Unitek Term 2 Final Exam with Verified Answers
2 identifiers: NAME, BIRTHDAY, CARD,
Before administering medication, what MEDICATION NUMBER
identifiers do we check ? 7 RIGHTS: patient, dose, route, time,
documentation, medication, indication
Ask questions, "tell me more why you
When pt refuses to take medicine? don't want to take the medication?" and
then document it
What are comminuted fractures? Bone broken and splintered into pieces.
Incomplete fractures one side is bent
Greenstick fractures?
commonly seen in children.
First sign: respiratory distress
Tachycardia, tachypnea, fever, confu-
sion, decreased level of consciousness,
petechiae
S/S of fat embolism? Pg. 881-882
(From recording) Cyanosis, dyspnea,
chest pain, tachycardia, short of breath,
"petechiae" measles like rash on the
neck, upper arms, abdomen, urticaria
Assistive devices
Purposes of cane crutches and walkers,
Purpose of cane: held on unaffected
especially canes?
side, support, balance
Immediately functional at birth
Innate immunity
Works on any type of antigen
Vaccinations
Specific to a particular pathogen
Acquired immunity?
Activated only when needed
Not present at birth
Cell mediated immunity: responsible for
rejection of transplanted tissues & hy-
persensitivity reactions; Tc cells, primary
component, Ex. Rejection of transplant-
2 types of acquired immunity: (p556-57) ed tissue graft, kidney or heart transplant
Antibody-mediated immunity: 2 types’ ac-
tive and passive
-Active: person makes their own antibod-
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, Unitek Term 2 Final Exam with Verified Answers
ies in response to a pathogenPermanent
-Passive: antibodies produced by one
person/animal are transferred to another
person (ex. Through breast milk) , Lasts
1-2 months after antibodies have been
received
Highest priority nursing actions when
Choosing the right blood tubing
collecting blood?
Infection, thrombocytopenia, renal insuf-
Major complications of bone marrow and
ficiency, hepatic veno occlusive disease,
peripheral transplant of stem cells? Pg.
graft-vs-host disease
566
-Infection, rejection
Type 2 diabetics: why are they checking Reflects glucose levels over the past 3
their Hgb A1-C? months or 120 days.
For COPD pt with high PaCO2, what
Respiratory acidosis has begun
does that mean?
Absence of endogenous insulin
Main characteristics of Type 1 diabetes
Genetics
mellitus?
causes destruction of beta cells
Beta cells are desensitized
Type 2 diabetes characteristics?
inadequate endogenous insulin
Examples of microvascular complica- End stage renal disease / nephropathy
tions? Macular degeneration / retinopathy
CAD, coronary artery disease
Macrovascular complications of DM? PVD, peripheral vascular disease
CVA, cerebrovascular accident
After knee amputation, which type of Phantom pain - harder to control/man-
pain do you ask about? age
If you have a patient with BKA, and
Pitting edema above the bandage. Nurse
the residual limb is wrapped with elastic
should remove the bandage and re-wrap
bandage, what are the complications of
the stump
BKA?
CD4 count low count
If pt has a lab report of HIV infection,
CD4 cell count of less than 200
which lab test should be reported?
cells/mm3
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