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Of: married, divorced, and separated, which marital status is highest risk for suicide?
Lowest risk of suicide? - Correct Answers -Highest-separated then divorced
Lowest-married
The goal of action while the suicidal patient is still of
the phone is to get _______ person _______ the ______. - Correct Answers -Another
person on the scene (then immediately decreases risk) Remember: people who are
alone are always high risk
What are the four classic suicide precautions? - Correct Answers -Search personal
belongings for drugs & alcohol, remove any sharp objects, remove any device for
hanging or strangling; must be on constant one-to-one observation (NEVER out of
sight)
Retrolental fibroplasia can result in _________. - Correct Answers -Blindness from
retinal damage
High ventilatory pressures result in what chronic lung
problem? - Correct Answers -Bronch-pulmonary dyplasia
At what time of year does rheumatoid arthritis flare up? - Correct Answers -Spring
Once the patient is admitted for attempted suicide should you ever discuss the attempt
with them? - Correct Answers -No, you should not focus on the attempt, focus on the
present and future.
-pathy - Correct Answers -Disease, suffering
-penia - Correct Answers -Lack, deficiency of
-sect - Correct Answers -To cut
-plast - Correct Answers -Plastic surgery on a specified part
-sclerosis - Correct Answers -Hardening of a tissue by: inflammation, deposition of
mineral salt; an infiltration of connective tissue fibers
,-centesis - Correct Answers -A perforation or puncture
-genic - Correct Answers -Produce, originate, become
-emia - Correct Answers -Blood
-otomy - Correct Answers -Butting
-pexy - Correct Answers -Fixation of something
-atresia - Correct Answers -Condition of occlusion
-desis - Correct Answers -Binding, fusing
-cele - Correct Answers -Combining form meaning a tumor or swelling or a cavity
-cis - Correct Answers -Cut, kill
-rhapy; -rrhapy - Correct Answers -Joining in a seam, suturation
-scope; -scopy - Correct Answers -Instrument for observation
-osis - Correct Answers -Indicates condition, process
-oma - Correct Answers -Tumor
-ostomy - Correct Answers -Surgical opening
-stasis - Correct Answers -Stoppage
-itis - Correct Answers -Inflammation
-ology - Correct Answers -Study of; knowledge, science
-lysis - Correct Answers -Breaking down
-ectomy - Correct Answers -Surgical removal of
-tripsy - Correct Answers -Crushing of something by a surgical instrument
-ase - Correct Answers -Used in naming enzymes
-gram; -graphy - Correct Answers -Write; record
Syphilis is sexually transmiteed. (T/F) - Correct Answers -True
,Syphilis first infects the _____ ______. - Correct Answers -Mucous membranes
What are the stages of syphilis? - Correct Answers -Primary, secondary, latent, late
Syphilis is a fatal disease if untreated. (T/F) - Correct Answers -True
What organism causes syphilis? - Correct Answers -Treponema palladium
What is the lesion like in primary syphilis? - Correct Answers -The chancre (pronounced
shanker)
The chancres of syphilis are (painful/painless). - Correct Answers -Painless
Chancres disappear without treatment. (T/F) - Correct Answers -True
Late syphilis attacks which 3 body organs? - Correct Answers -Liver, heart, brain
What test CONFIRMS the presence of syphilis? - Correct Answers -Dark-field
illumination of the treponema palladium
What is the treatment of choice for syphilis? - Correct Answers -Penicillin
Why is penicillin administered with Procaine?
With Probenecid? - Correct Answers -Procaine makes the shot less painful; Probenecid
blocks the excretion of penicillin
What is the most common sign of neurosyphillis? - Correct Answers -Ataxia (gait
problems)
Mastitis and breast engorgement are more likely to occur in (primipara/multipara). -
Correct Answers -Primipara
Where does the organism that causes mastitis come from? - Correct Answers -The
infant's nose or mouth
Which organism most commonly causes mastitis? - Correct Answers -Staph
Prolonged intervals between breast-feeding (decrease/increase) the incidence of
mastitis. - Correct Answers -Increase
Can too tight bras lead to mastitis? - Correct Answers -Yes, preventing emptying of
ducts
Mastitis usually occurs at least _______days after delivery. - Correct Answers -10
, When mastitis is present the breasts are ________, _________, and __________. -
Correct Answers -Hard, swollen, warm
Mastitis is accompanied by a fever over _________. - Correct Answers -102 degrees
If mastitis is caused by an organism, what causes breast engorgement? - Correct
Answers -Temporary increase in vascular and lymph supply to the breast in preparation
for milk production
If mastitis occurs 1+ weeks after delivery, when does breast engorgement occur? -
Correct Answers -2 to 5 days after delivery
Does breast engorgement interfere with nursing? - Correct Answers -Yes, the infant has
a difficult time latching on (getting nipple in its mouth)
What class of drugs is used to treat mastitis? - Correct Answers -Antibiotics
Antibiotics are used to treat breast engorgment? (T/F) - Correct Answers -False
Application of (warm H2O compress/ice packs) is the preferred treatment for breast
engorgement. - Correct Answers -Ice packs to decrease swelling
The mother with mastitis should stop breast feeding. (T/F) - Correct Answers -False, the
mother must keep breast feeding. (Offer unaffected breast first)
If the mother has an open abscess on her breast, must not breast-feed. (T/F) - Correct
Answers -True
For breast engorgement, the non-breastfeeding mother should be told to express breast
milk. (T/F) - Correct Answers -No, that would increase milk production and would make
the problem worse (warm compresses or warm shower to let milk "leak" is okay- Ice is
best)
What is the best treatment for breast engorgement? - Correct Answers -Breast-feeding -
it will balance supply and demand
What is mastoiditis? - Correct Answers -Inflammation/infection of the mastoid process
What is the most common cause of mastoiditis? - Correct Answers -Chronic otitis media
What are 4 signs and symptoms of mastoiditis? - Correct Answers -Drainage from ear,
high fever, headache and ear pain, tenderness over mastoid process
What unusual post-operative complication can result from mastoidectomy? - Correct
Answers -Facial nerve paralysis due to accidental damage during surgery (law suit
time!)
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