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NUR 810 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
What type of coverage do you need for aspiration pneumonia
in the medically complex child? .....ANSWER..... coverage for
anaerobes and gram - bacteria
What type of abx do you treat aspiration pneumonia with?
.....ANSWER..... IV - Ampicillin-sulbactam (Unasyn)
PO - Augmentin
What is tracheitis? .....ANSWER..... Rare bacterial infection
involving the trachea that you have to worry about in medically
complex children
Presentation of tracheitis .....ANSWER..... Increased thickened or
purulent secretions
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Fever
Increased WBCs
S/S of systemic infection
Diagnostics/TX for tracheitis .....ANSWER..... CBC
Culture of secretions (prone to colonization with morexella and
staph)
CXR: No consolidation
IV ABX for 10-14 days
What is automonic storming? .....ANSWER..... paroxysmal
autonomic instability with dystonia and sympathetic hyperactivity
that is uncontrolled and comes and goes
Presentation of autonomic storming .....ANSWER..... Fevers
Irritability
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Tachypnea
Dystonic posturing
Diaphoresis
HTN
Tachycardia
Vomiting
Retching
WOP with autonomic storming .....ANSWER..... CBC, ESR, CrP,
cultures
Procalcitonin
Management of autonomic storming .....ANSWER..... -Identify the
trigger (pain is common)
-Daily controller med like gabapentin for pain
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-Clonidine or propranolol for S/S of overactive sympathetic
system
-Baclofen for muscle rigidity
-PRN tx with benzos and or narcotics
What are the most common organisms that lead to shunt
infections? .....ANSWER..... Staph epidermis (coag negative staph
= most common)
Staph aureus
Can be from gram - organisms such as E. coli or klebsiella
(common with VP shunts where the bacteria was in the gut and
progressed its way up)
Presentation of a shunt malfunction .....ANSWER..... HA
Change in vision
N/V
NUR 810 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
What type of coverage do you need for aspiration pneumonia
in the medically complex child? .....ANSWER..... coverage for
anaerobes and gram - bacteria
What type of abx do you treat aspiration pneumonia with?
.....ANSWER..... IV - Ampicillin-sulbactam (Unasyn)
PO - Augmentin
What is tracheitis? .....ANSWER..... Rare bacterial infection
involving the trachea that you have to worry about in medically
complex children
Presentation of tracheitis .....ANSWER..... Increased thickened or
purulent secretions
,Page 2 of 118
Fever
Increased WBCs
S/S of systemic infection
Diagnostics/TX for tracheitis .....ANSWER..... CBC
Culture of secretions (prone to colonization with morexella and
staph)
CXR: No consolidation
IV ABX for 10-14 days
What is automonic storming? .....ANSWER..... paroxysmal
autonomic instability with dystonia and sympathetic hyperactivity
that is uncontrolled and comes and goes
Presentation of autonomic storming .....ANSWER..... Fevers
Irritability
,Page 3 of 118
Tachypnea
Dystonic posturing
Diaphoresis
HTN
Tachycardia
Vomiting
Retching
WOP with autonomic storming .....ANSWER..... CBC, ESR, CrP,
cultures
Procalcitonin
Management of autonomic storming .....ANSWER..... -Identify the
trigger (pain is common)
-Daily controller med like gabapentin for pain
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-Clonidine or propranolol for S/S of overactive sympathetic
system
-Baclofen for muscle rigidity
-PRN tx with benzos and or narcotics
What are the most common organisms that lead to shunt
infections? .....ANSWER..... Staph epidermis (coag negative staph
= most common)
Staph aureus
Can be from gram - organisms such as E. coli or klebsiella
(common with VP shunts where the bacteria was in the gut and
progressed its way up)
Presentation of a shunt malfunction .....ANSWER..... HA
Change in vision
N/V
