NURS 535 Final Review (2025) comprehensive
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questions and verified answers
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What would you order for an infant presenting with a fever of
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unknown origin with no significant exam findings? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Send to the ER for a septic workup
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What are your biggest concerns for a female teenager you
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suspect of having anorexia nervosa? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Last mentrual period- amenorrhea
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What are the most important labs to order for a suspected septic
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joint? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CBC- WBC to indicate indicate
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infection
What is the prerequisite for a teenager who wants to start
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accutane? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔test for hcg (pregnancy)
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must be on oral contraceptives
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What are the top 3 labs to order on a patient who presents with
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fatigue, dizziness and teeth erosion? What is your top
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differential? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔suspect: bulemia
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dx: CMP for electrolytes and glucose, EKG
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, What is the most important neuro exam for a patient presenting
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with dizziness, nausea and bilateral ear ringing? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Romberg |\
and full neuro exam
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What labs do you use to monitor thyroid function after starting
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synthroid? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TSH |\ |\ |\ |\
What is important education for a patient with atopic dermatitis?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-discourage scratching
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-use emulsion moisturizers
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-topical hydrocortisone |\
What is your #1 concern when a teenager presents with suicidal
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ideation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔do they have a plan and
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access to means? |\ |\
What tests do you use to diagnose sickle cell anemia? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔hemoglobin electrophoresis
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What education should you provide after casting or splinting an
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injury? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔signs of compartment syndrome:
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-severe pain |\
-swelling or bulging of muscle |\ |\ |\ |\
-numbness, weakness or tingling |\ |\ |\
-tightness or loss of mobility of affected body part (fingers for
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arm injury and toes for leg injury)
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questions and verified answers
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What would you order for an infant presenting with a fever of
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unknown origin with no significant exam findings? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Send to the ER for a septic workup
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What are your biggest concerns for a female teenager you
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suspect of having anorexia nervosa? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Last mentrual period- amenorrhea
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What are the most important labs to order for a suspected septic
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joint? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CBC- WBC to indicate indicate
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infection
What is the prerequisite for a teenager who wants to start
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accutane? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔test for hcg (pregnancy)
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must be on oral contraceptives
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What are the top 3 labs to order on a patient who presents with
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fatigue, dizziness and teeth erosion? What is your top
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differential? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔suspect: bulemia
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dx: CMP for electrolytes and glucose, EKG
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, What is the most important neuro exam for a patient presenting
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with dizziness, nausea and bilateral ear ringing? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Romberg |\
and full neuro exam
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What labs do you use to monitor thyroid function after starting
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synthroid? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TSH |\ |\ |\ |\
What is important education for a patient with atopic dermatitis?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-discourage scratching
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-use emulsion moisturizers
|\ |\
-topical hydrocortisone |\
What is your #1 concern when a teenager presents with suicidal
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ideation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔do they have a plan and
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access to means? |\ |\
What tests do you use to diagnose sickle cell anemia? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔hemoglobin electrophoresis
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What education should you provide after casting or splinting an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
injury? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔signs of compartment syndrome:
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-severe pain |\
-swelling or bulging of muscle |\ |\ |\ |\
-numbness, weakness or tingling |\ |\ |\
-tightness or loss of mobility of affected body part (fingers for
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arm injury and toes for leg injury)
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