How to teach pursed lip breathing - correct answer ✔✔breathing into the nose and breathing out slowly
through the mouth.
What is a PCA pump? - correct answer ✔✔patient-controlled analgesic - delivers set amount of pain
reliever with push of a button
Proscar - correct answer ✔✔-urinary retention medication for enlarged prostate.
-shouldn't be used be handled by women at childbearing years.
-could cause hair loss
Syphilis - correct answer ✔✔bacterial infections usually spread through sexual contact.
-could cause infertility
What is TURP? - correct answer ✔✔Trans-Urethral Resection of the Prostate
What is a CBI? - correct answer ✔✔Continuous Bladder Irrigation:
-usually a 3 way cath. flushed with normal saline.
Herpes II - correct answer ✔✔genital herpes- happens on the mouth, anus, and/or genitals
bereavement coordinator - correct answer ✔✔provides consoling services to someone who has
experienced death close to them.
Advanced Directives - correct answer ✔✔living will
-legal document in which a person specifics what actions should be taken for their health.
Hospice - correct answer ✔✔-funded by the state
, -never receive a bill
-to qualify- the patient has less than 6 months to live
-the family must be willing to participate
-the patient must desire the service
Coumadin - correct answer ✔✔-reversal is Vit. K
-normal NIR is 2-3
-usually taken in the evening
Spiritual coordinator - correct answer ✔✔provide spiritual and emotional concealing
Pre op information - correct answer ✔✔-explaining procedure
MS Contin - correct answer ✔✔(Morphine Sulfate)
- Opioid Analgesic
-can be addictive
-depressed CNS
-severe pain
Percocet - correct answer ✔✔Combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen
-scheduled II
-depresses CNS
Where do you find your apical pulse? - correct answer ✔✔Mid-clavicular and 5th intercostal
What is a black box warning? - correct answer ✔✔very serious or potentially life-threating problems
Regular and NPH Insulin - correct answer ✔✔cloudy before clear-
regular is fast acting