week 5 medication administration and alternative therapies
week 6 nutrition, fluid and electrolytes, and urinary elim
1.3-1.2 mEq/L is the therapeutic range for which electrolyte?
Correct Answer magnesium
136-145 mEq/L is the therapeutic range for which electrolyte?
Correct Answer sodium
3.5-5 mEq/L is the therapeutic range for which electrolyte?
Correct Answer potassium
9-10.5 mg/dl is the therapeutic range for which electrolyte?
Correct Answer calcium
,a 24-hour urine collection is? Correct Answer a urine
collection that is sent off to the lab to determine dehydration,
UTI, etc.
a black stoma indicates? Correct Answer the bowel is dying
and it is a medical emergency
A colonoscopy should be done at age 50; however it should be
done 10 years prior when? Correct Answer there is a family
history of colon cancer
a controlled substance has the highest potential for Correct
Answer abuse or dependence
A COPD patient has a SpO2 reading of 80% is this a cause for a
concern? Correct Answer no
a deep tissue pressure injury will present with? Correct Answer
deep red, maroon colored skin
a doctor orders a BUN and creatinine lab to determine if the
patient is dehydrated, a urine specific lab will confirm what?
Correct Answer dehydration
a healthy persons total body of water is? Correct Answer 50-
60% of the body weight
A local infection confined to a particular part of the body is
indicated by what manifestions? Correct Answer -erythema
-warmth
-edema
,-pain at site
-drainage
a normal stoma has characteristics of? Correct Answer being
pink, red, beefy, and moist
a partial rupture of a sutured wound is known as a? Correct
Answer dehiscence
A patient who has a high blood pressure is refusing drugs, and
would rather prefer animal therapy. As nurses, are we allowed to
let them use a different route? Correct Answer yes, just have to
let the doctor know
A patient who has diarrhea will be put on what precautions?
Correct Answer contact enteric precautions
a patient who has suffered for constipation for 5 days should be
administered stool softener or laxative? Correct Answer
laxative
a patient whom we know has an eating disorder will benefit
most from what kind of therapeutic communication? Correct
Answer offering self
A patient with a blood pressure of 210/25 mmhg wants to use
other forms of therapy other than drugs, is that acceptable?
Correct Answer yes however you MUST provide education for
the patient and notify the doctor. You do everything in your
ability to help the patient with what they need. Legally you must
be able to proove that you tried everything to help the patient.
, A patient with bacterial meningitis will be put on what
precautions? Correct Answer droplet precautions
A patient with tuberculosis will be put on what precuations?
Correct Answer airborne precautions
a standing order is Correct Answer written in advance of a
situation that is to be carried out under specific circumstances
A systemic infection is known to affect the whole body, what
are some clinical manfestions of this? Correct Answer -fever
-chills
-tachypnea
-tachycardia
-malaise
-fatigue
-nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
-abdominal cramps
-enlarged lymph nodes
a wound is irrigated from an area of? Correct Answer least
contamination to most contamination
accumulation of drugs in the body will cause what? Correct
Answer toxicity in the body
acute pain is classified as? Correct Answer rapid in onset,
short, and responsive to pain management
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