Post infec - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

HESI PHARMACOLOGY (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) (2022/2023) 1. A healthcare provider prescribes cephalexin monohydrate (Keflex) for a client with a postoperative infection. It is most important for the nurse to assess for what additional drug allergy before administering this prescription? A) Penicillins. B) Aminoglycosides. C) Erythromycins. D) Sulfonamides. A) Penicillins. Cross-allergies exist between penicillins (A) and cephalosporins, such as cephalexin monohydrate (Keflex), so checking for penic...

  1. A nurse is evaluating a newly licensed nurse who is administering a vitamin K injection to a new- born. Which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse indicates understanding of the teach- ing? (SATA) a. Applies gentle pressure at the site after injection b. Aspirates the syringe for blood return after needle insertion c. Selects the dorsogluteal site to administer the injec- tion d. Inserts the needle at a 45° angle - IM should be 90 e. Cleans the injection site wit...

Chart/Exhibit Practice Item While performing a physical assessment on a client with a long- term history of tobacco use, a nurse notes changes in the client’s fingers (see illustration). Angle > 180 The nurse should best document this assessment finding as: 1. vitiligo. 2. clubbing. 3. keratinized. 4. poor capillary refill. ANSWER: 2 In this question, the nurse should document the finding as clubbing. The picture shows swelling at the distal end of the finger and loss of the normal ...

1. A nurse is car- ing for a client who has ter- minal pancreat- ic cancer. The client is compe- tent and has re- quested no re- suscitative mea- sures be tak- en in the event of respiratory or cardiac arrest. Which of the fol- lowing is nec- essary to legal- ly change the client's code sta- tus to do-not-re- suscitate (DNR)? 2. A nurse is caring for a toddler who has acute oti- tis media and is prescribed ben- zocaine (Ameri- caine) ear drops for pain re- lief. Which of the following ac- tions...

S evere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) disturbed  the medical community’s complacency about control of respiratory infections. Severe acute respiratory  syndrome  disproportionately  affected  health  care  workers and innocent bystander patients1,2 and revealed  the  potential  for  spread  of  respiratory  infection  in  primary  care  offices.3   More  recently,  occurrences  of  avian  i...

1. 1. List three (3) teaching points the nurse can provide a client with cholelithi- asis on di- etary choices for symptom man- agement. 2. A nurse re- views an order for ceftriaxone in combination with vancomycin for a client diagnosed with meningitis. Iden- tify three (3) com- ponents of the medication pre- scriptions that, if missing, would require clarifica- tion with the provider 3. An older client asks a nurse what she can do to minimize the risk of de- veloping osteo- porosis. Identify 3 ...

Microbiology for Nurses by V. Deepa Parvathi, R. Sumitha, S. Smitha. Microbiology for Nurses V.Deepa Parvathi Department of Human Genetics College of Biomedical Sciences, Technology and Research Sri Ramachandra University Porur, Chennai Tamil Nadu R. Sumitha Department of Biomedical Sciences College of Biomedical Sciences, Technology and Research Sri Ramachandra University Porur, Chennai Tamil Nadu S. Smitha C M Manguli Degree College Sindagi, Bijapur Karnatak...

1. When describing patient education approaches, the nurse educator would ex- plain that informal teaching is an approach that a. follows formalized plans b. has standardized content c. often occurs one-to-one d. addresses group needs C. Informal teaching is individualized one on one teaching which represents the majori- ty of patient education done by nurses that occurs when an intervention is explained or a question is answered. Group needs are often the focus of formal patient education co...

Om004 Part III K PATIENT SAFETY PLAN: MRSA, RESPIRTATORY POST SURGERY; BLOOD CLOTS WALDEN UNIVERSITY OM004: IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF MRSA: Safety Plan Introduction: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a type of staph bacteria that's become resistant to many of the antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections. One common symptomology is that MRSA is red and bumpy, usually warm to the touch, full of puss or other drainages, and ca...

A healthcare provider prescribes cephalexin monohydrate (Keflex) for a client with a postoperative infection. It is most important for the nurse to assess for what additional drug allergy before administering this prescription? A) Penicillins. B) Aminoglycosides. C) Erythromycins. D) Sulfonamides. - CORRECT ANSWER A) Penicillins. Cross-allergies exist between penicillins (A) and cephalosporins, such as cephalexin monohydrate (Keflex), so checking for penicillin allergy is a w...