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A nurse caring for five clients which client is high risk for developing PE correct answers DVT Fractured femur Hip Replacement When at a public park nurse encounters person after bee sting. Lips swollen and wheezing. What first would you do first correct answers administer epi Little league...

A nurse must perform a primary survey on a patient while at the scene of a house fire. What elements does this include? correct answers Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure (ABCDE) What is the first action done to a patient during the primary survey? correct answers Ensure patient...

Calculate MAP correct answers 2xdiastolic+systolic/3 (remember 59) IV infiltration correct answers the leaking of IV fluid into the tissue surrounding the vein. This occurs when IV fluids continue to be delivered even though the tip of the catheter is no longer in the vessel or is blocked. -mig...

Migraine signs/symptoms correct answers Episodic, head pain lasting from 4 to 72 hours Steady ache to violent throbbing Unilateral, worse with activity Aura Photophobia, phonophobia, osmophobia education about propranolol correct answers take daily at the same time Multiple Sclerosis trea...

Which Migraine medications cannot be used in a patient with cardiac diseases and why? correct answers Triptans and Ergotamine preparations- they will cause additional vasoconstriction of the head blood vessels What does abortive therapy do for migraines? correct answers alleviate pain after the h...

migraine: what is it? associated with what symptoms? (2) triggers? (3) more common in? correct answers recurrent head pain - nausea and sensitivity to sound or head movement - caffeine, red wine, MSG more common in women what is the priority care of migraines? correct answers pain man...

What is the most common type of dementia? correct answers Alzheimer's disease Is Alzheimer's reversible? correct answers No What is the etiology of Alzheimer's? correct answers Unknown Alzheimer's is the result of? correct answers changes in personality, memory, and/or judgement What...

Patient interventions for Complications from spinal cord injuries correct answers Autonomic dysreflexia, paralysis Breathing issues FAST for Bells palsy correct answers F- Face/ does the persons face look uneven A- Arm weakness S- Speech difficulty T- Time to call 911 What cervical level o...

what are the categories of triage? correct answers - emergent - urgent - nonurgent - primary survey what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage correct answers - life threatening injuries - needs immediate treatment what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage...

What does triaging do? correct answers *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst correct answers highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first...

what are the assessment findings in pneumothorax? correct answers ● Sudden dyspnea ● Chest pain ● Feeling of doom/anxiety ● JVD ● Tachy ● Chest petechiae ● ECG changes ● Abnormal heart sounds what are the s/s of flail chest correct answers - paradoxical chest movement - dy...

Ergotamine tartrate medications are beneficial in migraine headaches because they? A.) Dilate cerebral blood vessels B.) Constrict cerebral blood vessels C.) Reduce neurotransmission of pain impulses D.) Enhance endorphin secretion correct answers B.) Constrict cerebral blood vessels A pati...

A patient comes to the ED having diminished breath sounds on his left lung and asymmetrical chest expansion when asked to breathe. The nurse feels the patient's trachea has deviated to the right side of the throat. What is the patient suffering from? correct answers Pneumothorax A provider tells...

Alzheimers vs Dementia correct answers Dementia is a general term for progressive loss of brain function and impaired cognition Alzheimer's: Chronic terminal illness characterized by formation of neuritic placques, neurofibrillary tangles, and vascular degeneration in the brain. S/S of Alz...