NURS 5338 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND
ARLINGTON EXAM 2024-2025 WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
GRADED A+|NEWEST|GUARANTEED
PASS|LATEST UPDATE
Peak Flow Meter Usage
Measuring peak expiratory flow rate, monitoring and diagnosing asthma
Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment
Probiotics with lactobacillus (L. rhamnosus, L. reuteri, L. acidophilus, L. fermentum), 88-90% cure rate at
1 month, oral or vaginal administration
Bell's Palsy Definition
Rapid onset unilateral facial paralysis from inflamed facial nerve compression
Bell's Palsy Treatment
Corticosteroids within 3 days, lacrilube for dry eye
Animal Bite Treatment
Wash with soap and water, antibiotics for dog, cat, and human bites, Augmentin as first choice
Blood Loss in Healthy Person
Lose 10-15% of total blood volume without issues, blood donations take 8-10% volume
Superficial Burns Treatment
Cooling water for pain relief and damage prevention
Partial Thickness Burns Treatment
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,Clean with soap and water, apply dressing, leave blisters intact
Full Thickness Burns Treatment
Large IV fluid amounts for extensive burns, capillary fluid leakage and edema from inflammatory
response, infection common complication
Bursitis
Inflammation of small sacs near the joint.
Bursitis Treatment
- Aspirate bursae to rule out infection
- Treat uninfected bursitis with RICE, physiotherapy, NSAIDS
- Infected bursae require antibiotics, steroids, and sometimes surgery.
MI Symptoms in Elderly Diabetic Female
- Dyspnea, weakness, fatigue
- Symptoms can precede MI by up to one month
- Some may experience back or jaw pain.
CHF Diagnostic Studies
- Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) mainly produced in cardiac ventricles
- CMP
- Chest X-ray
- Evaluate lower extremities for edema.
Conjunctivitis
Inflammation of conjunctiva, often viral; causes redness.
Herpes of the Eye
- Linear branching corneal ulcer
- Stained with fluorescein dye during exam
- Symptoms include foreign-body sensation, light sensitivity, redness, blurred vision.
Herpes of the Eye - Next Step
- Ophthalmic emergency
- Do not treat; consult ophthalmology.
Eye Injury Follow-Up
- Ask about recent eye injury or contact lens use
- Use fluorescein dye with woods lamp
- Do not patch if injury from vegetation
- Refer for embedded foreign body.
Biopsy Preparation
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, - Measure and record size of nevus or area to be biopsied first.
Bell's Palsy Diagnosis
- Objective tests: eyebrow raise, smile.
Asthma Acute Attack Treatment
- Duoneb: albuterol 2.5mg/ml and atrovent 0.5mg
- Up to three albuterol nebulizers
- Oxygen may be needed
- Solumedrol injection
- Monitor for tachycardia
Is an I&D in Primary Care Sterile?
Often not a sterile procedure
DVT Suspected Clinical Prediction Tool
- Wells score
- D-dimer test (high sensitivity)
DVT Imaging
Ultrasound of suspected veins
DVT Treatment
- Commonly treated outpatient
- Lovenox injections BID for a few days plus coumadin, then coumadin alone
- INR should be between 2.0-3.0
- Coumadin diet
- Vitamin K is the antidote for increased INR
Orofacial Pain Treatment in Primary Care
- Amoxicillin or clindamycin
- Peridex oral rinse and pain medication
- Naproxen
Ketoacidosis Assessment
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Acetone breath
- Kussmaul breathing
- Decreased consciousness
Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic State Main Cause
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ARLINGTON EXAM 2024-2025 WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
GRADED A+|NEWEST|GUARANTEED
PASS|LATEST UPDATE
Peak Flow Meter Usage
Measuring peak expiratory flow rate, monitoring and diagnosing asthma
Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment
Probiotics with lactobacillus (L. rhamnosus, L. reuteri, L. acidophilus, L. fermentum), 88-90% cure rate at
1 month, oral or vaginal administration
Bell's Palsy Definition
Rapid onset unilateral facial paralysis from inflamed facial nerve compression
Bell's Palsy Treatment
Corticosteroids within 3 days, lacrilube for dry eye
Animal Bite Treatment
Wash with soap and water, antibiotics for dog, cat, and human bites, Augmentin as first choice
Blood Loss in Healthy Person
Lose 10-15% of total blood volume without issues, blood donations take 8-10% volume
Superficial Burns Treatment
Cooling water for pain relief and damage prevention
Partial Thickness Burns Treatment
1|Page
,Clean with soap and water, apply dressing, leave blisters intact
Full Thickness Burns Treatment
Large IV fluid amounts for extensive burns, capillary fluid leakage and edema from inflammatory
response, infection common complication
Bursitis
Inflammation of small sacs near the joint.
Bursitis Treatment
- Aspirate bursae to rule out infection
- Treat uninfected bursitis with RICE, physiotherapy, NSAIDS
- Infected bursae require antibiotics, steroids, and sometimes surgery.
MI Symptoms in Elderly Diabetic Female
- Dyspnea, weakness, fatigue
- Symptoms can precede MI by up to one month
- Some may experience back or jaw pain.
CHF Diagnostic Studies
- Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) mainly produced in cardiac ventricles
- CMP
- Chest X-ray
- Evaluate lower extremities for edema.
Conjunctivitis
Inflammation of conjunctiva, often viral; causes redness.
Herpes of the Eye
- Linear branching corneal ulcer
- Stained with fluorescein dye during exam
- Symptoms include foreign-body sensation, light sensitivity, redness, blurred vision.
Herpes of the Eye - Next Step
- Ophthalmic emergency
- Do not treat; consult ophthalmology.
Eye Injury Follow-Up
- Ask about recent eye injury or contact lens use
- Use fluorescein dye with woods lamp
- Do not patch if injury from vegetation
- Refer for embedded foreign body.
Biopsy Preparation
2|Page
, - Measure and record size of nevus or area to be biopsied first.
Bell's Palsy Diagnosis
- Objective tests: eyebrow raise, smile.
Asthma Acute Attack Treatment
- Duoneb: albuterol 2.5mg/ml and atrovent 0.5mg
- Up to three albuterol nebulizers
- Oxygen may be needed
- Solumedrol injection
- Monitor for tachycardia
Is an I&D in Primary Care Sterile?
Often not a sterile procedure
DVT Suspected Clinical Prediction Tool
- Wells score
- D-dimer test (high sensitivity)
DVT Imaging
Ultrasound of suspected veins
DVT Treatment
- Commonly treated outpatient
- Lovenox injections BID for a few days plus coumadin, then coumadin alone
- INR should be between 2.0-3.0
- Coumadin diet
- Vitamin K is the antidote for increased INR
Orofacial Pain Treatment in Primary Care
- Amoxicillin or clindamycin
- Peridex oral rinse and pain medication
- Naproxen
Ketoacidosis Assessment
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Acetone breath
- Kussmaul breathing
- Decreased consciousness
Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic State Main Cause
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