NCSBN NCLEX RN EXAM/GUARANTEE

NCSBN NCLEX RN EXAM




NCSBN NCLEX RN
EXAM

Tetracycline - Answer Taken on empty stomach, not given to children < 8yo bcoz it can
stain teeth, not known to cause hearing loss

Propranolol - Answer Can help control essential tremors

Potassium iodide - Answer Used preoperatively to reduce size & vascularity of thyroid
gland

Clozapine (Clozaril) - Answer Common s/e is extreme salivation (sialorrhea), may
increase risk of hyperglycemia

Serum albumin - Answer Most sensitive measure of nutritional status
Normal: 3.4-5.4 g/dl

Normal BUN - Answer 7-20 mg/dl

High risk for CT scan with contrast reaction - Answer - (+) pregnancy test
- hx of asthma
- past rxns to contrast
- hx of , kidney & thyroid dse.
- taking beta blockers & metformin
- poor renal fxn

Earliest s/s of poor oxygenation - Answer Increased pulse

Late signs of poor oxygenation - Answer Abnormal breath sounds & cyanosis

Pulsus paradoxus - Answer Fall in systolic BP with inspiration > 10mmHg

Dressler's syndrome - Answer Also called post MI syndrome

Digoxin - Answer Take pulse for 1 full minute, withhold if < 60

Has had valve surgery? - Answer Monitor for arrhythmias & hypotension, long term
anticoagulation therapy

Tx for pulmonary edema - Answer M - Morphine
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