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Community HESI Study Guide 2022 / 2023 Scopolamine (Transderm-V) - correct answerMedication used to control motion sickness. Must be taken prior to the onset of nausea and vomiting. Most effective if taken 12 hours before expected travel or activity. Skin patch is applied behind the ear. Indirect transmission - correct answerInvolves the spread of infection through an intermediate source, such as vehicles, fomites, or vectors. Example: contracting malaria following exposure in a mosquito-inf...

Test Bank - Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 10th Edition (Edelman, 2022), Chapter 1-25 | All Chapters Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention Edelman: Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health care? a. Clinical model b. Role performance model c. Adaptive model d. Eudaimonistic model ANS: A The clinical model of health vi...

1. Professionalism: Behaviours, skills, and attributes required or expected of mem- bers of a profession. - Conduct, aims or qualities that characterize or make up a profession or profession- al. -Requires specialized knowledge, accountability, autonomy, inquiry, collegiality, col- laboration, innovation & ethics and values 2. How do nurses display professionalism?: Provide quality care to patients thru: - Commitment to profession led regulation - Professional ethics - Personal health & fi...

The coagulation cascade involves each of the following except: Correct! Make thrombocytes Activate the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways Convert fibrinogen to fibrin Convert prothrombin to thrombin Question 2 0 / 2.5 pts Which of the following are natural anticoagulants? Select all that apply. You Answered Factor II Factor VII Factor IX Factor X Correct! Protein C Correct Answer Protein S Question 3 0 / 2.5 pts Which of the following is a hypercoagulable state? Selec...

NURS642 /AGACNP EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ Pneumothorax - -occurs when air is allowed into the pleural space Caused by trauma, medical procedures, or spontaneously - -penumothorax perforation of chest wall or pleura: trauma (sucking chest), blunt (air enters form lung to pleura), iatrogenic, - -causes of penumothorax Pneumothorax risk factors - -trauma, iatrogenic, intrinsic lung disease, young, thin males, smoking, HIV with penumocystis jiroveci penumonia Iatrogeni...

ATLS EXAM (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED) True or false? Although the mechanism of injury may be similar to those for the younger population, data shows increased mortality with similar severity of injury in older adults. ANS: True In the elderly population, what is decreased physiological reserve? ANS: aging is characterized by impaired adaptive and homeostatic mechanisms that caused an increased susceptibility to the stress of injury. Insults tolerated by the younge...

Scopolamine (Transderm-V) - ANSWER-Medication used to control motion sickness. Must be taken prior to the onset of nausea and vomiting. Most effective if taken 12 hours before expected travel or activity. Skin patch is applied behind the ear. Indirect transmission - ANSWER-Involves the spread of infection through an intermediate source, such as vehicles, fomites, or vectors. Example: contracting malaria following exposure in a mosquito-infested area. Direct transmission - ANSWER-The sprea...

1. What assessment finding should the nurse identify that indicates a client with an acute asthma exacerbation is beginning to improve after treatment? A. Vesicular breath sounds decrease B. Bronchodilators stimulate coughing C. Cough remains unproductive D. Wheezing becomes louder: Answer : Wheezing becomes louder. In an acute asthma attack, air flow may be so significantly restricted that wheezing is diminished. If the client is successfully responding to bronchodilators and respiratory t...

what is the mainstay of acute therapy for stroke? correct answers tPA (alteplase) T/F: most patients don't arrive to the ED in time to receive tPA correct answers true what is the time window that tPA needs to be given in? correct answers within 4.5 hours of onset of symptoms what is the most disabling side effect of stroke therapy? correct answers ICH what are 2 hallmark signs of stroke? correct answers one-sided weakness and drooping face secondary prevention of stroke involves...

1. What assessment finding should the nurse identify that indicates a client with an acute asthma exacerbation is beginning to improve after treatment? A. Vesicular breath sounds decrease B. Bronchodilators stimulate coughing C. Cough remains unproductive D. Wheezing becomes louder: Answer : Wheezing becomes louder. In an acute asthma attack, air flow may be so significantly restricted that wheezing is diminished. If the client is successfully responding to bronchodilators and respiratory t...