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Adult HESI Care 1: Test Questions and approved Answers 2024 GRADED A+
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- ADULT HESI
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- Tarrant County College
Adult HESI Care 1: Test Questions and approved Answers 2024 GRADED A+
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Adult HESI Care 1: Test
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Answers 2024 GRADED A+
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,Fluid and Electrolyte Balance - ANSWER Sodium: 135-145
Chloride: 98-107
**Potassium: 3.5-5.0
Calcium: 8.6-10.2
Phosphate: 2.7-4.5
Magnesium: 1.5-2.5
Albumin: 3.5-5.0
common food sources of potassium - ANSWER avocado, bananas, cantaloupe,
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carrots, fish, mushrooms, oranges, potatoes, pork, beef, veal, raisins, spinach,
strawberries, and tomatoes.
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Signs of hypocalcemia - ANSWER paresthesias followed by numbness, hyperactive
deep tendon reflexes, and a positive Trousseau's or Chvostek's sign, increased
neuromuscular excitability, muscle cramps, twitching, tetany, seizures, irritability, and
anxiety, increased gastric motility, hyperactive bowel sounds, abdominal cramping, and
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diarrhea, prolonged QT interval and prolonged ST segment
hypercalcemia - ANSWER shortened ST segment and a widened T wave
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hyponatremia - ANSWER Hyperactive bowel sounds, flat neck veins, diminished
deep tendon reflexes, muscle weakness, increased urinary output, and decreased
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specific gravity
hypernatremia - ANSWER Muscle twitches, Decreased urinary output, increased
specific gravity of the urine
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hypermagnesemia - ANSWER drowsiness, sedation, lethargy, respiratory
depression, muscle weakness, and areflexia.
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low levels of albumin cause - ANSWER edema! And drug toxicity if drug requires
albumin to bind!
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5 Rights of delegation - ANSWER -Right Task: can be delegated, normally repetitive
and requires little supervision and is predictable
-Right Circumstance: right setting and environment
-Right Person: 3 implications: right person delegating right task to right person to be
performed to right person
-Right Direction: communication, clear concise description of task
-Right Supervision: monitor task, give evaluation
, essential steps of effective supervision - ANSWER direction, evaluation, and
follow-up
SBAR - ANSWER Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
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6 Rights of Medication - ANSWER Right Patient
Right Medication
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Right Dose
Right Route
Right Time
Right Documentation
...also right evaluation & always assess after giving meds
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hemoglobin - ANSWER
female 12-16 g/dL
pregnant >11 g/dL
male 14-18 g/dL
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hematocrit - ANSWER male 42-52%
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female 37-47%
pregnant >33%
RBCs - ANSWER male 4.7-6.1 mil/mm3
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female 4.2-5.4 mil/mm3
WBCs - ANSWER 5-10 thousand/mm3
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platelets - ANSWER 150-400 thousand/mm3
BUN - ANSWER 5-18 mg/dL
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Creatinine - ANSWER male 0.6-1.2
female 0.5-1.1
ABGs - ANSWER pH 7.35-7.45
PCO2 35-45 mmHg
PO2 80-100 mmHg
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