MDC4 Final Test Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Normal drainage for a surgical site?
Clear (serous) or pale/red/watery (serosanguineous)
Why teach a patient to deep breathe and cough after surgery?
Prevent pneumonia
Worrisome sign of postoperative patient?
Restlessness
If a patient clearly presents in the ER with heat exhaustion, what is the priority action
of the nurse?
IV fluids
Action for a patient that has a bee sting, if available?
Epinephrine
Community disaster preparedness, what organizations help?
Medical Reserve Corporation (MRC)
FEMA
Red Cross
What is DMAT?
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Federal Employees
License is good in all states Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
,How many days of medical supplies should you have if needed for a disaster?
3 Days
Why do we give burn patients cimetidine?
Helps with gastric ulcers
Information to put onto triage tags:
Name
Age
Injury
(Any helpful identifiers)
Treatments done
Who needs to be/has been contacted
Triage tag colors: Red
Emergent, need immediate attention (Class I)
Triage tag colors: Yellow
Urgent, can wait a short time (Class II)
Triage tag colors: Green
Non-urgent, "walking wounded" (Class III)
Triage tag colors: Black
Expected to die or are dead (Class IV)
The patient had a stroke and had homonymous hemianopsia, what will we do to assist
them?
, Check all fields of vision (turn head side to side)
Myasthenia Gravis, how do we prevent a cholinergic crisis?
Medication regimen
How to maintain mobility with Parkinson's?
Encourage mobility (PROM, ROM, OT, PT)
What is bradykinesia and how to assist a patient with this?
Slow movement, rock back and forth to help get up
Gillian Barre syndrome: what to ask regarding recent history?
Infections/virus in the last month
What can you do for a Gillian Barre syndrome patient?
Active listening
Support system
Encouragement/positive feedback
How does paralysis occur in Gillian Barre syndrome?
Ascending (bottom to top)
First signs of meningitis?
Positive Kernig sign
Positive nuchal rigidity
Positive Brudzinski sign
Halo device: should a patient drive?
No, the patient should not drive
Answers
Normal drainage for a surgical site?
Clear (serous) or pale/red/watery (serosanguineous)
Why teach a patient to deep breathe and cough after surgery?
Prevent pneumonia
Worrisome sign of postoperative patient?
Restlessness
If a patient clearly presents in the ER with heat exhaustion, what is the priority action
of the nurse?
IV fluids
Action for a patient that has a bee sting, if available?
Epinephrine
Community disaster preparedness, what organizations help?
Medical Reserve Corporation (MRC)
FEMA
Red Cross
What is DMAT?
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Federal Employees
License is good in all states Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
,How many days of medical supplies should you have if needed for a disaster?
3 Days
Why do we give burn patients cimetidine?
Helps with gastric ulcers
Information to put onto triage tags:
Name
Age
Injury
(Any helpful identifiers)
Treatments done
Who needs to be/has been contacted
Triage tag colors: Red
Emergent, need immediate attention (Class I)
Triage tag colors: Yellow
Urgent, can wait a short time (Class II)
Triage tag colors: Green
Non-urgent, "walking wounded" (Class III)
Triage tag colors: Black
Expected to die or are dead (Class IV)
The patient had a stroke and had homonymous hemianopsia, what will we do to assist
them?
, Check all fields of vision (turn head side to side)
Myasthenia Gravis, how do we prevent a cholinergic crisis?
Medication regimen
How to maintain mobility with Parkinson's?
Encourage mobility (PROM, ROM, OT, PT)
What is bradykinesia and how to assist a patient with this?
Slow movement, rock back and forth to help get up
Gillian Barre syndrome: what to ask regarding recent history?
Infections/virus in the last month
What can you do for a Gillian Barre syndrome patient?
Active listening
Support system
Encouragement/positive feedback
How does paralysis occur in Gillian Barre syndrome?
Ascending (bottom to top)
First signs of meningitis?
Positive Kernig sign
Positive nuchal rigidity
Positive Brudzinski sign
Halo device: should a patient drive?
No, the patient should not drive
