with complete solutions (latest update)
How much should your patient take Tylenol (acetaminophen) A Day? - correct answer ✔✔4000mg/4g
Patients on Coumadin (warfarin) should know what? - correct answer ✔✔-. Need blood work regularly.
-Blood thinner
-When bruising need to worry about internal bleeding.
-.NO Aspirin because it thins blood
-.Use Electric razors ONLY!!
Vitamin K causes what? - correct answer ✔✔Blood clots
Timoptic (timolol) - correct answer ✔✔- Beta Blocker for Glaucoma
-Side effects: Shortness of breath (SOB)
-Burning, itching, blurry vision.
What is the Insulin injection order? - correct answer ✔✔CLOUDY
CLEAR
CLEAR
CLOUDY
What is evisceration? - correct answer ✔✔protrusion of visceral organs through an incision
(wound opening)
What is dehiscence? - correct answer ✔✔A separation of the wound incision
(Split open)
, Types of wound drainage? - correct answer ✔✔-Serous- clear, watery
-Purulent- (Pus) yellow, green, tan or brown & odor
-Serosanguineous- pale, red, watery: mixture of clear red fluid (pink)-thin
-Sanguineous- active bleeding - bright red (active process)
What are the pre-operative standards for Incentive spirometry? - correct answer ✔✔-Semi- fowlers
position
-Place lips around mouthpiece
-. Repeat 10x each hour.
-cough/deep breath
- clears lung
- Turn every 2 hours
What are the 4 types of Errors? - correct answer ✔✔-Diagnostic
- Treatment
- Preventive
-Communication
What are therapeutic communication techniques? - correct answer ✔✔-Active listening → SOLER: sit
facing pt, open position, lean toward pt, eye contact, relax
-Use of touch
-Use of silence
What is the Insulin injection site? - correct answer ✔✔Subcutaneous injection: Abdomen(stomach),
thigh, back of Arm. Butt.
-rotate injections: sites weekly or rotate SubQ catheter sites every 2-3 days.
What does Osteoarthritis affect? - correct answer ✔✔Bone/ joint