AGACNP Guías de estudio, Notas de estudios & Resúmenes

1. You want to get more funding for your hospital’s Rapid Response Team. How should you present this issue to the committee? a. Stress importance of the team (answer is worded as looking up evidence about how the team affects outcomes, like a meta-analysis) b. Describe how to improve and expand the team. a. Stress importance of the team (answer is worded as looking up evidence about how the team affects outcomes, like a meta-analysis) 1. What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involv...

1. A 65 year patient has sub-occipital and posterior cranial head pain following a fall. The GNP conducts a musculoskeletal assessment by: Palpating the acromioclavicular joint. Assessing the gleno-humeral range of motion. Palpating the cervical vertebrae. Palpating anterior the thoracic muscles. - Correct Answer: Palpating the cervical vertebrae. 2. The patient who is complaining of sub-occipital, posterior head pain should have the cervical vertebrae assessed. Additionally, the G...

2015 AGACNP Gastrointestinal Body Mass Index - correct answer Mass in kg/square of height in meters 1) Underweight: < 18.5 2) Normal weight: 18.5-25 3) Overweight 25-30 4) Obese : Over 30 Ideal body weight - correct answer Men: 106 + 6lb for every inch over 5 feet Women: 100 + 5 lb for every inch over 5 feet Visceral pain - correct answer - From abdominal viscera: layer over the organ - Vague, dull, nauseating - Poorly localized - Causes referred pain When to counsel a...

AACN AGACNP ReviewCushing's Syndrome/Disease - correct answer cortisol excess typically caused by pituitary adenoma 60-70% of cases. Central obesity w/ extremity wasting. dorsocervical fat pad. rounded facies. spontaneous bruising. purple striae hyperpigmentation poor wound healing/ skin infections. Dexamethasone suppression test. 1mg dexamethasone at 2300 hours and measure serum cortisol at 0800. Remove sources of excess and manage consequences ( HTN, hypokalemia, hyperglycem...

Advanced Pharmacology average A1C goal - correct answer <7% recommended insulin strategy - correct answer basal/bolus (long-acting glargine/detemir + rapid acting around meals) - mimics natural insulin release pregnancy A1C goal - correct answer <6% why is A1C goal lower in pregnancy - correct answer increased RBC turnover A1C goal in elderly - correct answer <7.5-8.5% perioperative BG goal - correct answer 110-140 how does insulin affect potassium - correct answer st...

AGACNP - Acute Care ProblemsParkland Formula for burns - correct answer 4ml/kg x TBSA % burned = amount to be given during the first 24 hours What type of fluids do we give for burns - correct answer Crystalloids, NOT colloids When do we begin giving fluids to a burn patient? - correct answer As soon as the injury occurs, not when the patient gets to the hospital How do we administered the required fluids for a burn patient? - correct answer Half the fluids are giving within the first 8...

AGACNP - Based on Frances Guide Review MaterialsYou want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this issue to the committee? a. Stress importance of the team (look up evidence about how team affects outcomes) b. Describe how to improve and expand the team - correct answer a. stress importance of team What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making? a. attend legislative days at the state capitol b. join a hospital committe...

AGACNP - ENDOCRINE What are the 3 P's in DM1? polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria What is the difference between DM1 and DM2? Type 1 is absolute insulin deficiency and Type 2 is a progressive insulin deficiency. DM1 has ketones** DM2 does not Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Somogyi effect hypoglycemia 0300 followed by rebound hyperglycemia at 0700 Dawn phenomenon an increase in blood...

AG-ACNP - GI What bacteria is associated with >90% duodenal ulcers and >75% gastric ulcers? - correct answer H. pylori Which medications cause peptic ulcer disease? - correct answer NSAIDS ASA Glucocorticoids At what age do duodenal ulcers typically present? - correct answer 30-55 yo. At what age do gastric ulcers typically present? - correct answer 55-65 years old What are the signs and symptoms associated with a duodenal ulcer? - correct answer Gnawing, epigastric pain Re...

AGACNP - Hematology What causes Pernicious anemia? - correct answer a deficiency of intrinsic factor, which results in malabsorption of B12 Neurological symptoms are associated with which type of anemia? - correct answer Pernicious Lymphoma Stage I - correct answer Disease localized to single lymph node or group Lymphoma Stage II - correct answer more than one lymph node group is involved and confined to one side of the diaphragm, such as the lymph nodes of the neck and the tonsils ...