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RN VATI Medical Surgery 2019 - Questions, Answers and Rationales A nurse is caring for a client who is 24 hr postoperative following a total hip arthroplasty. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Place the affected leg in external rotation. B. Encourage the client to use the incentive spirometer every shift. C. Instruct the client to lean forward when rising from a chair. D. Maintain abduction of the affected extremity. The nurse should ensure that the affected extremity is...

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Medical Surgery Endocrine 1 Glucose over 250 and higher are at risk for? - Answer- DKA Hypopituitarism - Answer- 1. Hypo-secretion of 1 or more pituitary hormones caused by tumors, trauma, encephalitis, autoimmunity or stroke 2. Often effected growth hormone (GH) and gonadatrophic hormones, but thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), (ACTH), (ADH) may be involved. Hypopituitarism Assessment - Answer- a. Mild to moderate obesity b. Reduced cardiac output c. Infertility, sexual dysfunction d...

HESI Medical Surgery Sodium - Answer- 135-145 Potassium - Answer- 3.5-5 Chloride - Answer- 97-107 Calcium - Answer- 8.6-10.2 Magnesium - Answer- 1.3-2.3 Phosphorous - Answer- 2.5-4.5 BUN - Answer- 8-20 Creatinine - Answer- 0.7-1.4 Glucose - Answer- 60-100 Albumin - Answer- 3.5-5.5 AST - Answer- 10-40 ALT - Answer- 8-40 WBC - Answer- 4.5-11k Platelets - Answer- 150-450k hgb (hemoglobin) - Answer- 12-18 hct - Answer- 35-52 2.2 lbs - Answer- one kilo...

Medical Surgery Why do patients get blood products? - Answer- 1. anemic w/ a hgb < 8-10 2. increase their blood volume 3. they have a clotting disorder 4. surgical blood loss > 1200 5. never just b/c List the two main functions of transfusions - Answer- 1. increase O2 carrying capacity of the blood 2. reverse tissue hypoxia What is whole blood given for and how is it transfused? - Answer- -for shock, low blood volume, low Hgb, low Hct, hemorrhage -500 mls over 2-4 hrs PRB...

A nurse is caring for a client who is 24hr postoperative following abdominal surgery & has an NG tube. What action should the nurse plan to take to decrease the risk of postoperative complications? - Encourage the client to use an incentive spirometer every hour while awake

Medical Surgery Topic on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness What are disasters? - Correct Answer-Event in which illness or injuries exceed resource capabilities of a health care facility or community due to destruction and devastation What are multi-casualty events? - Correct Answer-We can manage within the hospital resources What are mass casualty events? - Correct Answer-All hospitals medical capabilities are overwhelmed What is an epidemic? - Correct Answer-Disease affecting many pers...