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Most important finding to report to the provider about a patient who just received an AVG in their forearm? - Answer Hand is cold below AVG insertion site Which drug does the nurse anticipate administering to the patient with acute glomerulonephritis with a high K+ level? - Answer Calcium gluconate Patients with CKD need to measure their fluid intake - Answer True Patients with CKD should consume a lot of dairy products - Answer False Calcium carbonate impacts the creatin...

Trouble shooting ventilator alarms: - Answer - can pause - NEVER turn off - check pt safety first - check alarm if pt is okay (not in distress) Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation type patients: - Answer COPD, chronic heart failure, sleep disorders **PP during inspiration keeps airway and trachea open during sleep Signs of ventilator intolerance? - Answer restless, tachycardic Expected assessments when vented: - Answer ???? VAP ventilator bundle SATA: - Answe...

A nurse is caring for a client who is learning how to take care of a newly created colostomy. When observing a return demonstration of the colostomy irrigation, the nurse evaluates that more teaching is required when the client: - Answer Hangs the irrigation bag on the door clothes hook during fluid insertion Following surgery, a client asks the nurse if he or she can help measure intake and output. What is the best nursing response? - Answer Assess the client's ability to measure th...

transplant rejection symptoms - Answer specific to that organ negative titers - Answer not immune positive titer - Answer immune potassium medication administration - Answer -oral *Mix powered formulations in at least 120 mL of liquid *Take potassium chloride with a meal or at least 8 oz of water to reduce the risk of adverse GI effects potassium lab level - Answer 3.5-5.0 Live vaccine contraindications - Answer -previous anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine ...

Cardiomyopathy -Assessment NSG223 03.02.03 - Answer -begins with a detailed history of the presenting signs and symptoms ● nurse identifies possible cause factors (heavy alcohol intake, recent illness or pregnancy, or history of the disease in immediate family members) ● If the patient reports chest pain, a thorough review of the pain, including its precipitating factors, is warranted ● review of systems includes the presence of orthopnea, PND, and syncope or dyspnea with exertion ...

Pharmacology Unit 1 - Answer the study of medicine Pathophysiology - Answer the study of the nature of the disease The four stages for drug approval - Answer Preclinical investigation- research and testing on humans and microbial cells Clinical investigation- longest part of the trial, brand name given NDA Submission-(new drug application) approval if the drug is effective Post marketing Studies-11 years before drug is submitted to the FDA for review Therapeutic classificati...

Antibiotic - Answer A chemical that is produced by one microbe and has the ability to harm other microbes. Only those compounds that are actually made by microorganisms qualify as __________. Antimicrobials - Answer Any agent, natural or synthetic, that has the ability to kill or suppress microorganisms. Antibiotics and Antimicrobials - Answer These two terms are used interchangeably. Bactericidal - Answer Drugs that are lethal to bacteria at clinically achievable concentrat...

Hyperlipidemia - Answer high levels of lipids in the blood 3 types of lipids - Answer triglycerides, phospholipids, sterols Triglycerides - Answer Neutral fat, energy source, 90% of total lipids Phospholipids - Answer essential building of plasma, lecithin Steroids - Answer common chemical structure is steroids nucleus or ring structure Dyslipidemia - Answer Abnormal levels of lipoproteins, excess or deficient Hypercholesterolemia - Answer elevated blood ch...

Isotretinoin (Accutane) use & contraindication - Answer - Acne med - Vitamin A contraindicated bc increases toxicity - Pregnancy + LFT's done monthly Beta blockers do what? - Answer decrease heart rate and blood pressure causes libido and impotence contraindicated in asthma, HF hides signs of hypoglycemia Statins contraindications and adverse effects - Answer -Pregnancy and liver disease contraindication -Can cause rhabdo so watch for muscle pain -Decreases LDL's and ...

What type of medication is Zantac (ranitidine)? - Answer H2 receptor blocker Can magnesium give diarrhea or constipation? - Answer diarrhea What should you tell patient to take with Psyillium mucilloid (Metamucil)? - Answer 1 glass water with meds and 1 glass water after If patient has diarrhea, should automatically give antidiarrheal medication? - Answer no When should you tell patient to take Sucralfate (Carafate)? - Answer before meals What do you tell patient ab...