NCLEX-RN EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
Nursing assessment r/t HIV ✔️✔️-Positive result on enzyme-linked immunosorbed assay (ELISA)
- CONFIRMED WITH WESTERN BLOT TEST
-Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - used with neonate
- OraQuick In-Home HIV Test: positive result is only preliminary; it must be confirmed by a
healthcare professional.
**Ongoing assessment, interaction with the client, and client education and support are
required.***
- NCLEX testing - never choose abstinence, choose educate!
What should you know about HIV symptoms ✔️✔️- 1 to 3 weeks; flu like symptoms
- 8-10 years for diagnosis
May begin with flu like symptoms in the earliest stage and advance to..
- severe weight loss
- secondary infections
- cancer
-neurological disease
HIV Nursing and Collaborative Management includes... ✔️✔️- Monitor disease progression and
immune function
-Initiate and monitor (ART) antiretroviral therapy: to decrease viral load and increase T cell
count
-prevent development of opportunistic diseases
,-detect and treat opportunistic diseases
-manage symptoms
-prevent or decrease complications of treatment
-prevent transmission of HIV
What are the goals of HIV drug therapy? ✔️✔️-Reduce the viral load
-maintain or raise the CD4+ T cell counts. T cell counts =
Normal 800-1200 HIV 500 AIDS below 200
-Delay the development of HIV related symptoms and opportunistic diseases
**compliance**
What are some HIV Medications ✔️✔️Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
-zidovudine (AZT, ZDV, Retrovir)
-lamivudine
-abacavir
-emtricitabine
Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NtRTI)
- Tenofovir DF (Viread)
What is the antidote for heparin toxicty ✔️✔️protamine sulfate
What is the antidote for coumadin toxicty ✔️✔️vitamin K
What is the antidote for too much ammonia ✔️✔️lactulose
What is the antidote for dgioxin ✔️✔️digibind
, What is the drug of choice for alcohol withdraw ✔️✔️Librium
What is the drug of choice to treat pain in pts who are narcotic addicts ✔️✔️methadone is an
opioid analgesic used to detoxify and treat pain in narcotic addicts
Why should be be concerned about the patient receiving potassium and digoxin ✔️✔️potassium
potentiates dig toxicity
What does heparin prevent ✔️✔️platelet aggregation
What is the medication of choice for V tach ✔️✔️lidocaine
What is the medication of choice for SVT ✔️✔️adenosine or adenocard
What is the medication of choice for Asystole ✔️✔️atropine
How often is nitroglycerine administered and when should you not give it? ✔️✔️up to 3 times
(every 5 minutes) do not give when BO is less than 90/60
What does preload affect? ✔️✔️The amount of blood that goes to the R ventricle
What is afterload? ✔️✔️the resistance that blood has to overcome when leaving the heart
What type of drug will affect afterload ✔️✔️Calcium channel blockers
If PVC's are left untreated what can it lead to? ✔️✔️Ventricular fibrillation
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
Nursing assessment r/t HIV ✔️✔️-Positive result on enzyme-linked immunosorbed assay (ELISA)
- CONFIRMED WITH WESTERN BLOT TEST
-Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - used with neonate
- OraQuick In-Home HIV Test: positive result is only preliminary; it must be confirmed by a
healthcare professional.
**Ongoing assessment, interaction with the client, and client education and support are
required.***
- NCLEX testing - never choose abstinence, choose educate!
What should you know about HIV symptoms ✔️✔️- 1 to 3 weeks; flu like symptoms
- 8-10 years for diagnosis
May begin with flu like symptoms in the earliest stage and advance to..
- severe weight loss
- secondary infections
- cancer
-neurological disease
HIV Nursing and Collaborative Management includes... ✔️✔️- Monitor disease progression and
immune function
-Initiate and monitor (ART) antiretroviral therapy: to decrease viral load and increase T cell
count
-prevent development of opportunistic diseases
,-detect and treat opportunistic diseases
-manage symptoms
-prevent or decrease complications of treatment
-prevent transmission of HIV
What are the goals of HIV drug therapy? ✔️✔️-Reduce the viral load
-maintain or raise the CD4+ T cell counts. T cell counts =
Normal 800-1200 HIV 500 AIDS below 200
-Delay the development of HIV related symptoms and opportunistic diseases
**compliance**
What are some HIV Medications ✔️✔️Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
-zidovudine (AZT, ZDV, Retrovir)
-lamivudine
-abacavir
-emtricitabine
Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NtRTI)
- Tenofovir DF (Viread)
What is the antidote for heparin toxicty ✔️✔️protamine sulfate
What is the antidote for coumadin toxicty ✔️✔️vitamin K
What is the antidote for too much ammonia ✔️✔️lactulose
What is the antidote for dgioxin ✔️✔️digibind
, What is the drug of choice for alcohol withdraw ✔️✔️Librium
What is the drug of choice to treat pain in pts who are narcotic addicts ✔️✔️methadone is an
opioid analgesic used to detoxify and treat pain in narcotic addicts
Why should be be concerned about the patient receiving potassium and digoxin ✔️✔️potassium
potentiates dig toxicity
What does heparin prevent ✔️✔️platelet aggregation
What is the medication of choice for V tach ✔️✔️lidocaine
What is the medication of choice for SVT ✔️✔️adenosine or adenocard
What is the medication of choice for Asystole ✔️✔️atropine
How often is nitroglycerine administered and when should you not give it? ✔️✔️up to 3 times
(every 5 minutes) do not give when BO is less than 90/60
What does preload affect? ✔️✔️The amount of blood that goes to the R ventricle
What is afterload? ✔️✔️the resistance that blood has to overcome when leaving the heart
What type of drug will affect afterload ✔️✔️Calcium channel blockers
If PVC's are left untreated what can it lead to? ✔️✔️Ventricular fibrillation
