NUR 185 Final Verified Questions And Answers
Why do we use TPN for patient? ANS To allow gut to rest and heal
Patient is on TPN and Lasix which lab value do we check? ANS K+
How do we confirm malignant cancer? ANS Biopsy
What are Antineoplastic medications used for? ANS Cancer drugs
What should you teach pt on antineoplastic drugs? ANS Do not get live vaccines such as rubella, measles,
flu, pneumonia
Pt comes into ER bleeding and in moderate distress, first thing the nurse should do? ANS Take VS
What do you teach a pt who has pulmonary edema and is being discharged? ANS Take daily weight
Pt has vertigo and you are trying to prevent injury, what do you teach them? ANS Move head slowly
Pt receiving Coumadin getting for a couple of days. INR comes back and is 1.5, what should you anticipate
happening? ANS Expect the doctor to increase Coumadin
Patient is on anticoagulant drip, and is walking around & throws up coffee ground emesis. What do you do
first? ANS Stop drop and obtain VS
Angioedema develops in a patient after an IV drip of a medication. What do you do? ANS Give
epinephrine
Who needs a tetanus shot? ANS Burn pt
What lab values should you check while pt on Geramycin? ANS BUN, Creatinine (drug can cause
ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity)
Why do we use TPN for patient? ANS To allow gut to rest and heal
Patient is on TPN and Lasix which lab value do we check? ANS K+
How do we confirm malignant cancer? ANS Biopsy
What are Antineoplastic medications used for? ANS Cancer drugs
What should you teach pt on antineoplastic drugs? ANS Do not get live vaccines such as rubella, measles,
flu, pneumonia
Pt comes into ER bleeding and in moderate distress, first thing the nurse should do? ANS Take VS
What do you teach a pt who has pulmonary edema and is being discharged? ANS Take daily weight
Pt has vertigo and you are trying to prevent injury, what do you teach them? ANS Move head slowly
Pt receiving Coumadin getting for a couple of days. INR comes back and is 1.5, what should you anticipate
happening? ANS Expect the doctor to increase Coumadin
Patient is on anticoagulant drip, and is walking around & throws up coffee ground emesis. What do you do
first? ANS Stop drop and obtain VS
Angioedema develops in a patient after an IV drip of a medication. What do you do? ANS Give
epinephrine
Who needs a tetanus shot? ANS Burn pt
What lab values should you check while pt on Geramycin? ANS BUN, Creatinine (drug can cause
ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity)
