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NUR 436 Midterm 2024 Exam Questions with Complete Solutions
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NUR 436 Midterm 2024 Exam Questionswith Complete Solutions
ABCs assessment - Answer-airway: secretions (suctioning?), o2 sat, lung sounds,
foreign body, etc.
breathing: lung sounds, use of accessory muscles, RR
circulation: pulses, skin color, cap refill, skin temp, edema
adolescent and adult VS - Answer-HR: 60-100 awake
HR: 50-90 asleep
RR: 12-20
HOTN: sys < 90
school-age VS (6-12 years) - Answer-HR: 75-118 awake
HR: 58-90 asleep
RR: 18-25
HOTN: sys < 70 + 2(age)
preschool vital signs (3-6 years) - Answer-HR: 80-120 awake
HR: 65-100 asleep
RR: 20-28
HOTN: sys < 70 + 2(age)
toddler VS (1-3 years) - Answer-HR: 98-140 awake
HR: 80-120 asleep
RR: 22-37
HOTN: sys < 70 + 2(age)
infant VS (1-12 mo) - Answer-HR: 100-180 awake
HR: 90-160 asleep
RR: 30-53
HOTN: sys < 70
neonate VS (0-1 mo) - Answer-HR: 100-205 awake
HR: 90-160 asleep
RR: 30-60
HOTN: sys < 60
FLACC scale - Answer--Faces
-Legs
-Activity
-Cry
-Consolability
, Used for infants and patients unable to communicate (surgery, sleep, developmental
delay)
FACES scale - Answer-Ask parents which word they use for pain
Can usually be used for preschool age, assess patient readiness
numeric scale - Answer-5 years and older
Scale 0-10 (10=worst)
*do not say worst pain you've ever had
medications for a-fib - Answer-beta-blockers
amiodarone**
anticoagulants
when would you do cardioversion for a-fib? - Answer-when medications have not
worked/restored the rhythm
delivers a synchronized, planned shock
pt is normally sedated
**corrects the rhythm in a controlled way
STEMI - Answer-ST elevation
total occlusion of main coronary blood vessel
STEMI interventions - Answer-assess/monitor ABCs
elevate HOB, admin o2
VS
heart/lung sounds
12-lead ECG to identify rhythm
insert 2 IVs
assess pain, give meds
bloodwork (troponins)
chest x-ray
nitro, aspirin, thrombolytics, antidysrhythmic, morphine, statin
asystole interventions - Answer-begin CPR
epi 1mg
advanced airway
*DO NOT shock
v-fib interventions - Answer-CPR
defibrillation
epi 1mg (after 2 shocks)
amiodarone 300 mg bolus/150 mg 2nd dose
or
lidocaine 1-1.5 mg/kg, 0.5-0.75 mg/kg (alternate w/ epi)
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