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Pt. who has post prandial glucose of 124. What would you do? - Answer -you do
nothing.
This is a normal reading for test after a meal
Document and continue to monitor
What glucose reading would you notifiy HCP about FIRST? - Answer -122-NO
186-NO
85-NO
54-YES because they can go into a coma and they have hypoglycemia
Pt. with primary hypothyroidism. would you expect them to have a high or low TSH? -
Answer -it would be HIGH
In Respiratory Acidosis what would you expect? - Answer -pH would go down below
7.35
PaCO2 would go up above 45
answer 7.25
55
Pt has COPD what acid base imbalance does he have? - Answer -Respiratory Acidosis
Pt has SLE. What is it? - Answer -An imflammatory disease of the collagen
NOT a release of histamine
NOT a localized disease
NOT allergies
pt. has arthroscopy. What is the nurse going to monitor? - Answer -monitor limb for
numbness and tingling and good pulse
A1C is 9.2%. what are you going to do? - Answer -teach to prevent high blood sugar
episodes
pt has been on a diuretic. What lab value would you expect to see? - Answer -elevated
specific urine gravity
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pt is on coumidin has aFIB what lab value does he need. - Answer -PT
pt. is on Chemotherapy and antinoplastic agents.
true or false, are there a limited amount of drugs to treat cancer? - Answer -FALSE
pt. is having explosive diarreha. What acid base imbalance does he have? - Answer -
Metabolic acidosis
pt is having a PET scan. What are you going to tell them? - Answer -they will have two
IV's
injects a radioactive tracers
where do they do a bone marrow biopsy from? - Answer -illiac crest
sternum
What are the complications of diabetes? - Answer -Can affect the eyes - blurry vision,
feet - numbness, skin - infection, heart - high bp and cholesterol, nerves - neuropathy
and kidneys -stops proper function
What pt. prep should you do for a EKG/ECG - Answer -clean the skin to remove lotions
or sweat to be sure the electrodes stick
what lab values test poor renal function? - Answer -high serum creatine
BUN
Pt. has a heparin infusion to thin the blood and his level is 70. What should you do. -
Answer -Nothing.
normal time for aPTT for pt. receiving heparin is 60-80
normal time for aPTT is 30-40
What theraputic intervention do you use for a exercise stress test? - Answer -why is the
test making you nervous
use open ended question.
metabolic acidosis compensation? - Answer -pH of 7.43
paCO2 of 31
HCO3 21
Pregnancy at 19 weeks. What do they use to hear the fetal heartbeat - Answer -fetal
doplar ultrasound
pt has bacterial endocarditis. What test do they need? - Answer -Echocardiogram
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