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1. Petrolatum gauze: Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally
come off and you are preparing to place a new one.You have a slit drain
sponge, 4 x 4 gauzes, tape, scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do
you need?
2. Systematic reviews: You want to implement the new evidence-based
practice guidelines in managing patients to prevent falls on your unit.
What provides the STRONGEST evidence for interventions?
3. Institute suicide precautions.: Upon triage of a patient, they state that
they have suicidal ideation with intent. What would you do NEXT?
4. Puncture wound from stepping on a rusty nail: Which of the following
wounds has the highest risk for developing osteomyelitis?
5. High fiber diet
Answer is NOT high residual diet: What type of diet would a patient with
divertic- ulitis follow?
6. CT scan of the brain: An elderly patient is brought in with new onset of
confusion and gradual onset of headache in the last 48 hours. The
patient states that they had a fall 3 days ago. Based on the history and
presenting complaints, what diagnostic test do you anticipate the
provider to order?
7. Naloxone (Narcan): What medication is used in reversing the effects
of opioid overdose?
8. Pursed lip breathing: What are you MOST likely to see during your
initial assessment of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)?
9. The necessary treatment is not available at the current hospital.: Under
what circumstances can the hospital transfer an unstable patient to
another facility and maintain compliance with the Emergency Medical
Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)?
10.Myxedema coma: The life-threatening and rare complication of
hypothyroidism is known as:
11.Tension Pneumothorax: A patient presents with acute onset of chest
pain and goes into cardiac arrest immediately upon arrival. What is a
possible reversible cause of cardiac arrest?
12.Systolic blood pressure reaches 160 mm Hg: A patient presents with
an episode of hypertensive crisis, a blood pressure of 220/118, and the
provider has put in the order for nitroprusside. What demonstrates
that the treatment has been effective?
13.The UAP offers the patient a ginger ale.: A patient arrives with
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suspected appendicitis. What action, if observed, would require
additional training for the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
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1. Petrolatum gauze: Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally
come off and you are preparing to place a new one.You have a slit drain
sponge, 4 x 4 gauzes, tape, scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do
you need?
2. Systematic reviews: You want to implement the new evidence-based
practice guidelines in managing patients to prevent falls on your unit.
What provides the STRONGEST evidence for interventions?
3. Institute suicide precautions.: Upon triage of a patient, they state that
they have suicidal ideation with intent. What would you do NEXT?
4. Puncture wound from stepping on a rusty nail: Which of the following
wounds has the highest risk for developing osteomyelitis?
5. High fiber diet
Answer is NOT high residual diet: What type of diet would a patient with
divertic- ulitis follow?
6. CT scan of the brain: An elderly patient is brought in with new onset of
confusion and gradual onset of headache in the last 48 hours. The
patient states that they had a fall 3 days ago. Based on the history and
presenting complaints, what diagnostic test do you anticipate the
provider to order?
7. Naloxone (Narcan): What medication is used in reversing the effects
of opioid overdose?
8. Pursed lip breathing: What are you MOST likely to see during your
initial assessment of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)?
9. The necessary treatment is not available at the current hospital.: Under
what circumstances can the hospital transfer an unstable patient to
another facility and maintain compliance with the Emergency Medical
Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)?
10.Myxedema coma: The life-threatening and rare complication of
hypothyroidism is known as:
11.Tension Pneumothorax: A patient presents with acute onset of chest
pain and goes into cardiac arrest immediately upon arrival. What is a
possible reversible cause of cardiac arrest?
12.Systolic blood pressure reaches 160 mm Hg: A patient presents with
an episode of hypertensive crisis, a blood pressure of 220/118, and the
provider has put in the order for nitroprusside. What demonstrates
that the treatment has been effective?
13.The UAP offers the patient a ginger ale.: A patient arrives with
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suspected appendicitis. What action, if observed, would require
additional training for the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
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