QUESTION AND ANSWERS 100% GRADED.
Cushings - answer-hypernatremia, hypertension, increased blood vol, hypokalemia,
hyperglycemia
No Pee - answer-No K
do not give POTASSIUM without adequate urine output
APGAR - answer-A=appearance (color all pinks, pink and blue, blue (pale)
P= pulse (>100, <100, absent)
G=grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
A=activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
R=respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
AIRBORNE - answer-MY-Measles
Chicken-Chicken Pox/Varicella
Hez=Herpez Zoster/Shingles
TB
or remember . . .
MTV=Airborne
Measles
TB
Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles
,*Private Room-negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr mask, N95 for TB
DROPLET - answer-think of SPIDERMAN
S-sepsis
S-scarlet fever
S-streptococcal pharyngitis
P-parvovirus B19
P=pneumonia
P-pertussis
I-influenza
D-diptheria (pharyngeal)
E=epiglottitis
R-rubella
M-mumps
M-meningitis
M-mycoplasma
An-adenovirus
*Private Room or cohort*
*Mask*
CONTACT PRECAUTION - answer-Mrs. Wee
M-multidrug resistant organism
R-respiratory infection
S-skin infections
W-wound infxn
E-enteric infxn - clostridum difficile
, E- eye infxn - conjunctivitis
DO NOT delegate what you can EAT! - answer-E-evaluate
A-assess
T-teach
Addisons - answer-down, down, down, up, down
Cushings - answer-up, up, up, down, up
Addisons - answer-hyponatremia, hypotension, decreased blood vol, hyperkalemia,
hypoglycemia
SKIN INFECTIONS - answer-VCHIPS
V-varicella zoster
C-cutaneous diptheria
H-herpez simplex
I-impetigo
P-pediculosis
S-scabies
Air/Pulmonary Embolism - answer-S&S;chest pain, difficulty breathing, tachycardia,
pale/cyanotic, sense of impending doom
turn patient to left side and lower the head of the bed
Woman in Labor w/un-reassuring FHR - answer-late decels, decreased variability, fetal
bradycardia, etc.
turn patient to the left side (and give O2, stop pitocin, increase IV fluids