NUR 1020 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔signs of hypoglycemia - ✔✔sweating , trembling, tachycardia
(cool and clammy you get candy), palor, irritable, restlessness
✔✔assault and battery - ✔✔assault includes a threat or attempt to injure, and battery
includes the unlawful touching of another person without consenttor
✔✔Tortes - ✔✔Include malpractice, negligence, failure to obtain "informed consent",
abuse, and breach of privacy
✔✔negligence - ✔✔careless neglect, often resulting in injury
✔✔Malpractice - ✔✔
✔✔incident report - ✔✔A report documenting an incident and the response to the
incident; also known as an occurrence report or event report.
✔✔Standard Precautions - ✔✔CDC precautions used in the care of all patients
regardless of their diagnosis
✔✔transmission precautions - ✔✔airborne, droplet, contact
✔✔HbA1c - ✔✔2-3 month glucose test; normal under 6.5, 6.5-8 is acceptable for
nonpregnant to diabetic adult, over 8 - poorly controlled diabetes
✔✔normal fasting blood glucose - ✔✔under 126 is normal
✔✔3 point gait - ✔✔1: move two crutches and bad leg together
2: move good foot
✔✔4 point gait - ✔✔crutch, leg, opposite crutch, opposite leg
✔✔2 point gait - ✔✔1: move on crutch and opposite foot together
2: move other crutch and other foot together
✔✔Side effects of beta blockers - ✔✔Bradycardia, beta blockers block symptoms of
diabetes
✔✔teratogenic - ✔✔producing malformations (in the developing embryo)
✔✔idiosyncratic effect - ✔✔unusual, unexpected response to a drug (not the same as
paradoxical which means OPPOSITE)
, ✔✔synergistic effect - ✔✔interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater
effect than when the medicines are taken alone
✔✔Best sites for subcutaneous injections - ✔✔-outer posterior aspect of the upper arms
-the abdomen
- outer aspect of thighs
✔✔Peak vs. Trough - ✔✔highest and lowest concentration of a drug
✔✔Five rights of drug administration - ✔✔Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time of delivery
✔✔parenteral route - ✔✔anywhere not the GI tract - subcut, IM, IV, intradermal
✔✔IM injections - ✔✔max 3 mL, 20-22 gauge, 1-1.5in.
sites for IM injections: vastus lateralis (side of thigh) - best site for infants
ventrogluteal - side of hip
✔✔Z-track method - ✔✔used to minimize local skin irritation
✔✔Normal Hemoglobin - ✔✔Male: 14-18
Female: 12-16
✔✔normal hematocrit - ✔✔42-52% (males)
37-47% (females)
✔✔Ipratropium - ✔✔nasal spray or inhalation; bronchospasm
✔✔broncial breath sounds - ✔✔heard over larynx and trachea; high pitched harsh
blowing, longer expiration than inspiration
✔✔vesicular breath sounds - ✔✔soft low pitched whispering over most lung fields
✔✔bronchovesicular breath sounds - ✔✔Moderate blowing sounds
Expiration=inspiration
Over mainstem bronchus
✔✔atelectasis - ✔✔collapsed lung
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔signs of hypoglycemia - ✔✔sweating , trembling, tachycardia
(cool and clammy you get candy), palor, irritable, restlessness
✔✔assault and battery - ✔✔assault includes a threat or attempt to injure, and battery
includes the unlawful touching of another person without consenttor
✔✔Tortes - ✔✔Include malpractice, negligence, failure to obtain "informed consent",
abuse, and breach of privacy
✔✔negligence - ✔✔careless neglect, often resulting in injury
✔✔Malpractice - ✔✔
✔✔incident report - ✔✔A report documenting an incident and the response to the
incident; also known as an occurrence report or event report.
✔✔Standard Precautions - ✔✔CDC precautions used in the care of all patients
regardless of their diagnosis
✔✔transmission precautions - ✔✔airborne, droplet, contact
✔✔HbA1c - ✔✔2-3 month glucose test; normal under 6.5, 6.5-8 is acceptable for
nonpregnant to diabetic adult, over 8 - poorly controlled diabetes
✔✔normal fasting blood glucose - ✔✔under 126 is normal
✔✔3 point gait - ✔✔1: move two crutches and bad leg together
2: move good foot
✔✔4 point gait - ✔✔crutch, leg, opposite crutch, opposite leg
✔✔2 point gait - ✔✔1: move on crutch and opposite foot together
2: move other crutch and other foot together
✔✔Side effects of beta blockers - ✔✔Bradycardia, beta blockers block symptoms of
diabetes
✔✔teratogenic - ✔✔producing malformations (in the developing embryo)
✔✔idiosyncratic effect - ✔✔unusual, unexpected response to a drug (not the same as
paradoxical which means OPPOSITE)
, ✔✔synergistic effect - ✔✔interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater
effect than when the medicines are taken alone
✔✔Best sites for subcutaneous injections - ✔✔-outer posterior aspect of the upper arms
-the abdomen
- outer aspect of thighs
✔✔Peak vs. Trough - ✔✔highest and lowest concentration of a drug
✔✔Five rights of drug administration - ✔✔Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time of delivery
✔✔parenteral route - ✔✔anywhere not the GI tract - subcut, IM, IV, intradermal
✔✔IM injections - ✔✔max 3 mL, 20-22 gauge, 1-1.5in.
sites for IM injections: vastus lateralis (side of thigh) - best site for infants
ventrogluteal - side of hip
✔✔Z-track method - ✔✔used to minimize local skin irritation
✔✔Normal Hemoglobin - ✔✔Male: 14-18
Female: 12-16
✔✔normal hematocrit - ✔✔42-52% (males)
37-47% (females)
✔✔Ipratropium - ✔✔nasal spray or inhalation; bronchospasm
✔✔broncial breath sounds - ✔✔heard over larynx and trachea; high pitched harsh
blowing, longer expiration than inspiration
✔✔vesicular breath sounds - ✔✔soft low pitched whispering over most lung fields
✔✔bronchovesicular breath sounds - ✔✔Moderate blowing sounds
Expiration=inspiration
Over mainstem bronchus
✔✔atelectasis - ✔✔collapsed lung
