Hypocalcemia - ANS ✓deficient calcium in the blood
Signs and symptoms of hypocalcemia - ANS ✓Numbness and tingling of
extremities
Positive Chvostek's sign
Cardiac dysrhythmias
respiratory acidosis - ANS ✓A drop in blood pH due to hypoventilation (too
little breathing) and a resulting accumulation of Co2.
Causes of respiratory acidosis - ANS ✓Aspiration of foreign body
Overdose of narcotics or sedatives
Chronic lung disease
metabolic alkalosis - ANS ✓metabolic condition in which the pH of tissue is
elevated beyond the normal range
cause of metabolic alkalosis - ANS ✓Vomiting
Antacids
Potassium draining diuretics
dysphagia - ANS ✓difficulty swallowing
NSG 3100
, 2
NSG
A client with dysphagia can be observed doing this while eating - ANS
✓Coughing/gagging
Improving appetite includes what actions? - ANS ✓Small portions
Oral hygiene
Relieve illness symptoms
Which of the following foods are high in vitamin C? - ANS ✓Broccoli
Signs of malnutrition - ANS ✓Spoon shaped nails
Lack of SQ fat
Dull/dry hair
Which of the following foods would be included in a full liquid diet? - ANS
✓Ice cream
What is the most accurate way to verify tube placement prior to initiating
enteral feeding? - ANS ✓Xray
When administering a tube feed by gravity, the nurse would adjust the flow
rate by raising and lowering the syringe. T or F - ANS ✓True
Prior to administering a bolus tube feeding, the nurse should do what? -
ANS ✓Make sure the feeding is at room temperature
Check residual contents of the stomach
Perform hand hygiene
Hypertonic IV solutions cause a shift from: - ANS ✓intracellular to
extracellular
NSG 3100
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