Ammoniey

You examine a 38-year-old woman who has presented for an initial examination and Papanicolaou test. She has no complaint. Her blood pressure (BP) is 154/98 mm Hg bilaterally and her body mass index (BMI) is 31 kg/m2. The rest of her physical examination is unremarkable. Your next best action is to: A. initiate antihypertensive therapy. B. arrange for at least two additional BP measurements during the next 2 weeks. C. order blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, and potassium ion measuremen...

Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll need: - -Advanced nurse prescriber license -DEA # What is the purpose of a DEA #? - Needed to prescribed scheduled drugs Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs: - -Written script needed -1 month supply only -No refills What is the PDMP? - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Used to effectively track patient's controlled substance uses across different health facilities (in the same state) What are clinical ...

Escitalopram may cause serious, potentially fatal reactions when used with _______________. (select all that apply) - Duloxetine, amitriptilyne, sertraline, St. John's Wort Mixing two serotonin agents can cause serotonin syndrome. The therapeutic effects of imipramine develop over _____________. - Several weeks The FDA-approved indications for fluoxetine include: (select all that apply) - Obsessive compulsive disorder, major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa Taking food with bus...

3, 5, 6. Diabetes, high cholesterol, and obesity are all treatable to reduce the risk of stroke. - Which of the following are modifiable risk factors that should be taught to patients at risk for stroke? Select all that apply. 1. Heredity 2. Age 3. Diabetes 4. Race 5. High cholesterol 6. Obesity 1, 2, 4 can all help reduce aspiration. Straws and placing food on the affected side (where the patient may not be aware of it) increase risk. - What interventions can help prevent aspira...

3, 5, 6. Diabetes, high cholesterol, and obesity are all treatable to reduce the risk of stroke. - Which of the following are modifiable risk factors that should be taught to patients at risk for stroke? Select all that apply. 1. Heredity 2. Age 3. Diabetes 4. Race 5. High cholesterol 6. Obesity 1, 2, 4 can all help reduce aspiration. Straws and placing food on the affected side (where the patient may not be aware of it) increase risk. - What interventions can help prevent aspira...

The graph of y = 4sin (3x + 2) + 1 has amplitude of: a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4 - e. 4 What is the exact value of sin (22.5 degrees)? a. .383 b. sqrt (2) c. sqrt (2 - sqrt(2)) / 2 d. sqrt ((2 + sqrt (2)) / 4) e. Impossible - c. sqrt (2 - sqrt(2)) / 2 Solve for x: (1/2)x = 16 a. -4 b. -2 c. 2 d. 4 e. None of these - a. -4 If an ant is 50 feet away from a tree growing straight up, and the ant has to look up at an angle of 70 degrees to see the top of the tree, how tall is th...

What disease conditions do you see Telangiectasia in? Differential? Physical Exam? - -("spider veins") dilated or broken blood vessels located near the surface of the skin or mucous membranes. -Rosasea -Liver dx -Scleroderma -Lupus -Corticosteriod use -Raynauds -Basal cell Skin CA -Differential: PVD -PE: Hemosiderans deposition (staining) Type 1 Error - -False positive -Incorrectly rejecting the true null hypothesis (occurs if the null hypothesis is rejected when it is t...

Wide pulse pressure and bounding peripheral pulses - PDA Echo findings in dilated cardiomyopathy - Diffuse hypokalemia and dilation of the ventricles Causes of dilated cardiomyopathy - Viral illness, alcohol, ischemia Tx for life threatening hyperkalemia - Calcium chloride or calcium gluconate X-ray finding doe ankylosing spondylitis - Narrowing or sclerosis of the SI joints Cause of amenorrhea is bleeding occurs after progesterone challenge - Anovulation Treatment for SIADH - ...

S/S of a hemolytic transfusion reaction - low back pain, tachycardia, hypotension What vaccine is safe to administer to a client who is pregnant? - Tdap (between 27-36 weeks) What is Sims' position? - Client is side-lying with flexion of hip and knee What are some potential causes of fixed, dilated pupils? - Brain aneurysm, brain tumor, cerebral edema head trauma, increased intracranial pressure, intracranial hemorrhage, stroke What is incidence proportion? - The proportion of an un...

What can be delegated to Assistive personnel (AP)? - - ADLs - bathing - grooming - dressing - ambulating - feeding (w/o swallow precautions) - positioning - bed making - specimen collection - I&O - VS (stable clients A nurse on a med surge unit has recieved change of shift report and will care for 4 clients. Which of the following clients needs will the nurse assign to an AP? A. Feeding a client who was admitted 24 hours ago with aspiration pneumonia B. Reinforcing teaching with a client w...