NUR 185 Final Practice Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
Why do we use TPN for patient?
To allow gut to rest and heal
Patient is on TPN and Lasix which lab value do we check?
K+
How do we confirm malignant cancer?
Biopsy
What are Antineoplastic medications used for?
Cancer drugs
What should you teach pt on antineoplastic drugs?
Do not get live vaccines such as rubella, measles, flu, pneumonia
Pt comes into ER bleeding and in moderate distress, first thing the nurse should do?
Take VS
What do you teach a pt who has pulmonary edema and is being discharged?
Take daily weight
Pt has vertigo and you are trying to prevent injury, what do you teach them?
Move head slowly
Pt receiving Coumadin getting for a couple of days. INR comes back and is 1.5, what
should you anticipate happening?
, Expect the doctor to increase Coumadin
Patient is on anticoagulant drip, and is walking around & throws up coffee ground
emesis. What do you do first?
Stop drop and obtain VS
Angioedema develops in a patient after an IV drip of a medication. What do you do?
Give epinephrine
Who needs a tetanus shot?
Burn pt
What lab values should you check while pt on Geramycin?
BUN, Creatinine (drug can cause ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity)
Where can an LPN insert an IV?
Antecubital space to the hand
Acronym used for fire extinguisher
P.A.S.S
Which type of fire extinguisher can be used for all kinds of fires?
ABC
Patient walks in which chest pain. What must be done within 10 minutes?
EKG and aspirin
What two electrolytes are important for heart function?
Potassium and Magnesium
Correct Answers
Why do we use TPN for patient?
To allow gut to rest and heal
Patient is on TPN and Lasix which lab value do we check?
K+
How do we confirm malignant cancer?
Biopsy
What are Antineoplastic medications used for?
Cancer drugs
What should you teach pt on antineoplastic drugs?
Do not get live vaccines such as rubella, measles, flu, pneumonia
Pt comes into ER bleeding and in moderate distress, first thing the nurse should do?
Take VS
What do you teach a pt who has pulmonary edema and is being discharged?
Take daily weight
Pt has vertigo and you are trying to prevent injury, what do you teach them?
Move head slowly
Pt receiving Coumadin getting for a couple of days. INR comes back and is 1.5, what
should you anticipate happening?
, Expect the doctor to increase Coumadin
Patient is on anticoagulant drip, and is walking around & throws up coffee ground
emesis. What do you do first?
Stop drop and obtain VS
Angioedema develops in a patient after an IV drip of a medication. What do you do?
Give epinephrine
Who needs a tetanus shot?
Burn pt
What lab values should you check while pt on Geramycin?
BUN, Creatinine (drug can cause ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity)
Where can an LPN insert an IV?
Antecubital space to the hand
Acronym used for fire extinguisher
P.A.S.S
Which type of fire extinguisher can be used for all kinds of fires?
ABC
Patient walks in which chest pain. What must be done within 10 minutes?
EKG and aspirin
What two electrolytes are important for heart function?
Potassium and Magnesium
