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Post op day 2 with evisceration, what do you do?
Sterile soaked gauze.. call the doctor.
What do you do for dehiscence?
sterile soaked gauze
Urinary catheter-
notify provider if output is significantly lower post op.
Water-seal chest drainage system:
used to remove (air and fluid)
Emergency burn care
stop the burning process cool the burns (wrap it up cool towels)
What determines systemic response to a burn injury
TBSA affected 20% and up is systemic, lower than 20 is localized
A client with a spinal cord injury is experiencing neurogenic shock, what are the signs
and symptoms
hypotension, bradycardia, warm dry skin
A patient comes in with a Pneumothorax what are the signs?
(diminished or absent breath sounds)
For Cerebral edema use
, mannitol
Acoustic neuroma signs and symptoms in a patient
vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
CEA definition
removal of atherosclerotic plaques
Client with a generalized seizure, what is your nursing intervention?
Loosen restrictive clothing
How long do you wash your hands for
20 seconds
A Client has been diagnosed with smallpox; the nurse knows to do what
keep in isolation
You give a patient morphine What eTects will it have?
Pain and anxiety relief, potential for respiratory depression
An apparent overdose of iv heroin what antidote are you giving
Naloxone for opioid
What would you use in a hypertensive emergency
Sodium nitroprusside (vasodilator)
Heroin client overdose will present with what?
pinpoint pupils (everything low and slow)
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Post op day 2 with evisceration, what do you do?
Sterile soaked gauze.. call the doctor.
What do you do for dehiscence?
sterile soaked gauze
Urinary catheter-
notify provider if output is significantly lower post op.
Water-seal chest drainage system:
used to remove (air and fluid)
Emergency burn care
stop the burning process cool the burns (wrap it up cool towels)
What determines systemic response to a burn injury
TBSA affected 20% and up is systemic, lower than 20 is localized
A client with a spinal cord injury is experiencing neurogenic shock, what are the signs
and symptoms
hypotension, bradycardia, warm dry skin
A patient comes in with a Pneumothorax what are the signs?
(diminished or absent breath sounds)
For Cerebral edema use
, mannitol
Acoustic neuroma signs and symptoms in a patient
vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
CEA definition
removal of atherosclerotic plaques
Client with a generalized seizure, what is your nursing intervention?
Loosen restrictive clothing
How long do you wash your hands for
20 seconds
A Client has been diagnosed with smallpox; the nurse knows to do what
keep in isolation
You give a patient morphine What eTects will it have?
Pain and anxiety relief, potential for respiratory depression
An apparent overdose of iv heroin what antidote are you giving
Naloxone for opioid
What would you use in a hypertensive emergency
Sodium nitroprusside (vasodilator)
Heroin client overdose will present with what?
pinpoint pupils (everything low and slow)
