Test your basic knowledge |

NCLEX Final Ati Study

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Ascending muscle paralysis.. dont confuse with MG






2. Addison's disease (need to 'add' hormone) Cushing's syndrome (have extra 'cushion' of hormones)






3. Place the apparatus first then place the weight (der)






4. Coarse facial features






5. Ambient air (room air) contains 21 % o2






6. Just means a difficult or abnormal delivery or birth... example.. shoulder dystocia






7. Remember compartment syndrome is an emergency situation. Paresthesias and increased pain are classic symptoms. Neuromuscular damage is irreversible 4-6 hours after onset.






8. School - age kids (5 and up) are old enough - and should have an explanation of what will happen a week before surgery such as tonsillectomy.






9. Trachea shifts to the opposite side






10. Hydration is a big priority!






11. Place in prone position






12. Injuries are significant and require medical care - but can wait hrs without threat to life or limb. Ex: Stable abd wounds without evidence of hemorrhage - fx requiring open reduction - debridement - external fixation - most eye and CNS injuries - et






13. OIt's ok to have abdominal craps - blood tinged outflow and leaking around site if the Peritoneal Dialysis cath (tenkhoff) was placed in the last 1-2 wks. Cloudy outflow NEVER NORMAL.






14. Systemic Lupus Ethramoutus.... (Lupus)






15. GLASGOW COMA SCALE. EYES - VerbAL - MOTOR






16. Battles Sign and Racoon's eyes






17. Chvostek and Trosseaus sign! Also hypomag!






18. * Koplick's spots are red spots with blue center characteristic of PRODROMAL stage of Measles. Usually in mouth.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


19. Alzheimer's disease is a chronic - progressive - degenerative cognitive disorder that accounts for more than 60% of all dementias






20. CSF in meningitis will have high protein - and low glucose.






21. You can petal the rough edges of a plaster cast with tape to avoid skin irritation.






22. Wilm's tumor is usually encapsulated above the kidneys causing flank pain.






23. 1 quart = 2 pints






24. Normal PCWP (pulm capillary wedge pressure) is 8-13. Readings of 18-20 are considered high.






25. Descending muscle weakness






26. First sign of cystic fibrosis may be meconium ileus at birth. Baby is inconsolable - do not eat - not passing meconium.






27. EleVate Veins; dAngle Arteries for better perfusion






28. Purple bruises around the belly button... Pancreatitis!






29. A patient with a low hemoglobin and/or hematocrit should be evaluated for signs of bleeding - such as dark stools.






30. Osession is to thought. Compulsion is to action






31. Caput succedaneum= diffuse edema of the fetal scalp that crosses the suture lines. Swelling reabsorbs within 1 to 3 days.






32. Four side - rails up can be considered a form of restraint. Even in LTC facility when a client is a fall risk - keep lower rails down - and one side of bed against the wall - lowest position - wheels locked.






33. Hodgkin's disease= cancer of lymph is very curable in early stage.






34. (skin traction) --> elevate foot of bed for counter - traction

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


35. Protruding tongue






36. Children with tetralogy of Fallot may develop 'tet spells'. The precise mechanism of these episodes is in doubt - but presumably results from a transient increase in resistance to blood flow to the lungs with increased preferential flow of desaturate






37. Sensory=S Motor=M Both=B Oh (Olfactory I) Some Oh (Optic II) Say Oh (Oculomotor III) Marry To (Trochlear IV) Money Touch (Trigeminal V) But And (Abducens VI) My Feel (Facial VII) Brother A (Auditory VIII) Says Girls (Glossopharyngeal IX) Big Vagina (






38. Pneumovax 23 gets administered post splenectomy to prevent pneumococcal sepsis.






39. Handle any blood






40. Paracentesis - semi fowlers or upright on edge of bed - empty bladder. Post - v.s. - report elevated temp - observe for signs of hypovolemia.






41. 3 D'S -- Drooling - Dysphonia - Dysphagia






42. Chest tubes are placed in the pleural space.






43. ICP (intracranial pressure) should be <2. measure head circonference.






44. If your laboring mom's water breaks and she is any minus station you better know there is a risk of prolapsed cord.






45. Perform amniocentesis before 20 weeks gestation to check for cardiac and pulmonary abnormalities.






46. Never release traction unless you have an order from an MD to do so






47. Painless - progressive englargement of spleen and lymph tissues - and Reedstenberg cells!






48. Osteomyletitis is an infectious bone dz. Give blood cultures and antibiotics - then if necessary surgery to drain abscess.






49. Sepsis and anaphylaxis (along with the obvious hemorrhaging) reduce circulating volume by way of increased capillary permeability - which leads to reduced preload (volume in the left ventricle at the end of diastole). This is a toughie...think about






50. Orange tag in triage is non emergent Psych