NCLEX-PN Examination HESI

Comprehensive
the Review for
NCLEX-PN Examination
HESI




Addison’s disease= down, down down up down
Cushing’s disease= up up up down up

Addison’s= hyponatremia, hypotension, decreased blood volume,
hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia Cushing’s= hypernatremia, hypertension,
increased blood volume, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia


No Pee, no K (do not give potassium HYPERLINK "http://allnurses.com/forums/"
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without adequate urine output)


Elevate Veins; dangle Arteries for better perfusion




Hez - Herpes Zoster/Shingles TB

or remember... MTV=Airborne Measles
TB
Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles


TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS:


A= appearance (color all pink, pink and blue, blue [pale]) P= pulse (>100, < 100,
absent)
G= grimace (cough, grimace, no response) A= activity (flexed,
flaccid, limp)
R= respirations HYPERLINK "http://allnurses.com/forums/" HYPERLINK
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weak cry, absent)
AIRBORNE
My - Measles Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella

- Private Room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr

, - Mask, N95 for TB

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M - mycoplasma or
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An - Adenovirus
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