What is jaundice - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What symptom requires a food handler to be excluded from the operation? - Answer-Jaundice What should staff do when receiving a delivery of food and supplies? - Answer-visually inspect all food items Single use gloves are not required when... - Answer-washing produce what myst food handlers do when handling ready-to-eat food? - Answer-wear single use gloves What symptom can indicate a customer is having an allergic reaction? - Answer-wheezing or shortness of breath What should be done wit...

NUR 634 Midterm Exam - Questions, Answers and Feedback A 55-year-old smoker complains of chest pain and gestures with a closed fist over her sternum to describe it. Which of the following diagnoses should you consider because of her gesture? A. Bronchitis B. Costochondritis C. Pericarditis D. Angina pectoris Feedback: The clenched fist of Levine's sign, while not completely specific for ischemic pain, should definitely cause you to consider this etiology. Bronchitis is usually painless, and pe...

Exam 3: PNR204 / PNR 204 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Pediatric Nursing | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Fortis Question: What foods can help increase Iron? Answer: - liver and leafy green vegetables Question: What is a hereditary blood disorder where blood does not clot? Answer: - hemophilia Question: What is a hereditary blood disorder where the body cannot produce sufficient adult hemoglobin? Answer: - thalassemia Question: Thala...

Exam 1: NUR265 / NUR 265 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Advanced Concepts of Medical–Surgical Nursing Exam Review | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Galen Q: What is cirrhosis? Answer: An extensive, irreversible scarring of the liver. Q: What are common causes of cirrhosis? Answer: -ETOH -Viral hepatitis (HEP C) - Autoimmune hepatitis -Drugs and chemicals (aetaminophen or anything else hepatotoxic) Q: What are early S/S of cirrhosis? Answer: -Enlarged liver -Fat...

Exam 2: NUR2474/ NUR 2474 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Pharmacology | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade - Rasmussen Q: Atorvastatin -notify the HCP if patient complains of muscle pain all over their body Q: CAD (coronary artery disease) patient on aspirin for a year now having dark tarry stools Answer: Warrants notification to HCP Q: HMG-COA reductase inhibitors Answer: will take 2 weeks to effect on low density lipoprotein Q: Factor VI...

Exam 1: NUR155/ NUR 155 (Latest 2023/ 2024) Foundations of Nursing Exam| Questions and Answers| Grade A| Galen Q: Assessment physical examination order Answer: Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation Q: hypothermia symptoms Answer: Pale, cool, waxy skin Q: What occurs to the pulse when a patient has a fever. Answer: Elevated pulse Q: A patients blood pressure drops when he stands up, what is this called Answer: Orthostatic hypotension ...

NR325 / NR-325 Exam 2 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025): Adult Health II | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Chamberlain Question: What is a complication of levodopa? Answer: dyskinesia ** patient now needs to be on levodopa with carbidopa (Sinemet Question: At what point in the spinal cord is a patient at risk for autonomic dysreflexia when they endure a spinal injury? Answer: T6 or above Question: What is the first and second thing that a...

Final Exam: NUR2474/ NUR 2474 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Pharmacology | Complete Review | Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A | 100% Correct- Rasmussen Q: Vitamin K Antagonist (ex: warfarin) or Anticoagulants (ex: heparin) ▪ Nursing Interventions: A patient has black, tarry stools. What do you do next? Answer: ▪ Hold the drug ▪ Check INR or aPTT ▪ Call the MD, this indicates internal bleeding Q: Your patient in the hospital is on both warfarin (blood thinner) a...

What three herbs need to be dissolved in a strained decoction? - yi tang, chuan jiao, e jiao Mix-fry with honey to decrease the damage to yin effect. - ma huang Boil these two very toxic herbs for 30-60 minutes longer. - chuan wu and cao wu Da zao combines with what herb to harmonize? - sheng jiang, since da zao is very sticky, and sheng jiang is very spicy What diuretic herb is good for jaundice, and also what point goes with it? - yin chen hao; DU 9 Must crush this herb or it does not wo...

What is physiological jaundice? - -occurs when baby accumulates bilirubin -secondary to immature liver in newborns -common first 2-4 days of life and resolves by 2 weeks What level is conjugated hyperbilirubinemia? - serum conjugated bilirubin concentration greater than 1 mg/dL if the total bilirubin is less than 5.0 mg/dL or more than 20% of the total bilirubin if the the total bilirubin is greater than 5 mg/dL (p. 862 AAP book) What is breastfeeding jaundice? - -due to poor intake th...