FNP TEST Miami Dade College NUR 3165 HEENT

A thin patient presents in office with hyperpigmentation and salt cravings. What lab do you want to do? ADDISON  Cortisol 2. Which diabetic oral medication would you not want to use in a patient with HF?  ACTOS (Pioglitazone) (THIAZOLIDINEDIONES) 3. Elderly patient presents with acute eye pain, blurred vision, headache, and n/v? What would you do?  Acute angle closure glaucoma, Refer to ED 4. You perform a fundoscopic exam on a patient and see a swollen optic disc with blurred edges. What is this indicative of?  Papilledema, ICP 5. Geriatric patient with progressive loss of vision and probable open-angle glaucoma can have notching of optic disc and changes in cup-to-disc ratio. 1. AV nicking = HTN (arterioles pressing on veins, arteries are smaller than veins, its hypertensive retinopathy, copper wire arterioles, flamed shaped hemorrhages.  Cotton wool spots = diabetes and/or HTN  Papilledema = ICP/ Meningitis  Optic disc cupping = IOP/Glaucoma 22 or higher  ***WILL GET 2 or 4 questions on this** 6. What are some causes of ICP?  Bleeding, tumor, abscess 7. What eye complaint is associated with sudden onset of floaters and