Sit Semi-Fowler
Do not cross legs
Do not roll on affected side
Use abduction pillow
COPD - correct answer ✔✔Pursed lip breathing, in through the nose, out through the mouth
Prostate Blood Test - correct answer ✔✔PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen)
Proscar - correct answer ✔✔(Finasteride) Prostate anti-inflammatory
Do not touch if pregnant
Vomoting - correct answer ✔✔Metabolic alkalosis
Diarrhea - correct answer ✔✔Metabolic Acidosis
TURP - correct answer ✔✔Trans-Urethral Resection of the Prostate
Blood in urine - correct answer ✔✔Risk for blood clots
Hospice - correct answer ✔✔Number one reason people won't go into program because they feel as if
they are giving up
Coumadin - correct answer ✔✔Blood thinner
Test: PTINR
, Side Effect: Bleeding
Teaching before surgery - correct answer ✔✔NPO, no aspirin or blood thinners
Norco, Percocet, Tylenol - correct answer ✔✔All have Acetaminophen in common
Oxy, Timolol, Dilotin, Morphine - correct answer ✔✔No Acetaminophen
Black Box Warning - correct answer ✔✔A type of warning that appears in a drug's prescribing
information and is required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to alert prescribers of
serious adverse events that have occurred with the given drug.
Resp Depression - correct answer ✔✔Watch for this when giving narcotics
Insulin - correct answer ✔✔Pull clear to cloudy (regular to NPH)
RN - correct answer ✔✔Responsible for 1st assessment for new PT's
Must be done within 24 hours
Drawing NPH - correct answer ✔✔Roll vile, do not shake
1 year - correct answer ✔✔How long after death does hospice continue?
Advance Directive - correct answer ✔✔Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a
competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions; also called a living will or health
care directive.
What schedule are narcotics? - correct answer ✔✔Schedule II
Max dose of acetaminophen - correct answer ✔✔4000 mg/day or 4 g/day
