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NUR 613 Exam 2 Study Guide Antimicrobials Understand the adverse effects of combining drugs such as fluoroquinolones and theophylline. How would you manage patients taking both of these drugs concurrently? Page 929 Cimetidine, fluoroquinolone antibiotics (eg. ciprofloxacin), and other drugs can elevate theophylline levels. When combined with these drugs, theophylline should be used in reduced dosages Review the different generations of cephalosporins and understand the indications for use...

PHARMACOLO NUR3145 Pharmacology – Proctored Review A patient newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism is prescribed Levothyroxine (Synthroid) 0.25 mg PO daily. After 6 weeks of treatment the nurse dtermines that the medication was effective if the: 1) Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is 2 microunits/mL 2) Total t4 level is 2 mcg/dL A nurse providing teaching to a client who has just been prescribed prazosin (Minipress) which of the following client statement indicates understan...

NUR 2790 Final Exam Content Guide 1. Stroke – CVA – Brain attack disruption of cerebral blood flow secondary to ischemia, hemorrhage, brain attack, or embolism 1) Hemorrhagic – ruptured artery or aneurysm = ischemia and ↑ICP caused by expanding collection of blood. Prognosis poor. 2) Thrombotic – d/t development of blood clot on an atherosclerotic plaque in a cerebral artery. The clot gradually shuts off the artery causing ischemia distal to the occlusion. Symptoms evolve over sever...

NURSING NUR 2092 Health Assessment Final Exam Study Guide 1. Geriatrics: functional assessment-what is being tested, best approach to testing; caregiver concerns; IADLs, ADLs; disability concerns; tools to assess What is being tested -Identify strengths -Identify limitations – so interventions can be recognized -Independence and prevention of functional decline Best approach to testing Caregiver concerns -Decrease in attention, memory, orientation, language, planning and making decisi...

NUR 2092 Health Assessment Spring 2017 Final Exam Study Guide PICTURES ARE IN THE EXAM. WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE Barriers to communication Tips for assessing children under age 5 (2-3 and 4-5) Least invasive 1st Open ended questions vs. Closed ended questions (how and when would you use them?) Terms for Respiration patterns High, low, normal, and absent. Focus on too high and too low. NURSING TERMS What is included under the Family Health History? Genetically connected d...

NUR 2092 Final Exams Concepts Guide 1. Know the difference between subjective and objective data. (I will scream if you all get these wrong! :)) • Subjective: What a person says about themselves o Example: “My BP was 118/90 yesterday” and pain • Objective: What you observe through measurement, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation o Examples: Meter readings, vital signs, and measurements 2. Barriers to communication. What are they? • The use of jargon • Emotio...

NUR 2092 PRACTICE EXAM 2 1. During a Weber test, a patient with right ear hearing loss reports hearing sound longer in the right ear than the left ear. What results should the nurse expect to find from this patient during a Rinne test? • Air conduction will be twice as long as bone conduction (2:1 ratio). • Air conduction will be 1.5 times as long as bone conduction (1.5:1 ratio). • Bone conduction will be longer than air conduction. • Bone conduction will b...

NURS 6512 Week 3 Quiz Question 1 At what age does peak height growth velocity occur in boys? Response Feedback: Peak height velocity occurs at an average age of 13 years in boys. Question 2 After 50 years of age, stature: 2 out of 2 points 2 out of 2 points Response Feedback: As the individual reaches 50 years of age, the intervertebral disk begins to thin and become more compressed, which leads to a decline in stature. Question 3 Between 5 and 24 mo...

NURS 6512 Week 5 Test Prep Question 1 Peripheral vision can be estimated by means of which test? 2 out of 2 points Response Feedback: The confrontation test measures peripheral vision. The examiner sits or stands across from the patient and asks the patient to close one eye while the examiner closes the opposite eye. The examiner then proceeds to wave the fingers while moving the extended arms from a lateral to a central position along both the temporal and the nasal fields. Th...

NURS 6521 Pediatrics Quiz • Question 1 A 5-year-old boy needs an IM injection. The least painful and most effective injection site would be the 1 out of 1 points Response Feedback : The ventrogluteal site is the best choice because it is free of major nerves and blood vessels and is characterized by deep muscle mass. The drug is injected into the gluteus medius muscle, which is in the ventrogluteal site. Injection in the gluteus medius is less painful than injection in the v...