AGACNP questions and answers graded A+

AGACNPYour patient is being worked for SIADH. Which lab values may indicate SIADH? Serum sodium less than 130 and Serum Osmolality less than 280 due to hypervolemia. 49 year old male presents with Benadryl overdose. She was admitted to ICD for Anti-cholinergic syndrome. What would you expect of the following signs and symptoms. Confusion, hyperthermia, dilated pupils, hypertension, and tachycardia. Brainpower Read More Which of the following statements is accurate with regard to folic acid deficiency anemia? B12 levels must be evaluated prior to treatment with folate. Which of the following is more commonly associated with Ulcerative Colitis than chrons disease? Rectal Bleeding A 27-year-old man with a 3-month history of rectal bleeding and diarrhea is referred for evaluation. Laboratory tests show mild anemia, a slightly elevated sedimentation rate, and the presence of white blood cells in stool. Stool culture is negative. Colonoscopy shows continuous active inflammation with loss of vascular pattern and friability from the anal verge up to 35 cm, with a sharp cut-off. The colonic mucosa above 35 cm appears normal, as does the terminal ileum. Biopsy specimens show active chronic colitis. A patient presents to the Ed with with dyspnea. The PE reveals dry crackles bilaterally. This finding is most likely due to which of the following? Emphysema A common finding in exacerbations. A discontinuous sound referring to mucus or sputum in airways. Indicative of airway inflammation and mucus over secretion. Right middle cerebral artery infarct will exhibit which of the following s&S? Left inattention Right MCA insults of the nondominant hemisphere can affect attention, leading to neglect and impersistence. Left inattention or neglect is a term used to describe a lack of responsivity to stimuli on one side of the body. In right MCA infarcts in the absence of any sensory or motor deficit severe enough to account for the interception. Acutely following a large right MCA infarct, neglect is characterized by head and eye deviation to the left. Kwasnica (2002) noted that, "they often do not orient to people approaching them from the contralateral side (Rafal 1994). Patient may be noted not to dress the contralateral side of the body, or shave the contralateral side of the face. Some may fail to eat food on the contralateral side of their plates, unaware of the food they have left (Mesulam 1985)." Right hemispheric: Visual perceptual deficits including left neglect nonciceptive pain is characterized as Aching, sharp, stinging, and throbbing. Nociceptive pain is a medical term used to describe the pain from physical damage or potential damage to the body