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OB Exam 2 Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 - Galen College of Nursing. What is the most common medical complication of pregnancy? correct answers Hypertension What is PIH? correct answers Pregnancy induced hypertension How is PIH diagnosed? correct answers 140/90 two times 6 hours apart What is gestational hypertension? correct answers Onset after 20 weeks of gestation without proteinuria, return of normal B/P in postpartum What is Pre-eclampsia? correct answers onset after 20...

Adult Health 2 - Increased ICP NCLEX A+ The nurse is caring for a patient with increased intracranial pressure (IICP). The nurse realizes that some nursing actions are contraindicated with IICP. Which nursing action should be avoided? 1. Reposition the patient every two hours. 2. Position the patient with the head elevated 30 degrees. 3. Suction the airway every two hours per standing orders. 4. Provide continuous oxygen as ordered. ️Correct Answer: C Rationale: If the drainage i...

RN COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE PRACTICE B QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2023 1. Patient refused a newly open fentanyl patch. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Ask another nurse to witness the disposal of the new patch. 2. Client receiving heparin continuous IV infusion and warfarin 5 mg PO daily. Lab values are aPTT 98 seconds and INR 1.8 Withhold the heparin infusion 3. A nurse at an urgent care clinic is assessing a client who reports impaired vision in one eye . Which indicate...

AKT-1 Flashcards Anesthesia Knowledge Test 1 (2023) Complication of Cricoid Pressure - ANS-i.e. Sellick manoeuvre Complications: 1) N/V 2) Esophageal rupture 3) Difficult tracheal and mask intubation 4) minimal hemodynamic changes 5) complete AW obs 6) fracture of cricoid cartillage Contraindications of LMA - ANS-1) small oral opening 2) "full stomach" (i.e. not npo, morbidly obese, trauma, GERD, intestinal obs) 3) dec lung compliance 4) not profoundly anesthetized 5) oropharyng...

22. If somebody has feeding, what position do you put them in: upright position – semi fowlers to high fowlers a. If patient has increased ICP, what position: elevate the HOB to 30 degrees to reduce ICP and promote venous drainage. Avoid extreme flexion or extension of the neck and maintain the client’ head in the midline natural position b. If blood pressure is dropping what position: modified Trendelenburg (supine with legs elevated above the heart) c. Client has emphysema to promote ef...

BKAT Critical Care Review (2022/2023) Rated A+ Normal Central Venous Pressure (CVP) range 2-8 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range 6-12 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range 20-30 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Diastolic (PAD) range 5-15 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Mean (PAM) 11-20 mmHg Normal Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) range 800-1200 mmHg Preload volume left in the left ventricle at the end of diastole What is preload affected by? venous return ...

Paramedic Trauma FISDAP Exam (2023/2024) Already Passed If you see a cracked windshield in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? Bruised or lacerated head or face. Brain injury, *cervical spine injury (always until proven otherwise), tracheal injury. If you see a deformed steering column in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? Bruised neck, bruised chest. Sternal or rib fracture, flail chest, myocardial contusion, *pericardial tamponade, pneumo/hemothorax, aortic tear. If you see a de...

ATI Capstone Med Surg Questions And Answers 2021/2023 A nurse is caring for a client who is having surgery for the removal of an encapsulated acoustic tumor. Which of the following potential complications should the nurse monitor for postoperatively? (select all that apply.) A. Increased intracranial pressure B. Hemorrhagic shock C. Hydrocephalus D. Hypoglycemia E. Seizures correct answer: a. Correct: a client who has had a craniotomy should be monitored postoperatively for increased ic...

The nurse is caring for a patient with increased intracranial pressure (IICP). The nurse realizes that some nursing actions are contraindicated with IICP. Which nursing action should be avoided? 1. Reposition the patient every two hours. 2. Position the patient with the head elevated 30 degrees. 3. Suction the airway every two hours per standing orders. 4. Provide continuous oxygen as ordered. - Correct Answer: C Rationale: If the drainage is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage from a dural ...

1. A nurse is caring for a client who who has had a stroke involving the right hemisphere. Which of the following alterations in function should the nurse expect? A. Difficulty reading Rationale: The left hemisphere is the center for language, mathematic skills and thinking analytically. A client who is unable to read following a stroke would have involvement of the left hemisphere. B. Inability to recognize his family members Rationale: The right hemisphere is involved with visual and spati...