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Galen 280 Comp exam questions with correct answers
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- NUR 280 COMP
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- Galen College Of Nursing
Galen 280 Comp exam questions with correct answers
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Galen 280 Comp exam questions with correct answersThrombocytopenia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔risk for bleeding / don't want pt injured
Toxoplasmosis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔protozoan (parasitic) infection associated with
AIDS. Produces pneumonitis, hepatitis and encephalitis
Transdermal - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Don't need plastic cover with showering
Trousseau's Sign - ** VERIFIED 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 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Corticosteroids, Flagyl (metronidazole) and
Cipro for exacerbations
Vitamin D - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔needed for absorption of calcium and phosphorus
VRE - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔gown and gloves / contact precautions
Walker - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔do no use for support
Most significant risk factors for bladder cancer - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔smoking and
previous cancers
what a 2 month old can do - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔laugh
what culture, gender and age is ulcerative colitis common - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Jewish,
male, 30-50
,What does an infant have if they have an olive shaped mass on abdomen - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔pyloric stenosis
normal stoma 8 hours after surgery - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔red, moist, just document
normal finding
what electrolyte is needed for a pt taking digoxin or bumex or Demedex - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔potassium
What equipment is needed for contact isolation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔gown & gloves
What foods should be avoided with oxalate kidney stones - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Spinach
& Rhubarb and Vitamin C foods, avoid caffeine
What foods should be avoided with MAOI inhibitors - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Tyramine
(dried fruit, organ meats, red wine, cheese, alcohol)
What is an EMG - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔small needle electrodes into the muscle
What is normal side effect of nitro therapy - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Headache
What is expected with coarction of the aorta? - ** VERIFIED 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? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔High pitched
murmur
What is NOT given for macular degeneration? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vitamin B6
Antidote for heparin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Protamine sulfate
, What is transphenoidal hypophysectomy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Removal of the pituitary
gland through the nose
What is used to reduce serum K+ in a renal patient? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Kaexalate by
mouth or retention enema or insulin and glucose IV
What type of food should be provided for a bipolar patient in manic stage? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Finger foods
What kind of milk can a 1 year old drink? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Whole Vit D
Plasmapheresis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Used with Guillian Barre Syndrome
Pneumonia - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Droplet precautions
Positioning for Lumbar Punction - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Supine (flat) - 3 hours
Post cardiac cath - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔bedrest (don't move legs 4-6 hrs postop)
Post thyroidectomy tingling around the mouth, what helps - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔calcium
gluconate
K+ containing foods - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔avocado / grapefruit
Protective precautions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔barrier protection designed to prevent
infection in clients who are serverly compromised and highly susceptible to infection also known as
reverse isolation, low WBC's
Pt admitted to the hosp for depression, what should the nurse determine 1st - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔do they have plans to harm self
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