NURS 6550 Midterm Review Exam Questions And All Correct Answers
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NURS 6550
The least worrisome type of fluid seen as a result of pleural fluid analysis - Answer Transudate pleural fluid
What test should be ordered to confirm a suspected ascending aortic aneurysm? - Answer
NURS 6550 Midterm Review Exam Questions And All Correct Answers
NURS 6550 Midterm Revi...
NURS 6550 Midterm Review Exam
Questions And All Correct Answers.
The least worrisome type of fluid seen as a result of pleural fluid analysis - Answer Transudate pleural
fluid
What test should be ordered to confirm a suspected ascending aortic aneurysm? - Answer CT Scan
with contrast
Name risk factors for long-term care placement for the elderly population. - Answer Male gender
80 y.o.+
Living Alone
bowel/bladder incontinence
Hx of falls
dysfunctional coping
Intellectual impairment
A patient with anterior epistaxis has been treated with direct pressure for 20 minutes. What are
expected findings when the patient is instructed to gently blow their nose? - Answer Successful
treatment will be indicated by dark residual blood or clots being discharged from the nose.
If bleeding has not stopped you will see a bright red steady trickle of blood requiring more invasive
measures.
What is the most common organism in treating otitis media, bacterial sinusitis, bacterial pharyngitis,
AND community-acquired pneumonia? - Answer Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is the greatest risk factor for vascular dementia? - Answer Vascular diseases that result in target
organ damage such as:
hypertension
dyslipidemia
, diabetes
Hypertensive urgency vs emergency - Answer - Hypertensive urgency: BP >200/120 w/o sx; Tx with PO
furosemide, clonidine or captopril
- Hypertensive emergency: BP >200/120 WITH sx or evidence of end organ damage; Tx with IV
nitroprusside, labetalol or nicardipine
*Both req immediate treatment
What annual lab testing should be done for patients taking atypical antipsychotics? - Answer Lipid
Panel
Name some atypical antipsychotics - Answer OLAnzapine
CLOZapine
QUETIapine
RISPERidone
Aripiprazole
Ziprasidone
"It's ATYPICAL for OLd CLOSets to QUIETly RISPER from A to Z"
If you are treating a car mechanic for a possible eye injury what test would you avoid? - Answer MRI
possible metal in eye
What is the least invasive approach to rule out a pulmonary embolus? - Answer D-dimer
When treating a patient with an unfractionated heparin infusion, what would you monitor for (to avoid a
fatal complication) ? - Answer Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT). aka monitor for low platelets.
d/c heparin and intiate thrombin inhibitors!
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