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PRITE EXAM (2024/2025) - Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) Amnesia preceded by epigastric sensation and fear are associated with electrical abnormality where? Temporal lobe Memory loss pattern in dissociative amnesia Memory loss occurs for a discrete period of time Amnesia characterized by loss of memory of events that occur after onset of etiologic condition or agent Anterograde What psychoactive drug produces amnesia? Alcohol Brain Lesions ... Visual problem in pituitary tumor compr...

Sickle Cell Anemia: - Dx = Newborn Screening - Patient having extreme leg or abdominal pain = Give Morphine - Patient with pain and fever = Blood culture to test for infection - NO CURE, but possible bone marrow transplants - If a patient with sickle cell is in pain and has had pain med but still has a headache….CALL MD… patient could be having a stroke and needs a CT scan: on test - Management = KEEP HYDRATED and TREAT PAIN this exact answer option was on the test o No strenuous e...

Comp #1 Spinal Cord Injury/Surgery/Procedure - Expected finding: o Decreased reflexes o Numbness/tingling o Inability to urinate (from low spinal cord injury) - Not Expected: o Decreased RR. o Headache (increased ICP) o CSF halo (yellow fluid) - Post-Op: o Airway, circulation o Monitor for ICP, Neuro checks, VS closely - Complication: o Autonomic Dysreflexia. S/S:  Numbness & tingling (expected)  Severe hypotension  Cessation of breathing (not expected). Heparin/Enoxaparin (LMWH) - Anti...

SWIFT RIVER MED SURG CLINICAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+ Estelle Hatcher, 31yr-old, r/o appendicitis, 1st day post-op appendectomy; No known allergies (NKA); Vital signs - Temp 101.2, BP 108/74, P 92, RR 20, SaO2 99%, alert and cooperative. Wound site clean, dry and intact NPO, NG-tube to low continuous suction. IV maintenance fluids with D5 1/2 NS with 20 KCL @ 125ml/hr in left forearm. Ambulates with minimal assistance. Family at...

TARGETED MED SURGERY NEURO AND MUSCULOSKELETAL 2023 GRADED A+ | QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS 100% CORRECT

Targeted Med Surgery Neuro and Musculoskeletal questions and answers well illustrated. A nurse is caring for a client who is 72 hr postoperative following an above-the-knee amputation and reports phantom limb pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Remind the client that the limb has been removed. B. Change the dressing on the client's residual limb. C. Administer an oral dose of Gabapentin to the client. D. Elevate the client's residual limb above heart level. ...

Targeted Med Surgery Neuro And Musculoskeletal – Q&A

Targeted Med Surgery Neuro and Musculoskeletal questions and answers well illustrated. A nurse is caring for a client who is 72 hr postoperative following an above-the-knee amputation and reports phantom limb pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Remind the client that the limb has been removed. B. Change the dressing on the client's residual limb. C. Administer an oral dose of Gabapentin to the client. D. Elevate the client's residual limb above heart level. ...

A nurse is caring for a client who is 72 hr postoperative following an above-the-knee amputation and reports phantom limb pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Remind the client that the limb has been removed. B. Change the dressing on the client's residual limb. C. Administer an oral dose of Gabapentin to the client. D. Elevate the client's residual limb above heart level. - ANSWER C. Administer an oral dose of Gabapentin to the client. The nurse should a...

Targeted Med Surgery Neuro and Musculoskeletal questions and answers well illustrated. A nurse is caring for a client who is 72 hr postoperative following an above-the-knee amputation and reports phantom limb pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Remind the client that the limb has been removed. B. Change the dressing on the client's residual limb. C. Administer an oral dose of Gabapentin to the client. D. Elevate the client's residual limb above heart level. -...