- Check time (note start time and duration)
- Maintain open airway
- Support and protect head
- Turn patient on side
- Loosen restrictive clothing
- Ease to floor if standing
- If in bed, remove blankets and extra pillows
- Keep oxygen and suctioning close Correct Answers What are
the first things to do for someone who has a seizure?
11.7 - 15.5 Correct Answers What is the normal hemoglobin
for females?
12 - 18 Correct Answers What is the generalized normal level
for hemoglobin?
13.2 - 17.3 Correct Answers What is the normal hemoglobin
for males?
150-400 Correct Answers What is the normal platelet count?
2/3 of the classic symptoms (bradykinesia, tremors, and rigidity)
must be present
OR
positive response to anti-Parkinson drugs Correct Answers
How is Parkinson's disease diagnosed?
,35 - 47% Correct Answers What is the normal hematocrit for
females?
39 - 50% Correct Answers What is the normal hematocrit for
males?
4-11 Correct Answers What is the normal WBC count?
4-6 Correct Answers What is the normal RBC count?
Acute blood loss, sideroblastic anemia, aplastic anemia, sickle
cell anemia Correct Answers Normocytic, Normochromic
Anemia = normal size and color.
(MCV 80-100, MCH 27-34) is caused by what?
Acute pain
Ineffective self-management Correct Answers What are some
Nursing Diagnosis for headaches?
Acute treatment for cluster headaches Correct Answers 6-8
L/min of oxygen for 10-20 minutes
- causes vasoconstriction and increases serotonin
Alcohol
A adrenergic agonists and antagonists
ACE inhibitors
Anticholinergic
Tricyclic antidepressants
B adrenergic antagonists (Beta blockers)
Calcium channel blockers
Opioids
, Sedatives
Loop diuretics
Methylxanthines
Anti-seizure Correct Answers What drugs increase risk of
urinary incontinence?
Anemia Correct Answers deficiency in the number of RBC,
hemoglobin, and hematocrit
- can lead to tissue hypoxia
Assessment of bradykinesia Correct Answers Involves the
"pull test".
- Examiner stands behind patient and tugs backward causing
patient to lose balance and fall backward
Atonic Correct Answers "drop attack" seizure that involves a
tonic episode or a loss of muscle and the person falls to the
ground; consciousness returns by time person hits the ground;
greatest risk for head injury and often have to wear a helmet.
Atypical absence Correct Answers Characterized by staring
spell accompanied by peculiar behavior during the seizure and
confusion after, longer lasting than typical and may be
associated with the lost of postural tone
Aura Correct Answers Complex neurological symptoms
characterized by visual distortions, sensory, and motor
phenomena, may last 10-30 minutes before migraine
Bacterial diarrhea Correct Answers Lasts 24 hours; 7 days look
for fever, abdominal cramping, N/V, watery or bloody stools