Q&A 2026 100% CORRECT.
◉ what is wernickes (kortakoff's) syndrome?. Answer: Psychosis
induced by Vitamin B1(thiamine) deficiency
◉ Primary symptoms of wernickes (kortakoof's) syndrome?. Answer:
amnesia with confabulation (making up stories)
◉ what is aversion therapy?. Answer: when you try and make the
patient hate something
◉ antabus/Revia onset and duration used for aversion therapy?.
Answer: 2 weeks
◉ pt. teaching on antaeus /Revia:. Answer: avoid all forms of alcohol
to avoid nausea, vomiting, death
◉ the difference between alcohol withdrawals and delirium tremens?.
Answer: alcohol withdrawals is NOT life threating
delirious tremens CAN kill you
◉ how to remember aminoglycoslides?. Answer: think " A MEAN
OLD MACIN"
, ◉ when are aminoglycolides given?. Answer: used to treat serious,
life threatening and resilienant infection
◉ what most you remember about aminoglycolides?. Answer: all
aminoglycolides end in MYCIN but not all drugs that end in MYCIN
are aminoglycolides
◉ examples of wanna be mycin's?. Answer: azythromycin,
clarithromycin, arthromycin
◉ toxic effect of aminoglycolides?. Answer: ototoxicity: monitor
hearing, balance, and tints
neprotoxocoty: monitor creatine (kidney)
◉ frequency of aminoglycolides adminstration?. Answer: every 8 hrs
◉ when do you only give amnioglycolides PO?. Answer: hepatic
encepalopathy ( r/t high ammonia levels)
pre op bowel prep
◉ who can sterilize your bowels?. Answer: "Neo-Kan"
◉ when do you ALWAYS draw the through?. Answer: 30 minutes
before next dose
,◉ when do you draw the peak levels of sublingual medications?.
Answer: 5-10 min after drug dissolved
◉ when do you draw the peak level IV medications?. Answer: 15-30
min after medication is finished
◉ when do you draw the peak level of IM medication?. Answer: 30-
60 min after injecting it
◉ how to take off PPE? take it off alphabetic order. Answer: gloves,
googles, gowns, mask
◉ how to put on PPE? put it on alphabetic order only that mask
comes second. Answer: gowns, mask, googles, gloves
◉ what are calcium channel blockers?. Answer: they are like valium
for the heart. what does that mean? it relaxes the heart
◉ what are calcium channel blockers consider?. Answer: calcium
channel blockers are cardiac depressants.
they are considered negative inotropic, chronotropic, dromotropic.
medications: calcium channel blockers, beta blockers
◉ what are cardiac stimulants?. Answer: positive inotropic,
chronotropic, dromotropic
medications are: atropine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine
, ◉ what does calcium channel blockers treat?. Answer: anti
hypertensive (decrease bp)
anti angina
anti-atrial arrhythmic ( atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation)
◉ what are some of the side effects of calcium channel blockers?.
Answer: headache- vasodilation of brain
hypotension- relaxes heart and bp
◉ can you give calcium channel blockers on a client with supra
ventricular tachycardia ?. Answer: yes. because the indication of supra
ventricular means its above the ventricle which is were the atrial is
located.
◉ name of calcium channel blockers can be remember by. Answer:
anything finished in DIPINE
BUT verapamil and cardizem are also calcium channel blockers
◉ what do you monitor for cardizemp?. Answer: check bp. if bp
systolic is less than 100 hold calcium channel blockers
◉ QRS refers to?. Answer: ventricular
◉ P WAVE refers to?. Answer: atrial