UTA Nurs 5338 Urgent Emergencies 2025 UPDATED
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
Abdominal Pain Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can be from issues outside
abdomen like MI, pneumonias
Abrasion Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Skin layers rubbed away
- Clean wound, apply topical antibiotic, dressing as needed, analgesia if painful
Abscess - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Cellulitis
- Sebaceous cyst
- Necrotizing fasciitis
Abscess Antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Keflex
- Bactrim DS
- Clindamycin
- Doxycycline
Abscess Common Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- MRSA
- Rarely parasites in US, common elsewhere
- IV drug users may have at injection site
Abscess Incision and Drainage (I&D) Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- I&D kit
with #11 scalpel
- Wound culture
- Iodoform gauze
- Antibiotic therapy
Abscess Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅I&D
Acute Abdominal Pain Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Severe, persistent
pain
- Sudden onset
- Nausea, vomiting
- Abdominal distention
- Fever, signs of shock
Acute Asthma Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Inhaled short-acting beta-2
agonist
- Oral corticosteroids
- Long-acting beta agonists or leukotriene agonists
, Acute Withdrawal Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Starts when drug is stopped
- Continues for days, weeks, or months
Adhesive for Wound Closure Considerations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Less time to
close
- < 5cm in adults and children
- Less pain
- Reopens at a higher rate
- Similar risk for infection
- Avoid in areas of high tension
Allergic Reaction Pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Reaction to allergen
- Acquired, predictable, rapid reactions
- Allergy as a form of hypersensitivity
- Mast cells and basophils activation by IgE causing inflammatory response
Allergic Reactions Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Avoid allergen
- Steroids
- Antihistamines/decongestants
- Epinephrine for anaphylaxis
- Immunotherapy
AMS Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Medical Emergency
Anaphylactic Reaction Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Immediate epinephrine
injection
- Dosage based on weight
- Call 911
Anemia Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate,
ferrous gluconate
- Recombinant erythropoietin
- Epoetin alfa
- Parenteral iron
Animal Bite Puncture Wound Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Typically not
sutured closed
- Treat with Augmentin
Animal Bite Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Wash with soap and water,
antibiotics for dog, cat, and human bites, Augmentin as first choice
Antagonistic Drugs for Allergic Mediators - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Antihistamines
- Glucocorticoids
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
Abdominal Pain Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can be from issues outside
abdomen like MI, pneumonias
Abrasion Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Skin layers rubbed away
- Clean wound, apply topical antibiotic, dressing as needed, analgesia if painful
Abscess - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Cellulitis
- Sebaceous cyst
- Necrotizing fasciitis
Abscess Antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Keflex
- Bactrim DS
- Clindamycin
- Doxycycline
Abscess Common Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- MRSA
- Rarely parasites in US, common elsewhere
- IV drug users may have at injection site
Abscess Incision and Drainage (I&D) Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- I&D kit
with #11 scalpel
- Wound culture
- Iodoform gauze
- Antibiotic therapy
Abscess Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅I&D
Acute Abdominal Pain Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Severe, persistent
pain
- Sudden onset
- Nausea, vomiting
- Abdominal distention
- Fever, signs of shock
Acute Asthma Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Inhaled short-acting beta-2
agonist
- Oral corticosteroids
- Long-acting beta agonists or leukotriene agonists
, Acute Withdrawal Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Starts when drug is stopped
- Continues for days, weeks, or months
Adhesive for Wound Closure Considerations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Less time to
close
- < 5cm in adults and children
- Less pain
- Reopens at a higher rate
- Similar risk for infection
- Avoid in areas of high tension
Allergic Reaction Pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Reaction to allergen
- Acquired, predictable, rapid reactions
- Allergy as a form of hypersensitivity
- Mast cells and basophils activation by IgE causing inflammatory response
Allergic Reactions Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Avoid allergen
- Steroids
- Antihistamines/decongestants
- Epinephrine for anaphylaxis
- Immunotherapy
AMS Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Medical Emergency
Anaphylactic Reaction Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Immediate epinephrine
injection
- Dosage based on weight
- Call 911
Anemia Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate,
ferrous gluconate
- Recombinant erythropoietin
- Epoetin alfa
- Parenteral iron
Animal Bite Puncture Wound Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Typically not
sutured closed
- Treat with Augmentin
Animal Bite Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Wash with soap and water,
antibiotics for dog, cat, and human bites, Augmentin as first choice
Antagonistic Drugs for Allergic Mediators - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Antihistamines
- Glucocorticoids
