Fundamentals Test 2

Question 1

ABC’s in an emergency

Answer 1

Airway, Breathing, Circulation

Question 2

Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

Answer 2

physiological, safety & security, love & belonging, self-esteem, self- actualization.

Question 3

Peak flow-meter always in yellow

Answer 3

Change medication regimen. Increase their meds.

Question 4

Client enters emergency room.

Answer 4

Accessory muscles to breath.

Question 5

Highest priority about early signs of lung cancer

Answer 5

Very vague, cough, fatigue

Question 6

Client in early signs or heart failure

Answer 6

Increase respiratory rate

Question 7

Most common problem you see in sickle cell

Answer 7

Pain

Question 8

Hypertension with no known cause

Answer 8

Primary or essential

Question 9

disorders that the natural flow of blood through arteries and veins through the peripheral circulation.

Answer 9

peripheral artery disease

Question 10

accurate understanding of most appropriate diet when stop smoking

Answer 10

Low fat diet

Question 11

ABC’s THEN Maslow’s

Answer 11

that’s it

Question 12

Client teaching regarding radiation therapy

Answer 12

Cannot go out in the sun, need sunscreen, should not use harsh things on skin, cannot come in with lotion on.

Question 13

Corticosteroids

Answer 13

??

Question 14

Diet with COPD

Answer 14

Prevent protein-calorie malnutrition
Monitor weight, skin condition, and serum prealbumin levels to prevent weight loss
Dyspnea management
Food selection

Question 15

COPD

Answer 15

asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema

Question 16

Chronic bronchitis and eating is hard b/c of SOB

Answer 16

Take small bites, what can they eat that lasts a long time.

Question 17

Asthma: bronchodilators

Answer 17

Short- acting beta agonists (SABAs)
Long-acting beta agonists (LABAs)
cholinergic antagonists

Question 18

Client with lung cancer is scheduled for surgery, they’re getting oxygen for hypoxia, they are becoming more SOB, what do you do?

Answer 18

Put on or increase Oxygen.

Question 19

Nebulizer treatment

Answer 19

used with normal saline to help thin secretions.

Question 20

Someone confused, so you need to start oxygen therapy, what do you have to take into account?

Answer 20

delivery devices. Don’t want them to take it off.

Question 21

SARS

Answer 21

Virus infection of cells of the respiratory tract, triggering inflammatory response. Spread person to person contact, and saliva and droplets.

Question 22

TB

Answer 22

The body reacts to TB bacteria by forming capsules around the germs in the lungs and holding them in check. At this stage, a person is infected with TB, but is neither sick nor contagious. Nine out of ten people who are infected with TB will never be sick or contagious.

Question 23

Highest risk for developing a community acquired pneumonia

Answer 23

Homeless, drug addicts

Question 24

Nosacomia pneumonia

Answer 24

In a hospital

Question 25

When is TB no longer considered infectious

Answer 25

Although tuberculosis is contagious, it's not easy to catch. You're much more likely to get tuberculosis from someone you live with or work with than from a stranger. Most people with active TB who've had appropriate drug treatment for at least two weeks are no longer contagious

Question 26

Night sweats

Answer 26

TB

Question 27

PPD test is negative, what do you do?

Answer 27

Chest X-ray

Question 28

Compensatory mechanisms for early HF

Answer 28

(1) the Frank–Starling mechanism, (2) neurohormonal alterations, and (3) the development of ventricular hypertrophy and remodeling

Question 29

S&S for right sided heart failure

Answer 29

Increased volume in the venous system and peripheral edema. Fluid may back up into your abdomen, legs and feet, causing swelling.

Question 30

Why weigh someone everyday with HF

Answer 30

Fluid retention

Question 31

Pulmonary problems

Answer 31

Assess for crackles, dyspnea at rest, disorientation, and confusion. High Fowler's Oxygen therapy

Question 32

Priority diagnosis for a person with heart failure

Answer 32

Perfusion, impaired circulation

Question 33

Assessment finding saying HF has impaired tissue perfusion

Answer 33

Dyspnea exertion

Question 34

Assessment saying patient has mitral Stenosis

Answer 34

Murmur

Question 35

postop and continuing medication of someone with a prosthetic valve

Answer 35

Warfarin (anticoagulant) for the rest of their life

Question 36

Energy conservation

Answer 36

Rest in between things, if going for a walk need place to sit, if you do something have everything with you.

Question 37

If you hear a swishing sound over right carotid

Answer 37

Call doctor

Question 38

Diet restrictions for hypertension

Answer 38

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Question 39

Triple A monitoring techniques

Answer 39

Palpate midline

Question 40

Prevent raynaud's disease complications

Answer 40

Vasodilation drug therapy Lumbar sympathectomy Sympathetic ganglionectomy Teach patients: minimize cold, reduce caffeine, smoking cessation

Question 41

Can you take warfarin and heprin together

Answer 41

yes

Question 42

Reversal for heprin

Answer 42

Protamine sulfate

Question 43

Blood transfusion procedure

Answer 43

verify prescription test donor's and recipient's blood for compatibility examine blood bag for identification inspect blood for discoloration, gas bubbles, or cloudiness

Question 44

Not transmitting infection

Answer 44

wash hands

Question 45

Leukemia

Answer 45

type of cancer with uncontrolled production of immature white blood cells in the bone marrow.

Question 46

Sickle Cell

Answer 46

formation of abnormal hemoglobin chains during low oxygen concentration

Question 47

Thrombus

Answer 47

blood clot forms an embolus (inflammation, thickening vein wall)

Question 48

Thrombus patient teaching

Answer 48

early ambulation drink fluids, sequential compression device

Question 49

Blood can only hang with normal saline

Answer 49

Yep

Question 50

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 50

Thrombocytopenia is the medical term for a low blood platelet count. Platelets (thrombocytes) are colorless blood cells that play an important role in blood clotting

Question 51

S&S of sleep apnea

Answer 51

daytime sleepiness, loud snoring, breathing cessation, abrupt awakening w/ SOB, dry mouth or sore throat, morning headache, insomnia, attention problems