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Where should you insert a peripheral catheter --- correct answer
---Distal veins in the non-dominant hand
Losartan adverse effect --- correct answer ---Angioedema
Patient teaching for dabigatran --- correct answer ---Report
bleeding (it's an anticoagulant)
Pacemaker teaching --- correct answer ---Take pulse at same
time each day & report if HR is less than 5bpm below the
pacemaker rate
Report dizzy, fatigue, hiccups or palpitations
EKG that has no P wave, has a wavy baseline and increased HR --
- correct answer ---Atrial fibrillation
Newborn genetic screening --- correct answer ---Heel-stick test
done 24 hours after birth and the infant must be fed within those
24 hours for accurate results
,What medication is given for an ectopic pregnancy --- correct
answer ---Methotrexate
Betamethasone is used for what --- correct answer ---Promote
fetal lung maturity
Betamethasone causes _____ in the mom & ______ in the neonate
--- correct answer ---Hyperglycemia; hypoglycemia
Cleansing a radiation area --- correct answer ---Clean with mild
soap or water
Avoid use of powders/lotions/creams
Furosemide & gentamicin drug interaction causes --- correct
answer ---Kidney problems & dehydration
What can you expect after ECT treatments --- correct answer ---
Temporary short term memory loss
When a group strep B culture is obtained during the 35-36 week
of gestation and is positive, what do you do --- correct answer ---
Administer penicillin every 4 hours during labor
, List some ways to prevent or treat supine hypotension syndrome
--- correct answer ---Left-lateral side lying
Semi-fowlers
Wedge under one hip while supine
Magnesium Sulfate --- correct answer ---Is an anticonvulsant
Reduces the seizure threshold
Secondary effect - lowers BP***
Administering Magnesium Sulfate --- correct answer ---Restrict
fluids to 100-125mL/hour
Maintain urine output of 30mL/hour
S/S of Magnesium Sulfate Toxicity: --- correct answer ---C -
Cardiac dysrhythmias
O - Output less than 30mL/hour
R - Respirations less than 12/min
A - Absent deep tendon reflexes (*HYPOREFLEXIA*)
L - LOC is decreased
Prednisone adverse reaction --- correct answer ---Infection
Fluid retention
Hyperglycemia