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NURS 6550 MIDTERM REVIEW STUDY GUIDE EXAM
WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST 2025
ALREADY GRADED A+
The least worrisome type of fluid seen as a result of pleural fluid analysis -
(answers)Transudate pleural fluid
What test should be ordered to confirm a suspected ascending aortic aneurysm? -
(answers)CT Scan with contrast
Name risk factors for long-term care placement for the elderly population. -
(answers)Male gender
80 y.o.+
Living Alone
bowel/bladder incontinence
Hx of falls
dysfunctional coping
Intellectual impairment
A patient with anterior epistaxis has been treated with direct pressure for 20
minutes. What are expected findings when the patient is instructed to gently
blow their nose? - (answers)Successful treatment will be indicated by dark
residual blood or clots being discharged from the nose.
If bleeding has not stopped you will see a bright red steady trickle of blood
requiring more invasive measures.
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What is the most common organism in treating otitis media, bacterial sinusitis,
bacterial pharyngitis, AND community-acquired pneumonia? -
(answers)Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is the greatest risk factor for vascular dementia? - (answers)Vascular
diseases that result in target organ damage such as:
hypertension
dyslipidemia
diabetes
Hypertensive urgency vs emergency - (answers)- Hypertensive urgency: BP
>200/120 w/o sx; Tx with PO furosemide, clonidine or captopril
- Hypertensive emergency: BP >200/120 WITH sx or evidence of end organ
damage; Tx with IV nitroprusside, labetalol or nicardipine
*Both req immediate treatment
What annual lab testing should be done for patients taking atypical
antipsychotics? - (answers)Lipid Panel
Name some atypical antipsychotics - (answers)OLAnzapine
CLOZapine
QUETIapine
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RISPERidone
Aripiprazole
Ziprasidone
"It's ATYPICAL for OLd CLOSets to QUIETly RISPER from A to Z"
If you are treating a car mechanic for a possible eye injury what test would you
avoid? - (answers)MRI
possible metal in eye
What is the least invasive approach to rule out a pulmonary embolus? -
(answers)D-dimer
When treating a patient with an unfractionated heparin infusion, what would you
monitor for (to avoid a fatal complication) ? - (answers)Heparin-induced
Thrombocytopenia (HIT). aka monitor for low platelets.
d/c heparin and intiate thrombin inhibitors!
What symptom differentiates vertigo from near-syncope and ataxia? -
(answers)When the primary symptom identified is a sense of spinning this means
vertigo and is usually an inner ear problem.
Ataxia is neurological
near-syncope may be cardiac, neuro or both.
NURS 6550 MIDTERM REVIEW STUDY GUIDE EXAM
WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST 2025
ALREADY GRADED A+
The least worrisome type of fluid seen as a result of pleural fluid analysis -
(answers)Transudate pleural fluid
What test should be ordered to confirm a suspected ascending aortic aneurysm? -
(answers)CT Scan with contrast
Name risk factors for long-term care placement for the elderly population. -
(answers)Male gender
80 y.o.+
Living Alone
bowel/bladder incontinence
Hx of falls
dysfunctional coping
Intellectual impairment
A patient with anterior epistaxis has been treated with direct pressure for 20
minutes. What are expected findings when the patient is instructed to gently
blow their nose? - (answers)Successful treatment will be indicated by dark
residual blood or clots being discharged from the nose.
If bleeding has not stopped you will see a bright red steady trickle of blood
requiring more invasive measures.
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What is the most common organism in treating otitis media, bacterial sinusitis,
bacterial pharyngitis, AND community-acquired pneumonia? -
(answers)Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is the greatest risk factor for vascular dementia? - (answers)Vascular
diseases that result in target organ damage such as:
hypertension
dyslipidemia
diabetes
Hypertensive urgency vs emergency - (answers)- Hypertensive urgency: BP
>200/120 w/o sx; Tx with PO furosemide, clonidine or captopril
- Hypertensive emergency: BP >200/120 WITH sx or evidence of end organ
damage; Tx with IV nitroprusside, labetalol or nicardipine
*Both req immediate treatment
What annual lab testing should be done for patients taking atypical
antipsychotics? - (answers)Lipid Panel
Name some atypical antipsychotics - (answers)OLAnzapine
CLOZapine
QUETIapine
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RISPERidone
Aripiprazole
Ziprasidone
"It's ATYPICAL for OLd CLOSets to QUIETly RISPER from A to Z"
If you are treating a car mechanic for a possible eye injury what test would you
avoid? - (answers)MRI
possible metal in eye
What is the least invasive approach to rule out a pulmonary embolus? -
(answers)D-dimer
When treating a patient with an unfractionated heparin infusion, what would you
monitor for (to avoid a fatal complication) ? - (answers)Heparin-induced
Thrombocytopenia (HIT). aka monitor for low platelets.
d/c heparin and intiate thrombin inhibitors!
What symptom differentiates vertigo from near-syncope and ataxia? -
(answers)When the primary symptom identified is a sense of spinning this means
vertigo and is usually an inner ear problem.
Ataxia is neurological
near-syncope may be cardiac, neuro or both.
