HONDROS 160 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
What do you do if a patient comes to the emergency room with chest pain? - Answer-
focused cardiac assessment
heart rate and rhyme
what signs should you report when checking someone who is post op - Answer- edema,
redness , and swelling around the calf
What are symptoms of DVT (Deep vein thrombosis) - Answer- edema, redness , and
swelling around the calf
What is the medical name for tripod position? (Leaning over bedside table ) - Answer-
Orthopneic position
What is the most common route of fluid and electrolyte intake ? - Answer- Oral
What are the 4 things you should include when teaching someone about fluid and
electrolyte imbalances ? - Answer- electrolyte deficits
electrolyte excesses
fluid deficits
fluid excesses
What is the most important indicator of acid base balance? - Answer- PH
What is the number one thing we look at when it comes to ABGs - Answer- PH
when do we collect a sputum sample? - Answer- Before they eat first thing in the
morning
What do you need to instruct / educate your patient to do when collecting a 24-hour
urine specimen? - Answer- Instruct them to discard the first urine and note the time
then collect urine for 24/hours
then put it on ice
Is it okay to leave urine out on room temperature? - Answer- NO NEVER
What are 2 ways to collect a sterile urine specimen? - Answer- Foley catheter and in
and out catheter (intermitted straight catheter)
, When checking blood sugar what would you not instruct the patient to do ? - Answer-
select the center of their finger for a blood specimen
What should the nurse educate the patient to do when following a CT after receiving IV
dye? - Answer- Nurse should educate the person following the CT to push fluids to get
the dye out of there system.
What is the word for abnormal breathe sounds? - Answer- adventitious Breathe sounds
What is adventitious lung sounds meaning - Answer- respiratory passages narrowing
with fluid or mucus
What are the signs and symptoms of clinical hypoxia - Answer- Power (change in color)
hypertension
bradycardia
restlessness
dyspnea (painful breathing)
Patients that are high risk for tuberculosis? - Answer- Health care workers
HIV patients
substance abusers
low income populations
people who are born in countries with a high TB prevalence
A postoperative symptom that will need to be reported immediately - Answer- coffee
ground emesis
what does coffee ground emesis indicate - Answer- GI bleeding
What type of medication if the patient forgot to stop would cancel their surgery -
Answer- anticoagulants ( blood thinners)
What is the nurses' job with informed consent? - Answer- Only witnessing
What would you recommend to a patient that is allergic to milk? - Answer- green leafy
vegetables
What are we monitoring when we are weighting a patient at the same time a day ? -
Answer- Fluid status or water balance or dehydration
What food should someone avoid if they have high potassium levels? - Answer-
bananas
When someone comes into the emergency room with weeks of vomiting what does the
nurse anticipant their ABG being? - Answer- Metabolic Alkalosis
WITH 100% CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
What do you do if a patient comes to the emergency room with chest pain? - Answer-
focused cardiac assessment
heart rate and rhyme
what signs should you report when checking someone who is post op - Answer- edema,
redness , and swelling around the calf
What are symptoms of DVT (Deep vein thrombosis) - Answer- edema, redness , and
swelling around the calf
What is the medical name for tripod position? (Leaning over bedside table ) - Answer-
Orthopneic position
What is the most common route of fluid and electrolyte intake ? - Answer- Oral
What are the 4 things you should include when teaching someone about fluid and
electrolyte imbalances ? - Answer- electrolyte deficits
electrolyte excesses
fluid deficits
fluid excesses
What is the most important indicator of acid base balance? - Answer- PH
What is the number one thing we look at when it comes to ABGs - Answer- PH
when do we collect a sputum sample? - Answer- Before they eat first thing in the
morning
What do you need to instruct / educate your patient to do when collecting a 24-hour
urine specimen? - Answer- Instruct them to discard the first urine and note the time
then collect urine for 24/hours
then put it on ice
Is it okay to leave urine out on room temperature? - Answer- NO NEVER
What are 2 ways to collect a sterile urine specimen? - Answer- Foley catheter and in
and out catheter (intermitted straight catheter)
, When checking blood sugar what would you not instruct the patient to do ? - Answer-
select the center of their finger for a blood specimen
What should the nurse educate the patient to do when following a CT after receiving IV
dye? - Answer- Nurse should educate the person following the CT to push fluids to get
the dye out of there system.
What is the word for abnormal breathe sounds? - Answer- adventitious Breathe sounds
What is adventitious lung sounds meaning - Answer- respiratory passages narrowing
with fluid or mucus
What are the signs and symptoms of clinical hypoxia - Answer- Power (change in color)
hypertension
bradycardia
restlessness
dyspnea (painful breathing)
Patients that are high risk for tuberculosis? - Answer- Health care workers
HIV patients
substance abusers
low income populations
people who are born in countries with a high TB prevalence
A postoperative symptom that will need to be reported immediately - Answer- coffee
ground emesis
what does coffee ground emesis indicate - Answer- GI bleeding
What type of medication if the patient forgot to stop would cancel their surgery -
Answer- anticoagulants ( blood thinners)
What is the nurses' job with informed consent? - Answer- Only witnessing
What would you recommend to a patient that is allergic to milk? - Answer- green leafy
vegetables
What are we monitoring when we are weighting a patient at the same time a day ? -
Answer- Fluid status or water balance or dehydration
What food should someone avoid if they have high potassium levels? - Answer-
bananas
When someone comes into the emergency room with weeks of vomiting what does the
nurse anticipant their ABG being? - Answer- Metabolic Alkalosis
