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Chapter 10: Concepts of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A hospital responds to a local mass casualty event. Which action should the nurse supervisor take to prevent staff pos t- traumatic stress disorder during a mass casualty event? a. Provide water and healthy snacks for energy throughout the event. b. Schedule 16-hour shifts to allow for greater rest between shifts. c. Encourage counseling upon deactivation of the emergency response plan. d. Assign staff to different ro...

Chapter 51 Hepatic, Biliary Tract, and Pancreatic Dysfunction: Nursing Management MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.A child care worker complains of flu-like symptoms. On further assessment, hepatitis is suspected. T he nurse realizes that this individual is at risk for which type of hepatitis? 1. Hepatitis A 2. Hepatitis B 3. Hepatitis C 4. Hepatitis D ANS: 1 Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is spread through the fecal-oral route. Child care workers are at greater risk because of potentially poor hygiene practices. Chi...

N3: Final Exam Study Guide 1. CAM (Complementary & Alternative Medicine) a. What is Complementary? i. “In addition to…” modern medicine b. What is Alternative? i. “Instead of…” modern medi cine c. Define “Chi” i. Chinese life force that provides warmth and protection from illness and injury. d. Reiki i. Use of hands to correct energy fields/chakras. Energy flows from universe into patient. Can help increase WBC and RBC production. Realignment of energy flow. e. Ayurveda i. Indian...

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 aneur y sm = 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 several hours t...

Final Exam Study Guide NUR 2790: Professional Nursing III MODULE 1: CELLULAR REGULATION Cancer  Primary vs. Secondary prevention Primary CA prevention: removal of “at risk” tissue, chemopr even tion, vaccination (HPV) Secondary CA prevention: regular screening  Risk factors/warning signs (CAUTION mneumonic) C: change in bowel/bladder function A: a sore throat that does not heal U: unusual bleeding T: thickening lumps I: indigestion/difficulty swallowing O: obvious change in mole N: nag...

Professional Nursing III Final Exam Concept Guide Information color coding Exam 1—pink Exam 2—blue Exam 3—purple Exam 4—peach Know and understand about the complications of chemotherapy  Co gnitive function=support and provide resources for cognitive training. Let them know other patients report it too. Warn against: excessive alcohol or drug use, head injury risks  Mucositis=oral cryotherapy (rest of interventions listed below)  Fatigue=space out and prioritize care  Alopeci...

N3 - Exam 3 Questions And Answers 1. A client is learning about cholesterol. The nurse explains that the good cholesterol transports plasma cholesterol away from plaques and to the liver for met aboli sm. This type of cholesterol is called: 1. high-density lipoprotein. 2. low-density lipoprotein. 3. very-high-density lipoprotein. 4. very-low-density lipoprotein. 2. A client has a blood pressure of 132/82 mmHg and a triglyceride level of 160 mg/dL. Based on these results, the nurse knows that the...

Cardiac Normal cardiac output- Normal cardiac output is 60-100 beats per minute. If below 60 is brady cardia and the patient is at risk for poor perfusion. Cardiac output is defined as the amount of b lood pumped from the left ventricle each minute. Remember that arrhythmia is a deviation from a normal rhythm and a dysrhythmia is a disturbance in the normal rhythm. Medications for: contractility, maintaining normal blood pressure, various tachycardias, bradycardias, different degrees of AV block...

Nursing III Final Chapters Chapter 35 For the client who is at risk for stroke, the most important guideline the nurse should teach is to: monitor blood pressure The family of a client diagnose d with a stroke asks the nurse if this health problem is very common. The nurse should respond that in the United States a person has a stroke every: 40 seconds A client is being evaluated for a stroke. The nurse knows that one of the easiest and most common diagnostic tests used to differentiate between ...

NR 2224 Exam 1 Questions And Answers 1. Which is the five-step process that professional nurses use when caring for clients? The nursing process 2. The nurse palpates a client’s radial pulse as 52 b eats per minute. The client spear alert and oriented and in no distress. Which action by the nurse best demonstrates effective use of the nursing process? Use the stethoscope to listen for the radial pulse