NCLEX RN REVIEWED EXAM (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)

NCLEX RN REVIEWED EXAM (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) Pitocin: Indication? Adverse Effects/Monitoring? - CORRECT ANSWER-Given to strengthen contractions and labor. Can cause uterine hyperstimulation. Contractions should be NO LONGER than 90 seconds and no closer than 2 minutes apart. If they are any more than that; slow pitocin How to Mix insulins (step 1-5) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Draw up the total amount of (AIR) 2. Air into N 3. Air into R 4. Draw up R 5. Draw up N IM injection - Needle size + length? Sub-Q Size + length? - CORRECT ANSWER-IM: 21g 1 inch needle *Memory clue: I looks like 1* Sub-Q: 25g 0.5 inch *Memory clue: S looks like 5* Cephalohematoma vs Caput Succedaneum - CORRECT ANSWER-Cephalohematoma: bleeding in brain of newborn. Does not cross suture line and is asymmetrical Caput Succedaneum: Crosses suture line and is symmetrical. *Memory clue: think CS = crosses suture, CS = Caput symmetrical* Terbutaline: Indications? Nursing considerations? Contraindication? - CORRECT ANSWER-Used to slow down birth and contractions Contraindicated: in mothers with heart disease due to its common side effect of tachycardia Fundal Height - Postpartum: Height right after birth? Everyday after that? - CORRECT ANSWER-Fundal height right after birth is at the umbilicus - Every day after birth it will go down by 1, height correlates with the day postpartum Put the following tracheostomy care steps in order: - Remove old dressing - clean around stoma w/ sterile water or saline then replace gauze