Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination HESI LATEST UPDATE.

Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination HESI Addison’s disease= down, down down up down Cushing’s disease= up up up down up Addison’s= hyponatremia, hypotension, decreased blood volume, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia Cushing’s= hypernatremia, hypertension, increased blood volume, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia No Pee, no K (do not give potassium HYPERLINK " Elevate Veins; dangle Arteries for better perfusion Hez - Herpes Zoster/Shingles TB or remember... MTV=Airborne Measles TB Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS: A= appearance (color all pink, pink and blue, blue [pale]) P= pulse (100, 100, absent) G= grimace (cough, grimace, no response) A= activity (flexed, flaccid, limp) R= respirations HYPERLINK " AIRBORNE My - Measles Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella - Private Room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr - Mask, N95 for TB DROPLET think of SPIDERMAN! S - sepsis S - scarlet fever S - streptococcal pharyngitis P - parvovirus B19 P - pneumonia P - pertussis I - influenza D - diphtheria (pharyngeal) E - epiglottitis R - rubella M - mumps M - meningitis M - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia An - Adenovirus • Private Room or cohort • Mask CONTACT PRECAUTION MRS.WEE M - multidrug resistant organism R - respiratory infection S - skin infections * W - wound infxn E - enteric infxn - clostridium dificile E - eye infxn - conjunctivitis SKIN INFECTIONS VCHIPS V - varicella zoster C - cutaneous diphtheria H - herpes simplex I - impetigo P - pediculosis S – sc