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✔✔Parasite manifested by pruritic brown threadlike lines on the body especially on the
hands & body folds? - ✔✔Scabies
✔✔(T/F)Patients with systemic lupus erthematosis (SLE) should maintain a balance
between rest and activity to minimize stress? - ✔✔True
✔✔Criteria for diagnosis of Systemic lupus erthematosus (SLE) include all of the
following - ✔✔Alopecia and facial butterfly rash, Oral ulcers and photosensitivity, Renal
disorders and positive antinuculear antibody (ANA) lab test
✔✔Melanocytes are pigment (melanin) cells that arise from what layer of the skin? -
✔✔Epidermis
✔✔Malignant melanoma is a cancerous neoplasm that arises from what type of cell? -
✔✔Melanocytes
✔✔What is considered risk factors for malanoma? - ✔✔Excessive sun exposure
✔✔When inspecting nevi (moles) over the body what criteria would be cause for
concern? - ✔✔Irregular border of the mole
✔✔(T/F)The initial concern following an electrical burn (electrocution) is the likelihood of
cardiac arrest? - ✔✔True
✔✔a burn victim when is the greatest amount of fluid lost? - ✔✔First 12 hours
✔✔The biggest concern in the first 48 hours following a burn is considered what? -
✔✔Hypovolemic shock
✔✔The biggest concern between 48 and 72 hours following a burn is considered what?
- ✔✔Circulatory overload
✔✔The biggest concern after the first 72 hours following a burn is considered what? -
✔✔Infection
✔✔(T/F) Singed nasal hairs or soot surrounding mouth and nose indicates possible
inhalation injury? - ✔✔True
, ✔✔Calculate the TBSA in a patient that has sustained burns to the face, front & back of
R leg, front of L leg, & abdomen? - ✔✔50%
✔✔What are skin grafts utilized for in burn victims? - ✔✔Promotes healin and prevents
infection
✔✔Fasting plasma glucose level >100mg/dL is the definition of what? -
✔✔Hyperglycemia
✔✔Plasma glucose level less 70 mg/dL is the definition of what? - ✔✔Hypoglycemia
✔✔When a patient has a blood sugar level of 70 mg/dL or less what is the FIRST step
to increase the blood sugar level? - ✔✔Give milk or oj
✔✔(T/F) The body changes glycogen into glucose in response to glucose starved cells
but without insulin hyperglycemia occurs? - ✔✔True
✔✔Rapid acting insulins are utilized for what specific purpose? (Pharm pg 577) -
✔✔hyperglycemia after meals
✔✔What in 70/30 premixed insulin consist of? - ✔✔30% rspid acting/70% intermediate
acting
✔✔NPH is what type of insulin? - ✔✔Intermediate acting insulin
✔✔What type of insulin is Lispro and when should it be administered? - ✔✔Rapid acting
insulin and 15 minutes before a meal
✔✔What is the primary benefit of adding an oral antidiabetic medication vs starting the
patient on subcutaneus insulin? - ✔✔Oral meds increase cell sensitivity to insulin
✔✔Pruritic lesions with honey colored drainage around the lips and chin are most
likely? - ✔✔Impetigo
✔✔What is the biggest concern in the first 12 hours for full-thickness burn patients? -
✔✔Fluid loss
✔✔(T/F)Stage 2 pressure injury appears as a shallow open injury with a pink-red wound
bed without sloughing? - ✔✔True
✔✔Circular rash caused by a fungus with clearer skin found in the middle usually found
in areas with minimal hair? - ✔✔Tinea Corporis