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NUR 347 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) FINAL | (ACTUAL EXAM ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 347 Final1. What is the primary assessment of a patient involved in a motor vehicle accident?
Answer
A-airway
B-breathing
C-circulation
D-disability
E-exposure(asphalt)
2. What should you assess for sever leg trauma?
Answer
circulation
3. What should you assess for if pedal pulses are palpable and the leg has swelling from severe
leg trauma?
Answer
Assess for further signs of decreased circulation (5P's)
4. What are the 5 P's?
Answer
1. pallor
2. pain
3. pulse
4. paralysis
5. paresthesia
,5. What is a priority assessment in emergency nursing?
Answer
ABC's
6. What is a paradoxical chest movement of a flail chest a sign of?
Answer
-Respiratory issue
-Collapsed lung(one side of chest will raise and fall and other will not)
7. What is included in the care for a trauma patient in the ER?
Answer
two large Iv bores
8. What is an important assessment for a patient that nearly drowned?
Answer
monitor breath sounds for respiratory status
9. What is a priority assessment in the ER triage?
Answer
Chest pain lasting longer than 30 minutes
10. What is the treatment for stable angina?
Answer
, Nitroglycerin(sublingual), patients should stop activity and rest
11. What does nitroglycerin cause?
Answer
Dilates all of the arteries to increase blood flow to heart, which means it causes hypotension
12. What is a PVC(premature ventricular contraction) caused by?
Answer
-Hy- pokalemia or hyperkalemia
-Normal K+ value
Answer
3.5-5.0
13. What should be included in patient teaching about an antihypertensive medication?
Answer
Change positions slowly(orthostatic hypotension)
14. What is the purpose of a Heparin IV drip with a patient that just had an NSTEMI?
Answer
prevent the development of new clots in the coronary arteries
15. What is the purpose of atropine and what does it treat?
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