HONDROS NUR 163 EXAM 1 EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ If potassium is high, what do you do?
Answer: Report to RN
◉ What will (emesis) vomiting lead to?
Answer: metabolic alkalosis
◉ What do restraints include?
Answer: vests
wheelchair to table
foot pedals on wheelchair
safety bars
seclusion
◉ What would you notice in the eyes if a person were stressed?
Answer: Pupil dilation
◉ What would you assess on the body when assessing for mobility?
Answer: lower extremities
,◉ What would you assess prior to do range of motion exercises?
Answer: pain level
◉ What do diuretics cause the loss of?
Answer: Potassium
◉ Which enzymes decrease with stress?
Answer: digestive enzymes
◉ What can hyperventilation lead to?
Answer: dizziness
◉ What kind of diets to cancer patients need?
Answer: high calorie because it helps with healing
◉ What is a type of alternative therapy?
Answer: massage
◉ When there is a vitamin overload what kind of vitamins would
you give?
Answer: Fat soluble (ADEK)
, ◉ How should we teach patients to breathe during exercising to
prevent the Valsalva maneuver?
Answer: Breath through mouth
◉ When is stress worse?
Answer: when cumulative
◉ How do we teach patients to use a cane?
Answer: cane on strong side 4-6 inches from foot
elbow flexed 15-30 degrees
◉ What do you focus on when helping relieve stress
Answer: focus on emotional coping
◉ How do you establish trust with patients?
Answer: Provide continuity of care
◉ Where does the biggest loss of insensible fluid occur?
Answer: skin
◉ How does physical illness increase stress?
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ If potassium is high, what do you do?
Answer: Report to RN
◉ What will (emesis) vomiting lead to?
Answer: metabolic alkalosis
◉ What do restraints include?
Answer: vests
wheelchair to table
foot pedals on wheelchair
safety bars
seclusion
◉ What would you notice in the eyes if a person were stressed?
Answer: Pupil dilation
◉ What would you assess on the body when assessing for mobility?
Answer: lower extremities
,◉ What would you assess prior to do range of motion exercises?
Answer: pain level
◉ What do diuretics cause the loss of?
Answer: Potassium
◉ Which enzymes decrease with stress?
Answer: digestive enzymes
◉ What can hyperventilation lead to?
Answer: dizziness
◉ What kind of diets to cancer patients need?
Answer: high calorie because it helps with healing
◉ What is a type of alternative therapy?
Answer: massage
◉ When there is a vitamin overload what kind of vitamins would
you give?
Answer: Fat soluble (ADEK)
, ◉ How should we teach patients to breathe during exercising to
prevent the Valsalva maneuver?
Answer: Breath through mouth
◉ When is stress worse?
Answer: when cumulative
◉ How do we teach patients to use a cane?
Answer: cane on strong side 4-6 inches from foot
elbow flexed 15-30 degrees
◉ What do you focus on when helping relieve stress
Answer: focus on emotional coping
◉ How do you establish trust with patients?
Answer: Provide continuity of care
◉ Where does the biggest loss of insensible fluid occur?
Answer: skin
◉ How does physical illness increase stress?
