HESI Exit exam with 100% correct answers

DO NOT delegate what you can EAT! E - evaluate A - assess T - teach Addison's disease down, down, down, up, down hyponatremia, hypotension, decreased blood volume, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia Cushing's disease up, up, up, down, up hypernatremia, hypertension, increased blood volume, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia No Pee, No K Do not give potassium without adequate urine output EleVate Veins; dAngle Arteries For better perfusion APGAR A = appearance ( color all pink, pink and blue, blue (pale)) P = pulse (>100, <100, absent) G = grimace ( cough, grimace, no response) A = activity (flexed, flaccid, limp) R = respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent) Transmission Based Precautions - Airborne MY = measles CHICKEN = chicken pox/varicella HEZ = herpez zoster/shingles TB or MTV = Airborne Measles TB Varicella - Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster - Shingles Private room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hour Mask, N95 for TB Transmission Based Precautions - Droplet Think of SPIDERMAN SPIDERMAN S = sepsis, scarlett fever, streptococcal pharyngitis P = parvovirus B19, pneumonia, pertussis (whooping cough) I = Influezna D = diptheria (pharyngeal) E = epiglottitis R = rubella M =meningitis, mumps, mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia AN = Adenovirus (private room or cohort mark)