Prometric 5 Flashcards
Stroking the cheek of the newborn will produced what reflex?
Rooting
Common in manic, helps divert attention of manic patients.
Distractibility
Paroxysmal hypertension
First sign of Pheochromocytoma
Adding to or increasing.
Augmentation
Anesthesia affecting a local area only.
Anesthesia, local
Removal of the prostate gland.
Prostatectomy
Removal of a lung.
Pneumonectomy
Weeks Amniotic Fluid appears?
By 13-15 weeks gestation
Silverman Anderson score of 6 means?
Moderate Respiratory Distress
A rapid forceful or irregular heart beat felt by the patient?
PALPITATION
ST wave depression is ECG wave noted in?
ANGINA PECTORIS
Electrolyte or nutrient limited in bedridden patients to prevent urolithiasis?
CALCIUM
Major clinical response of patient to digitalis effect?
IMPROVED RESPIRATION
Maintenance of good posture against effort to be moved.
Catatonic rigidity
Patients believes that he is God, immortal and will never die.
Delusion of omnipotence
Child quadruples birth weight (28 lbs) at what age?
30 months
. Silverman Anderson score of 0 means?
No Respiratory Distress
Beliefs that some events, the headline in newspaper, TV have a special meaning like people talking
patients perceived as about him.
Delusion or ideas of reference
Formation of an opening in an antrum (any nearly closed cavity or
chamber) for drainage; may be performed on sinuses.
Antrostomy (antral window)
Hiccups, chest pain, dizziness
First sign of Pacemaker malfunction
Physician who administers anesthetics.
Anesthesiologist
Tinnitus or ringing of ear
First sign of Aspirin or ASA toxicity
Positive Homan’s sign, pain in the leg, redness, swelling and edema, pulse still palpable are s/s of?
THROMBOPHLEBITIS
What is chyne-stokes Respiration?
GRADUAL SLOW THEN INCREASED RESPIRATION THEN APNEA
Average platelet count of the blood?
100,000-400,000
Ability of the WBC to slip in and out the blood vessel?
DIAPEDESIS
Behavior designed to avoid interacting with others, common in schizoid, first sign of suicide.
Withdrawal
Diffusion, blocking, autism, flight of ideas, retardation, ambivalence.
Alteration of thought processes
Connection of two tubular structures.
Anastomosis
Oliguria, urine output of below 500cc for
24 hours.
First sign of Acute Kidney failure
Nucturial, hesitancy
First sign of BPH (Benign Prostate
Hyperthropy)
What to do in obsessive – impulsive
Be empathetic give time to do ritualistic acts but later divert it, give recreational activities, ensure
basic need for rest, food, grooming, assists patient to connect behavior with feelings.
Marked reduction in spontaneous movement, reactivity to environment.
Catatonic Stupor
A state before onset of the disorder.
Premorbid
Lack of norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine leads to
endogenous depression.
Enlargement of the cervical canal and scraping of endo-cervical or
endometrial tissue.
D&C (dilation and curettage)
Tying or binding procedure.
Ligation
Inflammation of the lining of the heart (pericardium). Viral infections, kidney failure, and autoimmune conditions are common causes.
Pericarditis
Removal of tonsils and adenoids.
T&A
Best nursing care to reduced tympanism or cholic after feeding the child?
Burping
Confusion, disorientation, clouding, sense of going crazy.
Altered consciousness
Automatic repetition of words heard.
Echolalia
Lack of motivation.
Avolition
The best time to breastfeed again a normal infant is to utilize that rule?
Demand feeding when active alert.
Major danger or major sign of digitalis toxicity?
HEART BLOCK, BRADYCARDIA
Painless smooth testicular mass, heaviness
First sign of Testicular Cancer
Joint visualization by means of an arthroscope.
Arthroscopy
Surgical instrument that converts light to intense heat and power.
Laser
Removal of loose skin from face and upper neck.
Rhytidectomy (facelift)
The mitral valve is forced backward slightly after blood has passed through the valve.
Mitral valve prolapse
Sudden loss of heart function
Cardiac arrest:
Absence of meconeum plus salty skin in newborn, suspect what?
Cystic Fibrosis
