Exam Questions with
Complete Answers
Denning [Date] [Course title]
,Thrombocytopenia - Correct Answers: risk for bleeding / don't want pt injured
Toxoplasmosis - Correct Answers: protozoan (parasitic) infection associated with AIDS. Produces
pneumonitis, hepatitis and encephalitis
Transdermal - Correct Answers: Don't need plastic cover with showering
Trousseau's Sign - Correct Answers: sign of HYPOCALCEMIA / Carpal Spasm caused by inflating BP cuff
above the pt's systolic pressure and leaving in place for 3 mins
Ulcerative Colitis Tx - Correct Answers: Corticosteroids, Flagyl (metronidazole) and Cipro for
exacerbations
Vitamin D - Correct Answers: needed for absorption of calcium and phosphorus
VRE - Correct Answers: gown and gloves / contact precautions
Walker - Correct Answers: do no use for support
Most significant risk factors for bladder cancer - Correct Answers: smoking and previous cancers
what a 2 month old can do - Correct Answers: laugh
what culture, gender and age is ulcerative colitis common - Correct Answers: Jewish, male, 30-50
What does an infant have if they have an olive shaped mass on abdomen - Correct Answers: pyloric
stenosis
normal stoma 8 hours after surgery - Correct Answers: red, moist, just document normal finding
, what electrolyte is needed for a pt taking digoxin or bumex or Demedex - Correct Answers: potassium
What equipment is needed for contact isolation - Correct Answers: gown & gloves
What foods should be avoided with oxalate kidney stones - Correct Answers: Spinach & Rhubarb and
Vitamin C foods, avoid caffeine
What foods should be avoided with MAOI inhibitors - Correct Answers: Tyramine (dried fruit, organ
meats, red wine, cheese, alcohol)
What is an EMG - Correct Answers: small needle electrodes into the muscle
What is normal side effect of nitro therapy - Correct Answers: Headache
What is expected with coarction of the aorta? - Correct Answers: No femoral pulses, weight loss,
increased BP in upper extremities (increased HR, decreased respirations, marked difference of in the BP
and pulses of the upper and lower extremities)
What is NOT expected with coarction of the aorta? - Correct Answers: High pitched murmur
What is NOT given for macular degeneration? - Correct Answers: Vitamin B6
Antidote for heparin - Correct Answers: Protamine sulfate
What is transphenoidal hypophysectomy? - Correct Answers: Removal of the pituitary gland through the
nose
What is used to reduce serum K+ in a renal patient? - Correct Answers: Kaexalate by mouth or retention
enema or insulin and glucose IV