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3rd Trimester Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Position for lumbar puncture | Pt on side with knees toward chin |
| Contrast dye may cause what in an elderly pt | Renal failure |
| Place what under a pts head during a seizure | Pillow |
| ALS always progresses to | Respiratory distress--> death |
| A slight touch can trigger pain in a pt with | Trigeminal neuralgia |
| Tremors prior to the onset of dementia is a sigh of | Parkinson's |
| The medication of choice for Parkinson's | Levadopa |
| Seizure where staring/eyes is focused straight ahead | Petit Mal |
| Onset of farsightedness r/t aging | Presbyopia |
| Measured when assessing client for pancreatitis | Serum amylase |
| Hematemesis or coffee-ground emesis is indicative of | Bleeding ulcer |
| A diet low in what should be planned for a pt undergoing a choleycystectomy | Fat |
| GERD | Inadequate closure of the lower esophogeal sphincter |
| Projectile vomiting in an infant is a S/S of | Pyloric stenosis |
| Pts with what are at a higher risk for colon cancer | Crohn's and colitis |
| Butterfly/malor rash is indicative of | Lupus |
| Pts rescued from a burning building need to be monitored for | Respiratory distress |
| Wood's lamp is used for | Examination of pt with ringworm |
| Honey colored crust on face/hands, highly contagious | Impetigo |
| Cold sores | Herpes simplex 1 |
| Red, itchy rash on elbows and knees is most likely | Eczema |
| A microscopic mite that burrows in the skin | Scabies |
| Ring-shaped rash from a tick bite is indicative of | Lime disease |
| Hip replacement pts should not bend more than | 90 degrees |
| A pt with a halo device should be monitored for what | Swallowing difficulties |
| Hunchback is termed | Kyphosis |
| Tx for talpes/clubfoot (congenital disorder) | Casting weekly |
| Exercise may be recommended to increase density of what | Bones |
| Women with UTIs should do what before and after sex | Void |
| After a cystoscope what should patients be encouraged to do | Drink fluids in order to flush the dye from their system |
| What in the urine may cause liver damage | Bilirubin |
| This is needed to produce RBCs | Erythropoietin |
| Renin regulates | Blood pressure |
| Most common cause of status epilepticus | Stopping seizure medications |
| Common SE of anticholinergics | Drymouth, constipation, headache |
| Likely to be perscribed for spasticity | Baclofen |
| Commonly used for bowel prep before a colonoscopy | Golytely or nulytely |
| Given to pts with hepatitis to reduce ammonia levels | Lactulose |
| Lansoprazole inhibits what | Gastric acid secretion |
| Used to treat ulcers | Two abx's and one antacid |
| Type of histamine that stimulates acid production in the stomach | H2 blocker |
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