ATI Comprehensive Final Quiz, RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 A, RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 Form B and C
What is a nurses priority action when a patient is experiencing anaphylactic shock while receiving IV med
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ATI Comprehensive Final Quiz, RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 A, RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 Form B and C
What is a nurses priority action when a patient is experiencing anaphylactic shock while receiving IV medications? ANS Priority action: stop the medication infusion
The nurse can also:
Administer epinephrine; infuse .9% sodium chloride, and elevate the lower extremities to help maintain adequate blood pressure
A nurse is caring for a group of clients in a long-term facility. One of the clients is walking in the hallway and bumping into walls and does not respond to his name. which of the following actions should the nurse take first? ANS Accompany the client back to his room.
What medication is contra indicated while taking St. John's wort? And why? ANS Sertraline
Taking concurrently puts the patient at risk for serotonin syndrome
Both of these are used for Tx of depression
Persistent otitis media ANS An infection of the middle ear
Passive smoking promote adherence of respiratory pathogen's to the lining of the middle ear space which prolongs inflammation and impedes drainage from the ear
Exposure to cold weather does not cause otitis media
Acarbose (Precose) adverse effects ANS Sleepiness, headaches, anemia; the most common adverse effects are gastrointestinal - diarrhea, abdominal distention, cramping, flatulence
presbyopia ANS impaired vision as a result of aging
Can affect one's ability to read the newspaper, the lens is unable to change shape to focus on close up objects
Myelomeningocele ANS Most severe form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord and meninges are in a cerebrospinal fluid-filled sac and protrude through the spine
Neural tube defect pts are at Rx for latex allergy
Most common complication of this disorder is UTI
Prevention of the development of amblyopia ANS A disorder of the eye and which unilateral central blindness occurs as a result of another problem, such as strabismus
Parents should patch the unaffected I
Strabismus ANS Cross eyed
Without treatment by 6 years of age this can lead to central blindness (amblyopia)
Ethambutol (Myambutol) ANS Med for TB, report vision changes immediately
Adverse effects: loss of red/green color discrimination due to optic neuritis; d/c if this occurs
Isoniazid (INH) ANS Antitubercular
Adverse effects: hepatotoxicity, peripheral neuropathy, yellowing of the sclera is an indication of jaundice that accompanies liver failure
Rifampin (Rifadin) ANS Anti TB and Antibiotic
Adverse effects: changes in color of bodily secretions to red-orange
What is a patient at risk for when they're platelet count is below the reference range? ANS Indicates thrombocytopenia, which puts the patient at increased risk for bleeding
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