RN HESI Exit Exam Remediation
Questions and correct answers
What are some types of TB test?
A. skin tests
B. PPD (purified protein derivative
C. Both - answ✔✔both
Does a positive ppd mean someone has active TB? What bacteria is
involved with tb? - answ✔✔no; could be latent
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
T/F: TB drugs are hepatoxic? - answ✔✔true
Describe Mycobacterium tuberculosis. What makes the bacteria
impervious to staining? - answ✔✔aerobic, gram positive, acid fast
bacteria; its waxy coating made of mycolic acid
T/F: Patients with cardiac conditions should limit epinephrine dosage. -
answ✔✔true
,What type of condition is a neurological disorder marked by sudden
recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or
convulsions? - answ✔✔epilepsy
What is a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body,
caused by involuntary contraction of muscles - answ✔✔convulsions
What is a continuous seizure (longer than 5 minutes)?
A. petit mal
B. grand mal
C. status epilepticus - answ✔✔status epilepticus
What movement causes stiffening of muscles of the body, generally
those in the back, legs, and arms during a seizure? - answ✔✔tonic
What movement causes the entire body to jerk during a seizure? -
answ✔✔clonic
Which type of seizure is known as an Absence seizure and involves a
brief, sudden lapse of consciousness. Absence seizures are more
common in children than adults. Someone having an absence seizure
may look like he or she is staring into space for a few seconds. -
answ✔✔petit mal
,Which type of seizure is known as a tonic-clonic seizure — features a
loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. It's the type of
seizure most people picture when they think about seizures in general.
- answ✔✔grand mal
Should the patient be layed up right or layed down during a seizure?
Should they be administered nitrous oxide? - answ✔✔Layed down; no
T/F: anticonvulsant medications cause gingival enlargement? Give an
example? - answ✔✔true; Phenytoin (Dilantin)
Which condition involves mental retardation associated with
chromosome 21. What are the oral manifestations? - answ✔✔Trisomy
21/down syndrome; macroglossia, fissured tongue, increased risk of
periodontal disease, congenital missing teeth, tongue thrusting, mouth
breathing
Which antidepressant medication has a drug interaction with
epinephrine? - answ✔✔Tricyclic antidepressant
What is a chronic, degenerative disease of the CNS in which there is a
loss of myelin sheath? What are the signs?
A. Spinal cord injury
B. cerebral palsy
, C. Scoliosis - answ✔✔multiple sclerosis; paresthesia, numbness,
trigeminal neuralgia
What age does multiple sclerosis usually occur? - answ✔✔20-40
What condition is idiopathic and forms a c or s shape of the spine?
A. Spinal cord injury
B. cerebral palsy
C. Scoliosis - answ✔✔scoliosis
Which condition is uncontrolled involuntary muscle movements in
which patients have dysphagia, drooling and tongue thrusting?
A. Spinal cord injury
B. cerebral palsy
C. Scoliosis - answ✔✔cerebral palsy
What are the three signs of diabetes (hyperglycemia)? -
answ✔✔polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia
What is hypoglycemia? - answ✔✔low blood sugar; insulin shock
What is hyperglycemia? - answ✔✔high blood glucose levels; not
enough insulin; diabetic coma
Questions and correct answers
What are some types of TB test?
A. skin tests
B. PPD (purified protein derivative
C. Both - answ✔✔both
Does a positive ppd mean someone has active TB? What bacteria is
involved with tb? - answ✔✔no; could be latent
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
T/F: TB drugs are hepatoxic? - answ✔✔true
Describe Mycobacterium tuberculosis. What makes the bacteria
impervious to staining? - answ✔✔aerobic, gram positive, acid fast
bacteria; its waxy coating made of mycolic acid
T/F: Patients with cardiac conditions should limit epinephrine dosage. -
answ✔✔true
,What type of condition is a neurological disorder marked by sudden
recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or
convulsions? - answ✔✔epilepsy
What is a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body,
caused by involuntary contraction of muscles - answ✔✔convulsions
What is a continuous seizure (longer than 5 minutes)?
A. petit mal
B. grand mal
C. status epilepticus - answ✔✔status epilepticus
What movement causes stiffening of muscles of the body, generally
those in the back, legs, and arms during a seizure? - answ✔✔tonic
What movement causes the entire body to jerk during a seizure? -
answ✔✔clonic
Which type of seizure is known as an Absence seizure and involves a
brief, sudden lapse of consciousness. Absence seizures are more
common in children than adults. Someone having an absence seizure
may look like he or she is staring into space for a few seconds. -
answ✔✔petit mal
,Which type of seizure is known as a tonic-clonic seizure — features a
loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. It's the type of
seizure most people picture when they think about seizures in general.
- answ✔✔grand mal
Should the patient be layed up right or layed down during a seizure?
Should they be administered nitrous oxide? - answ✔✔Layed down; no
T/F: anticonvulsant medications cause gingival enlargement? Give an
example? - answ✔✔true; Phenytoin (Dilantin)
Which condition involves mental retardation associated with
chromosome 21. What are the oral manifestations? - answ✔✔Trisomy
21/down syndrome; macroglossia, fissured tongue, increased risk of
periodontal disease, congenital missing teeth, tongue thrusting, mouth
breathing
Which antidepressant medication has a drug interaction with
epinephrine? - answ✔✔Tricyclic antidepressant
What is a chronic, degenerative disease of the CNS in which there is a
loss of myelin sheath? What are the signs?
A. Spinal cord injury
B. cerebral palsy
, C. Scoliosis - answ✔✔multiple sclerosis; paresthesia, numbness,
trigeminal neuralgia
What age does multiple sclerosis usually occur? - answ✔✔20-40
What condition is idiopathic and forms a c or s shape of the spine?
A. Spinal cord injury
B. cerebral palsy
C. Scoliosis - answ✔✔scoliosis
Which condition is uncontrolled involuntary muscle movements in
which patients have dysphagia, drooling and tongue thrusting?
A. Spinal cord injury
B. cerebral palsy
C. Scoliosis - answ✔✔cerebral palsy
What are the three signs of diabetes (hyperglycemia)? -
answ✔✔polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia
What is hypoglycemia? - answ✔✔low blood sugar; insulin shock
What is hyperglycemia? - answ✔✔high blood glucose levels; not
enough insulin; diabetic coma
