Deck 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Signs and symptoms with a client who has peritonitis and is receiving peritoneal dialysis

A

Nausea and vomiting (how would this present)

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2
Q

Assessing an AV graft-Fistula

A

Feel for thrill and bruit-Auscultate

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3
Q

Restrictions for client on chemo with neutropenia

A

Flowers need to go outside of the patients room

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4
Q

What labs should you report with a client who has breast cancer that is on chemotherapy

A

Low white blood cell count this tells us that the client is neutropenic

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5
Q

What should you teach a client who has breast cancer and is on chemo about taking tamoxifen

A

Watch for hot flashes

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6
Q

What’s a dietary teaching to promote wound healing

A

Vitamin A-carrots, vitamin C-oranges, vitamin K-spinach, Vitamin B-12

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7
Q

What’s a fat soul able vitamin for a client with acute pancreatitis

A

Vitamin A-carrots

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8
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What’s a therapeutic intervention for a client who is malnourished and depressed to improve thier nutritional intake

A

Sit with the client

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9
Q

What’s a nursing intervention for a client who has not voided following the removal of their indwelling catheter

A

Bladder scan

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10
Q

You want to refer a client with dysphasia to who?

A

Speech therapist

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11
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Condition associated with H. Pylori

A

Peptic ulcer disease

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12
Q

Expected findings for a client with an upper GI bleed

A

It’s going to look like coffee grounds (dark blood)

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13
Q

An effective lab value for a cancer patient receiving TPN

A

High levels of Albumin

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14
Q

What’s the expected nursing intervention when pharmacy is late on TPN

A

Administer D10

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15
Q

Signs and symptoms of a client with type two diabetes that require priority intervention

A

If I see shaking- I need to administer insulin

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16
Q

A client has type 1 diabetes and has a blood glucose of 48 what should I do

A

I should give a graham cracker, not milk, not tsp of sugar

17
Q

Teaching prevention of the long-term complications of diabetes mellitus

A

Maintain stable blood glucose levels

18
Q

What are nutritional risk factors of adolescents

A

Skipping meals, not under proper parental supervision, (becomes problematic once they’ve skipped more than 3 meals in a week)

19
Q

What’s some teaching that should be included with a client who had a complete abd. Salpingo-oophorectomy

A

Vaginal dryness is expected-use lube

20
Q

If you’re caring for a client with
Perineal dialysis what’s something you should report to the provider

A

Purulent drainage