NSG 210 Questions and Answers Already Graded
Q: INR Times ✓✓ ▪ 0.9-1.2 (normal)
▪ 2.0-3.0 (if on anticoagulation meds)
PT Times and what it tests ✓✓ 11-14 seconds (tests Coumadin)
PTT times and what it tests ✓✓ <40 seconds
tests Heparin
aPTT times, what it tests, what are its normal times if the patient is
on anticoagulant therapy ✓✓ aPTT - 20-40 seconds
tests Heparin
if on A.C. therapy, 1.5-2.5 x higher
D-Dimer values, what it tests, and what elevated numbers can
indicate ✓✓ < or = 500 ng/mL
Detects fragments from blood clot being dissolved
Elevated numbers can indicate DIC, a DVT, or from trauma
Priority intervention for a patient is receiving IV anticoagulants and
their coagulation panels are dangerously elevated ✓✓ stop the
infusion
What is the antidote for Heparin
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, What other allergy might predispose a patient to be allergic to the
antidote & why ✓✓ Protamine Sulfate.
Patients with a fish allergy because PS is made from salmon sperm
What is the antidote for Coumadin ✓✓ Vitamin K
What is a Hypophysectomy ✓✓ Transsphenoidal (up the nose and
into the brain) procedure to remove a tumor from the pituitary
gland, typically to treat Cushing's
What is hyperpituitarism, what hormones does it oversecrete, &
what do they cause? ✓✓ hormone over secretion that occurs with
anterior pituitary tumors or tissue hyperplasia.
▪ Growth Hormone - Acromegaly, increased skeletal thickness,
hypertrophy of the skin, liver/heart enlargement.
▪ Prolactin - causes breast milk production, amenorrhea, & infertility
▪ ACTH - too much causes Cushing's
What hormone(s) are affected by Cushing's disorder & how is/are
it/them affected? ✓✓ Increased secretion of Cortisol
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Q: INR Times ✓✓ ▪ 0.9-1.2 (normal)
▪ 2.0-3.0 (if on anticoagulation meds)
PT Times and what it tests ✓✓ 11-14 seconds (tests Coumadin)
PTT times and what it tests ✓✓ <40 seconds
tests Heparin
aPTT times, what it tests, what are its normal times if the patient is
on anticoagulant therapy ✓✓ aPTT - 20-40 seconds
tests Heparin
if on A.C. therapy, 1.5-2.5 x higher
D-Dimer values, what it tests, and what elevated numbers can
indicate ✓✓ < or = 500 ng/mL
Detects fragments from blood clot being dissolved
Elevated numbers can indicate DIC, a DVT, or from trauma
Priority intervention for a patient is receiving IV anticoagulants and
their coagulation panels are dangerously elevated ✓✓ stop the
infusion
What is the antidote for Heparin
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, What other allergy might predispose a patient to be allergic to the
antidote & why ✓✓ Protamine Sulfate.
Patients with a fish allergy because PS is made from salmon sperm
What is the antidote for Coumadin ✓✓ Vitamin K
What is a Hypophysectomy ✓✓ Transsphenoidal (up the nose and
into the brain) procedure to remove a tumor from the pituitary
gland, typically to treat Cushing's
What is hyperpituitarism, what hormones does it oversecrete, &
what do they cause? ✓✓ hormone over secretion that occurs with
anterior pituitary tumors or tissue hyperplasia.
▪ Growth Hormone - Acromegaly, increased skeletal thickness,
hypertrophy of the skin, liver/heart enlargement.
▪ Prolactin - causes breast milk production, amenorrhea, & infertility
▪ ACTH - too much causes Cushing's
What hormone(s) are affected by Cushing's disorder & how is/are
it/them affected? ✓✓ Increased secretion of Cortisol
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