Durham College Consolidation exam
Questions and Answers| Updated
An Inborn metabolism
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - rare inherited disorder that causes an amino acid called
phenylalanine to build up in the body.
What is a signs of hypokalemia.
Abdominal cramps - Lower-than-normal potassium level in your bloodstream)
The practical nurse is obtaining blood from the blood bank.
Deficiency of plasma protein
Ileal conduit (aims to divert urine produced from the upper urinary tracts to a
newly formed reservoir created from the terminal ileum.)
Severe Crohn’s disease
Not managing depression can cause?
Dopamine Deficiency
C difficile (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis) mode of transmission
Contact precautions
,Newborn head circumference
33 cm
Priority assessment for Myocardial Infraction (MI)
Cardiac monitoring
Form 1 for mental health
Form 1 is patient undergoes psychiatric assessment
Call lawyer
Practical Nurse assigned to a paranoid schizophrenia pt
Distance from yourself and the patient
What is the antidote for coumadin (WARFARIN)
Vitamin K
Practical Nurse consolidation was on break and the preceptor was covering
Student has to do her own assessments and document
Signs of hypertension in a Cirrhosis patient
Ascites and portal hypertension
,Priority of assessment for nephrectomy (Kidney removal) post op patient
Measure urine input/output and weigh patient
What is the first thing the practical nurse does when administering potassium
product through the enteral tube?
Check for placement
Translate 5cm, 50% and +1 in a pregnant woman
- 5cm dilated
- 50% effaced
- 1 cm below the ischial spine
What does the nurse note when measuring the frequency of laboring woman's
contraction?
The time between the beginning of one contraction and the beginning of the next.
What is the mental health Form 1 privilege?
Patient is allowed to leave the unit
A patient wants the nurse to be her substitute decision maker
Nurse should reject and contact a social worker
New nurse that does not have confidence with her calculations, what should she
do?
, Ask another nurse to recheck until comfortable
Adolescent who locks himself up after school, how should the mother address it?
Speak to son and ask what's wrong
A nurse plans to teach a school-aged child with type 1 diabetes who is receiving
both intermediate-acting insulin (Novolin N) and regular insulin (Novolin R) daily
how to self-administer the insulin before discharge. What should the nurse
teach the child?
Practice on a non-medicated insulin pen first or exploring the child's feelings
about diabetes
Patient with PCA pump who complains at night. How should the nurse address it?
Assess the patient first, check pump, then call physician.
A baby girl is leaking. Is it normal?
Yes, it is normal and usually goes away within 2 weeks. Happens due to mothers'
hormones
Importance of Practical nurse to prevent air from entering the tubing
Air in the tubing could cause embolus.
What Does And IV Site Of Interstitial Look Like
IV Site Is Cool, Swollen And Firm To Touch
Questions and Answers| Updated
An Inborn metabolism
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - rare inherited disorder that causes an amino acid called
phenylalanine to build up in the body.
What is a signs of hypokalemia.
Abdominal cramps - Lower-than-normal potassium level in your bloodstream)
The practical nurse is obtaining blood from the blood bank.
Deficiency of plasma protein
Ileal conduit (aims to divert urine produced from the upper urinary tracts to a
newly formed reservoir created from the terminal ileum.)
Severe Crohn’s disease
Not managing depression can cause?
Dopamine Deficiency
C difficile (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis) mode of transmission
Contact precautions
,Newborn head circumference
33 cm
Priority assessment for Myocardial Infraction (MI)
Cardiac monitoring
Form 1 for mental health
Form 1 is patient undergoes psychiatric assessment
Call lawyer
Practical Nurse assigned to a paranoid schizophrenia pt
Distance from yourself and the patient
What is the antidote for coumadin (WARFARIN)
Vitamin K
Practical Nurse consolidation was on break and the preceptor was covering
Student has to do her own assessments and document
Signs of hypertension in a Cirrhosis patient
Ascites and portal hypertension
,Priority of assessment for nephrectomy (Kidney removal) post op patient
Measure urine input/output and weigh patient
What is the first thing the practical nurse does when administering potassium
product through the enteral tube?
Check for placement
Translate 5cm, 50% and +1 in a pregnant woman
- 5cm dilated
- 50% effaced
- 1 cm below the ischial spine
What does the nurse note when measuring the frequency of laboring woman's
contraction?
The time between the beginning of one contraction and the beginning of the next.
What is the mental health Form 1 privilege?
Patient is allowed to leave the unit
A patient wants the nurse to be her substitute decision maker
Nurse should reject and contact a social worker
New nurse that does not have confidence with her calculations, what should she
do?
, Ask another nurse to recheck until comfortable
Adolescent who locks himself up after school, how should the mother address it?
Speak to son and ask what's wrong
A nurse plans to teach a school-aged child with type 1 diabetes who is receiving
both intermediate-acting insulin (Novolin N) and regular insulin (Novolin R) daily
how to self-administer the insulin before discharge. What should the nurse
teach the child?
Practice on a non-medicated insulin pen first or exploring the child's feelings
about diabetes
Patient with PCA pump who complains at night. How should the nurse address it?
Assess the patient first, check pump, then call physician.
A baby girl is leaking. Is it normal?
Yes, it is normal and usually goes away within 2 weeks. Happens due to mothers'
hormones
Importance of Practical nurse to prevent air from entering the tubing
Air in the tubing could cause embolus.
What Does And IV Site Of Interstitial Look Like
IV Site Is Cool, Swollen And Firm To Touch
