NU404 Exam 1 Guide With
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1. Offers basic life support interventions such as oxygen, basic wound care,
splinting, spinal immobilization, and may carry an automated external
defibrillator (AED).
2. May work with patients involved with a sudden serious illness or the death
of a loved one.
3. A physician with specialized education and training in emergency patient
management and trauma.
4. Advanced life support provider who can perform advanced techniques,
such as cardiac monitoring, advanced airway management and intubation, or
giving IV push medications en route to the hospital.
5. Obtains patient histories, collects abuse and domestic violence evidence
and offers counseling and follow-up for victims of rape or child abuse.
In completing a primary survey, the nurse assesses which factor to determine
the "E" in the ABCDE sequence?
a. emotion
b. estimated blood loss
c. exposure
d. extremities
c
,The nurse is admitting a pt with a hemogram with WBC 25.3, RBC 4.8, Hgb
10, Hct 30%, & Platelets 250. what priority intervention should the nurse
implement 1st.
a. administer presribed ABX IV piggy back
b. start an IV
c. Perform the admission assessment
d. have lab draw blood cultures STAT
d
which person is at highest risk for developing hypothermia
a. teen swimming with friends in a lake in September
b. homeless alcoholic who depends on a city shelter year-round
c. an infant being treated for a upper respiratory infection in January
d. trained athlete running in wet weather in December
b
The nurse monitors for which late clinical manifestations of chronic aspirin
overdose?
a. emesis
b. nausea
c. tinnitus
d. hyperthermia
,d
In reviewing arterial blood gas (ABG) results in the patient with a salicylate
overdose and a respiratory rate of 36, the nurse correlates which ABG value
to this patient's clinical presentation?
a. pH of 7.78
b. HCO3 of 19
c. PaCO2 of 32
d. PaO2 of 80
c
The nurse monitors for which clinical manifestations in the patient diagnosed
with heat stroke?
a. vertigo
b. red, dry skin
c. profuse sweating
d. nausea
b
The nurse correlates the pathophysiological response to the toxins in snake
venom to the blocking of which neurotransmitter?
a. acetylcholine
d. dopamine
c. norepineephrine
, d. serotonin
a
The patient is admitted for a poisonous snakebite. The nurse observes that
the patient has hematuria, hemoptysis, petechiae, and extensive bruising.
These clinical observations indicate to the nurse that the patient may be
experiencing which hemorrhagic complication associated with snakebite?
a. disseminated intravascular coagulation
b. agranulocytosis
c. thromocytopenia
d. aplastic anemia
a
The patient comes to the ED worried that he has been exposed to anthrax
after opening an envelope that contained a white powder. What is the first
thing the ED nurse does?
a. tell the pt to go outside and wait until the decontamination team arrives
b. have the pt wait in Ed until decontamination team arrives
c. ask the pt for the envelop that contained the white powder
d. seperate the pt from others in the ED
d
what are the 6 principles of ethical leadership
autonomy, beneficence, fidelity, justice, nonmaleficence, veracity
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1. Offers basic life support interventions such as oxygen, basic wound care,
splinting, spinal immobilization, and may carry an automated external
defibrillator (AED).
2. May work with patients involved with a sudden serious illness or the death
of a loved one.
3. A physician with specialized education and training in emergency patient
management and trauma.
4. Advanced life support provider who can perform advanced techniques,
such as cardiac monitoring, advanced airway management and intubation, or
giving IV push medications en route to the hospital.
5. Obtains patient histories, collects abuse and domestic violence evidence
and offers counseling and follow-up for victims of rape or child abuse.
In completing a primary survey, the nurse assesses which factor to determine
the "E" in the ABCDE sequence?
a. emotion
b. estimated blood loss
c. exposure
d. extremities
c
,The nurse is admitting a pt with a hemogram with WBC 25.3, RBC 4.8, Hgb
10, Hct 30%, & Platelets 250. what priority intervention should the nurse
implement 1st.
a. administer presribed ABX IV piggy back
b. start an IV
c. Perform the admission assessment
d. have lab draw blood cultures STAT
d
which person is at highest risk for developing hypothermia
a. teen swimming with friends in a lake in September
b. homeless alcoholic who depends on a city shelter year-round
c. an infant being treated for a upper respiratory infection in January
d. trained athlete running in wet weather in December
b
The nurse monitors for which late clinical manifestations of chronic aspirin
overdose?
a. emesis
b. nausea
c. tinnitus
d. hyperthermia
,d
In reviewing arterial blood gas (ABG) results in the patient with a salicylate
overdose and a respiratory rate of 36, the nurse correlates which ABG value
to this patient's clinical presentation?
a. pH of 7.78
b. HCO3 of 19
c. PaCO2 of 32
d. PaO2 of 80
c
The nurse monitors for which clinical manifestations in the patient diagnosed
with heat stroke?
a. vertigo
b. red, dry skin
c. profuse sweating
d. nausea
b
The nurse correlates the pathophysiological response to the toxins in snake
venom to the blocking of which neurotransmitter?
a. acetylcholine
d. dopamine
c. norepineephrine
, d. serotonin
a
The patient is admitted for a poisonous snakebite. The nurse observes that
the patient has hematuria, hemoptysis, petechiae, and extensive bruising.
These clinical observations indicate to the nurse that the patient may be
experiencing which hemorrhagic complication associated with snakebite?
a. disseminated intravascular coagulation
b. agranulocytosis
c. thromocytopenia
d. aplastic anemia
a
The patient comes to the ED worried that he has been exposed to anthrax
after opening an envelope that contained a white powder. What is the first
thing the ED nurse does?
a. tell the pt to go outside and wait until the decontamination team arrives
b. have the pt wait in Ed until decontamination team arrives
c. ask the pt for the envelop that contained the white powder
d. seperate the pt from others in the ED
d
what are the 6 principles of ethical leadership
autonomy, beneficence, fidelity, justice, nonmaleficence, veracity
