Neurological meds - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Nurs 258 Final Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions 2024/2025 Order of physical assessment skills - Correct Answer inspection, palpation, (percussion), auscultation Frequency of VS - Correct Answer MD orders, critical situations, after surgery, during blood transfusions, changes in pt status Factors that affect temperature - Correct Answer age, exercise, hormone changes, circadian rhythm, stress, environment, illness and injury Apical pulse location - Correct Answer 5th intercostal...

NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM Assessing pain for pt who is unconscious, what's the first intervention? - Nail bed pressure Pt with a head injury & are arousable, what is one intervention the pt can do themselves to reduce ICP? - Exhaling during repositioning Characteristics of CSF, what does it test for? - Clear w/ a yellow halo; tests positive for glucose How can we limit autonomic dysreflexia? - Routine bowel & bladder program Evaluating a pt for a spinal cord injury; which of the following w...

ATI Adv. Med-surg FINAL EXAM 1. A nurse in a burn treatment center is caring for a client who is admitted with severe burns to both lower extremities and is pending an escharotomy. The client’s spouse asks the nurse what the procedure entails. Which of the following nursing statements is appropriate? a. “large incisions will be made in the eschar to improve circulation” b. “ I can call the doctor back here if you want me to” c. “a piece of skin will be removed and grafted ov...

Hondros Nur 176 exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% correct Interventions to prevent diabetes Maintain healthy weight, diet and exercise Signs of type 1 diabetes 3 polys, blurred vision, cold feet, numbness, shiny thin skin w/ no hair, age 30 and under, sudden onset, underweight, Signs of type 2 diabetes No symptoms at first , later develop the 3 polys, obesity, Nigricans (black line on back of neck) skin tags S/S of hypoglycemia Fatigue, weakness, irritability, reduce co...

Why should you have your elderly patients bring in all medications that they take? (OTC, herbal, etc.) - Answer To assess for possible drug interactions Fall RF Include: - Answer incontinence, burns, poor vision, sensory deficits, age, meds, weakness, environmental hazards, footwear, and some diseases/disorders. What meds can increase fall risk? - Answer BP meds and sedation Education for a pt on BP meds: - Answer change positions slowly (orthostatic hypotension) Example ...

PCC 1 UNMC Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Discuss the concept of mobility across the life span. - ANSWERSInfants - Straight spine, them crawling tends to curve their spine. They have a large head keepin gthem at risk of head injury. Muscle and training is used. Any child born with an anomaly, overtime their bones gradually get stronger and harder. Infancy have flexible bones. Muscle continues to beef up throughout growth of childhood. One puberty hits with both boys, their muscle grow...

Fluid balance - answer--A term used to describe the balance of the INPUT and OUTPUT of fluids in the body to allow metabolic processes to function properly. Dehydration physiologic changes - answer--Assess- Skin turgor, mucus membranes Labs: BUN, electrolyte panel (Na, Cl, K), Hcg, Hbg. Diagnostic: Urine specific gravity Meds: Are you on a diuretic, steroid, or laxative? Plan: Give fluids Gas exchange - answer--Process by which oxygen is transported TO cells and carbon dioxide is trans...

PMHNP 1 Final Exam Questions and Answers Rated A+ _______ is produced in the locus ceruleus of the pons Norepinephrine The hallmark symptom in _______ is a disturbance of consciousness accompanied by changes in cognitive function delirium Disturbance of consciousness develops over a short time, usually hours to days is seen in _______ delirium How are Sleep-rest cycle different in patients with delirium? clients are awake at night andsleep during the day. Impaired _______ and _...

NSG 222 Focused on Neurological disorders & medications Exam Questions with Approved Answers 2024/2025 Myoclonic seizure (special syndrome) - correct answer -larege jerking movements of major muscle group, such as an arm -falling from a sitting position or dropping what is held in hand Status epilepticus (special syndrome) - correct answer -considered a medical emergency -repeated tonic-clonic seizures with no rest in between -can lead to coma and death Abcs and safety - correct an...

NRNP 6675/ NRNP6675 Midterm Exam Quiz Bank (2023/ 2024) | Complete Guide| Questions and Verified Answers 1. Which of the following is not consistent with benzo withdrawal? - Answer: B) The best way to proceed with benzo withdrawal is to stop it immediately and tx withdrawal s/s 2. Which of the following is true about the legal practice of the PMHNP? - Answer: D) A&B only A) all have some degrees of prescriptive privileges i...