Vegetables highest in Na are ______. Correct Answer: Canned vegetables
The fruit food that is highest in Na is ______. Correct Answer: Tomato sauce
As a rule, fresh meats are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Low
As a rule, canned meats are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Very high
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Vegetables highest in Na are ______. Correct Answer: Canned vegetables
The fruit food that is highest in Na is ______. Correct Answer: Tomato sauce
As a rule, fresh meats are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Low
As a rule, canned meats are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Very high
As a rule, smoked foods are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Very high
As a rule, fruits are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Low
As a rule, vegetables are _______ in Na. Correct Answer: Low
As a rule, which are higher in sodium...vegetables or fruits? Correct Answer: Vegetables
As a rule, which are higher in sugars...vegetables or fruits? Correct Answer: Fruits
As a rule, breads/cereals are _____ in Na. Correct Answer: Moderately high
As a rule, processed meats and cheese are ________ in Na. Correct Answer: Very high
Margarine is much lower in Na than butter. (T/F) Correct Answer: False, it is the same
An NG tube is inserted into the _____via the ______. Correct Answer: Stomach, nares
You can feed a client through a NG tube. (T/F) Correct Answer: True
When a NG tube is being used for decompression what is happening? Correct Answer: The
stomach is being emptied of its contents by suction.
NG tubes are used to pump the stomach of drug overdose clients. (T/F) Correct Answer: True
What does gavage mean? Correct Answer: Feed a client with a tube
,What does lavage mean? Correct Answer: To continuously irrigate the stomach via a NG
When an NG tube is used to stop gastric hemorrhage, it is irrigated with ______ ______. Correct
Answer: Ice tap water
How long do you irrigate an NG with iced tap water when the stomach is bleeding? Correct
Answer: Until the irrigating solution comes back out clear
What is the maximum suction level used to decompress the GI tract via a NG? Correct Answer:
25 mm Hg
Why are Salem sump tubes best suited for safe gastic suctioning? Correct Answer: Because they
have vents that prevent damage to the gastric mucosa.
When a NG tube is in for a long time it must be replaced every _____ to _____ weeks. Correct
Answer: 2 to 3
People with a NG tube will breathe through their________. Correct Answer: Mouth (Mouth
care is important)
The best way that the nurse can check if the NG is in the stomach is... Correct Answer: To
aspirate gastric contents, auscultating the gastric air bubbles is the second best way
Before you put anything down the NG you must do what? Correct Answer: You must check to
see if the NG placement is in the stomach
In what position should the client be when a NG is being inserted? Correct Answer: Sitting up
with head slightly extended until the tube reaches the back of the throat then have them mildly
flex the neck to push the tube in all the way.
Is nephrotic syndrome a disease? Correct Answer: No it is not specific disease, it is a group of
symptoms that can result from many diseases.
Is there any hematuria in nephrosis? Correct Answer: No there is no hematuria in the -oses, but
there is hematuria in the -itis's.
What are the dietary modifications for nephrosis? Correct Answer: High carbs, moderate
protein, low sodium
What is the #1 nursing diagnosis in nephrosis? Correct Answer: Alteration in fluid volume
excess
What are the two pathophysiologic processes in nephrotic syndrome? Correct Answer:
Glomerular inflammation
Loss of protein
,What symptom is MOST common in nephrosis? Correct Answer: Generalized severe edema
What 2 classes of drugs are given for nephrosis? Correct Answer: Steroids, diuretics
Is bed rest common in treating nephrosis? Correct Answer: It is occasionally done, but not
nearly as common as in acute glomerulo-nephritis, it usually is most appropriate when edema is
severe.
In nephrotic syndrome, the blood pressure will be most likely (hypotensive/hypertensive) Correct
Answer: Hypertensive: remember in acute glomerulonephritis, the blood pressure is
HYPERtensive as well
In nephrotic syndrome, the urine is (frothy/very dark or tea colored)? Correct Answer: Frothy:
remember in AGN, it is tea-colored
Is scrotal edema common in nephrosis? Correct Answer: Yes
What is done for scrotal edema? Correct Answer: Elevate the scrotum on a scrotal sling apply
ice.
Name the three sub-scales in the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). Correct Answer: Best eye opening
(E), Best verbal response (V), and best motor response (M)
What is the maximum score on the GCS? Correct Answer: 15
What is the minimum score on the GCS? Correct Answer: 3
A score equal to or below ______ on the GCS is considered coma. Correct Answer: 7
A respiratory pattern in which there is alternation between apnea and hyperventilation is known
as... Correct Answer: Cheyenne-Stokes
A value of 20/80 on visual acuity means that the patient can see at ____ feet what normal people
see at _____ feet. Correct Answer: 20, 80
Babinski's reflex is tested by stroking the ______. Correct Answer: Bottom lateral surface of the
foot.
It is always pathologic if a Babinski is negative. (T/F) Correct Answer: False, non-walking
infants normally have a positive Babinski.
Walking infants, toddlers and all other people should normally have a negative Babinski.
, When a Babinski is positive the ____ _____ _____flexes and the other _____ fan out. Correct
Answer: Great toe dorsiflexes, toes
In decorticate posturing, the legs are _____ and the neck and arms are ______ and _____ rotated.
Correct Answer: Extended, flexed, internally
In decerebrate posturing, the legs are ______ and the arms, neck and back are _______. Correct
Answer: Extended, extended (pronated).
A score of 4 for a reflex means that it is ________. Correct Answer: Hyperactive
Cerebellar function is evaluated by testing for _____, _____,_____,______. Correct Answer:
Posture, gait, balance, coordination (ie, Romberg's Sign)
Assault Correct Answer: A threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person
without that person's consent.
Battery Correct Answer: An assault that is CARRIED out.
Common law Correct Answer: Law resulting from court decision that is then followed when
other cases involving similar circumstances arise.
Malpractice Correct Answer: An act of negligence-- commonly used when speaking of
negligent acts committed by a person working in a certain profession, such as medicine or
nursing.
Ethics Correct Answer: A system that defines actions with respect to their being judged right or
wrong
False Imprisonment Correct Answer: Unjustifiable restraint or prevention of the movement of a
person without proper consent
Misdemeanor Correct Answer: A wrong of less seriousness than a felony
Good Samaritan Law Correct Answer: Law that gives certain persons legal protection when
giving aid to someone in an emergency
Felony Correct Answer: A wrong of serious nature
Negligence Correct Answer: Performing an act that a reasonable and comparable person under
similar circumstances would not do, or failing to perform an
act that a reasonable and comparable person under similar circumstances would do.
Invasion of Privacy Correct Answer: A wrongful act that violates the right of a person to be let
alone
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