QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Colon Cancer prevention - ✔✔Increase fiber
no smoking/drinking
control diverticulitis
risk goes up with age
✔✔The only way to confirm malignancy? - ✔✔Biopsy
✔✔what is metastasis? - ✔✔spreading
✔✔What do you do for ostomy care? - ✔✔Pink to beefy red stoma ok
NO PALE STOMA
do not lay on abdomen to avoid putting pressure on stoma
watch for skin breakdown
cut 1/16th larger than stoma when replacing bag
, ✔✔What do you avoid eating before taking an occult blood test? - ✔✔No rare or red
meat
No turnips/radishes/horseradish
no foods high in vit c before test because it may cause a false positive.
✔✔Post ileo conduit (artificial bladder) what to asses - ✔✔stoma may be pink or beefy
red
Asses urine output
Watch for abdominal pain/rigitity
✔✔What do you do for GI bleeding? - ✔✔Asses vitals (high HR low BP)
Assess low hemoglobin and hematocrit
Assess low BUN
✔✔What do you do for renal pt? - ✔✔Low k and low NA
Monitor heart
may be on dialysis
kayexylate
minimal iv fluid
saline or hep lock
✔✔What would you estinguish with an A estinguisher? - ✔✔Paper/wood
✔✔What would you estinguish with a B estinguisher? - ✔✔Cooking oil/ flammable
liquids
✔✔What would you estinguish with a c estinguisher? - ✔✔flammable gas/ electrical
✔✔What fire would you put out with an abc estinguisher? - ✔✔All fires
✔✔Where do you aim at the fire to put it out? - ✔✔Base
✔✔What is the LPN's responsibility during a fire? - ✔✔Ambulatory pt