Fundi's Theory Final Flashcards
K-Potassium Lab Values
3.5-5.0 mm/dL
What is the best way to figure out hydration for a patient?
Weight
What is the best way to know if a patient is over hydrated?
Blood Pressure
Sodium Lab Values
135-145 mm/dL
WBC
5,000-10,000
A patient with diabetic ketoacidosis has a running IV and high CBG count, what would you not count as intake?
answer that is not IV Fluids, liquids, soup, apple juice….
What are kidney stones?
Calcium build up
More patient teaching is needed what a patient who is at risk for dehydration states:
I only need to drink when I am thirsty.
Insulin IV
Regular Insulin can go through an IV
What is the reason for pressure ulcers?
Tissue Ischemia
A nurse with a postoperative patient looks at labs and sees?
Increase WBC
Decrease infection
Washing hands
QRS Interval represents:
electrical impulses passing through VENTRICLES
If a patient has heroin overdose you will see:
Decreased LOC
A patient on a pulmonary unit is showing signs of being very restless:
Hypoxia
What would you do with a patient who has emphysema?
Put on oxygen
Working in a pulmonary unit and a patient has a nasal canula, what would you assess?
Assess skin breakdown of nares
what will you see in a person with right sided heart failure?
Peripheral edema
Magnesium Lab Levels
1.5-2.5
Where does the heartbeat originate?
SA Node
82 year old patient is confused with pneumonia, assess for:
Assess for O2
Educational handout, explain to patient in order to minimize risk for infection:
Avoid large crowded places.
A patient with Tachycardia may exert:
Having a fever
A patient requires follow up teaching when he states:
“I will take all meds at once.”
Best way to deal with urinary incontinence:
Kegals
Nurse who cuts an indwelling catheter needs help since:
She cut it
Symptoms of enlarged prostate
Urinary retention
A patient with Sodium at 120, which systems will be affected?
Neuro
What patient is at risk for fluid volume deficit?
Burn Victim
A patient is being discharged and on a diuretic. What patient teaching about side effects will the nurse talk about:
Nocturia
What will a nurse teach a patient with Type 2 diabetes?
Exercise, low carb diet, and foot care
Appropriate questions to ask a patient with Type 1 Diabetes?
“Have you lost any weight?”
Treatment for Diabetes:
Glycosylated Hemoglobin
Calcium Levels
8.5-10.5
When taking care of a patient on Novolog (Fast Acting) insulin, he is scheduled to take it at 0800, when will you look for sugar levels?
20-30 minutes before meal
Glyburide
Stimulate pancreas to release insulin
A patient who is hyperglycemic and has HHNC and unresponsive, what will you do?
large IV or IV catheter
Foot care on a diabetic patient. DM:
Neuropathy
What do you do when introducing a feeding tube?
Check placement
Normal sinus rhythm
originates in the S/A Node and causes chambers of the heart to contract
if you have an order for a diabetic ketoacidosis patient, what will you implement first?
IV fluids, bolus drop diluting it
patient with diaphoretic (sweating) and diabetic ketoacidosis
Check Sugar
Lab values of a diabetic patient
Hypoglycemia
A patient with pnuemothorax would exert
dyspnea (difficulty breathing)
Client with acne must
wash their face
An order that states, “wet soaks on both legs.” This lacks:
Frequency
How often does once check their eyes?
1-2 years
What do you tell a patient with wound healing who is a smoker?
Smoking reduces Hemoglobin
Ethnicity differs from race in that ethnicity is:
ethnicity is biological
Process of culturation, client will be:
Adopting and Adapting
