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NCLEX Final Ati Study
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. (S&S: chest pain - difficulty breathing - tachycardia - pale/cyanotic - sense of impending doom) --> turn pt to left side and lower the head of the bed.
What to do in the case of - an Air/Pulmonary Embolism
Pneumonia
Emphysema
Hodgkins disease
2. Yogurt has live cultures - dont give to immunosuppressed pt
3. One medication that cannot be administered by intraosseous infusion is isoproterenol - a beta agonist.
4. It is an amino acid that is BAD for people with PKU. It is found in food only and is also found in aspartame
1 kg= How many pounds
Paracentesis
When to test urine for ketones and glucose
Phenalalanine
5. Uremic fetor --> smell urine on the breath
SARS
Signs of a hip fracture
Uremic Fetor
After Myringotomy
6. EEG - hold meds for 24-48 hrs prior - no caffine or cigarettes for 24 hrs prior - pt can eat - pt must stay awake night before exam - pt may be asked to hyperventilate and watch a bright flashing light - after EEG - assess pt for seizures - pt's will
Common S/S of SLE
For an EEG test
Compartment syndrome
Post spleenectomy
7. A positive Western blot in a child <18 months (presence of HIV antibodies) indicates only that the mother is infected. Two or more positive p24 antigen tests will confirm HIV in kids <18 months. The p24 can be used at any age.
After lumbar puncture
Western blot test
Blood typing
Besides meds and congenital problems .. What can lead to decreased preload
8. Wheezing on EXPIRATION
Common S/S of asthma
Grey Turners sign
MMR and Varicella
Shift to the left means
9. Weight
To remember blood sugar
Side rail rules
Hemovac
Best indicator of dehydration
10. 4 C'S- Coughing - Choking - Cyanosis and continuous droolings
STD= gonnorrhea
Common S/S of TEF
Tenkhoff cath
How to put on traction
11. For cord compression - place the mother in the TRENDELENBERG position because this removes pressure of the presenting part off the cord. (If her head is down - the baby is no longer being pulled out of hte body by gravity) If the cord is prolapsed -
Brachial Pulse
For cord compression in OB
Hba1c
NMS
12. Patients with GERD should lay on their left side with the HOB elevated 30 degrees.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Common S/S of TEF
Gerd again
Menieres's disease
13. Behavior motivated by need to avoid anxiety and satisfy needs 1. Infancy 0-18 months others will satisy needs 2. childhood >6yrs learn to delay need gratification 3. juvenile 6-9 years learn to relate to peers 4. preadolescence 9-12 yrs learns to rel
Behavior/Developmental - Peds
Guthrie test
Cystic fibrosis
If your patient starts seeing bugs
14. Vesicular rash (central to distal) dew drop on rose petal
Common S/S of chicken pox
Grey Turners sign
Asthma and arthritis best excercise
Group - A strep
15. 30 ml = 1 oz
How many oz in a ml
How will CSF look in meningitis
TEF
Hightest priority for RA
16. DROPLET think of SPIDERMAN! S - sepsis S - scarlet fever S - streptococcal pharyngitis P - parvovirus B19 P - pneumonia P - pertussis I - influenza D - diptheria (pharyngeal) E - epiglottitis R - rubella M - mumps M - meningitis M - mycoplasma or men
Droplet Precautions Transmission
VV and AA
Cerebral palsy
Common S/S of TEF
17. Complications of Mechanical Ventilation: Pneumothorax - Ulcers
Hirschsprungs
Dance Sign
Complications of mechanical ventilation
Glomerulonephritis
18. Heart defects. Remember for cyanotic -3T's( Tof - Truncys arteriosus - Transposition of the great vessels). Prevent blood from going to heart. If problem does not fix or cannot be corrected surgically - CHF will occur following by death. 94. with R s
caput succedaneum=
What if a toddler says no to medication
Heart Defects
Radioactive iodine
19. Position pt in left side - lying (Sim's) with knee flexed
Cullens sign
TEF
Enema positioning
After Infratentorial Surgery
20. Don't fall for 'reestablishing a normal bowel pattern' as a priority with small bowel obstruction. Because the patient can't take in oral fluids 'maintaining fluid balance' comes first.
1 quart = How many pints
How many liters of O2
Glomerulonephritis
How do you treat a small bowel obstruction
21. Toes curl= GREAT Toes fan = BAD
autonomic dysreflexia
Gastric ulcer pain
Low Residue diet
Babinski sign
22. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) is a condition in which there is a degeneration of motor neurons in both the upper & lower motor neuron systems.
ALS
GTT for preggos
Hep A precautions
1 tablespoon = How many ml
23. Level of consciousness is the most important assessment parameter with status epilepticus.
Dystocia
Highest priortiy in status elipticus
Blood typing
Black - Expectant
24. If your normally lucid patient starts seeing bugs you better check his respiratory status first. The first sign of hypoxia is restlessness - followed by agitation - and things go downhill from there all the way to delirium - hallucinations - and coma
How many oz in a ml
If your patient starts seeing bugs
Above the knee amputation
Common S/S of Increased ICP
25. 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.
Dystocia
Tenkhoff cath
Hep B vaccine always ask
First sign of pyloric stenosis in a baby
26. Always check lead posioning levels
Babinski sign
1 gr= How many mg
What to check children for at age 12 months
Addisons
27. Accelerated physical and mental function; sensitivity to heat - fine/soft hair
Graves disease/ Hyperthyroidism
Diff between angina and MI
PTB
ABG drawin
28. If your laboring mom's water breaks and she is any minus station you better know there is a risk of prolapsed cord.
A preggo in a minus station
Contact transmission precautions
Radioactive iodine
The first s/s of ards
29. A laxative is given the night before an IVP in order to better visualize the organs.
Rule of thumb for obsessions/distractions
More IVP info
Diff between angina and MI
Side rail rules
30. What traction is used in a school - age kid with a femur or tibial fracture with extensive skin damage Ninety - ninety. The name refers to the angles of the joints. A pin is placed in the distal part of the broken bone - and the lower extremity is in
LVN/LPN cant
What can also cause an s3 heart sound
Traction rule
Traction in kids
31. Age 4 to 5 yrs child needs DPT/MMR/OPV
More info on lumbar puncture
Hypernatremia
Age 4=5 year shots
Birth control - Diaphram
32. Painless - progressive englargement of spleen and lymph tissues - and Reedstenberg cells!
What is obtained before starting any iv antibiotic
Before giving MMR>
Common S/S of Hodgkins Disease/Lymphoma
Dystocia
33. It is X- linked. Mother passes the disease to her son
Facts about hemophilia
Hypo - parathyroid
Bryant's traction=
Who produces insulin
34. Transesophageal Fistula (TEF) - esophagus doesn't fully develop (this is a surgical emergency) The 3 C's of TEF in the newborn: 1) Choking 2) Coughing 3) Cyanosis
Osteomyeltitis
Cath lab
TEF
Most accurate way to test kids for medication accuracy
35. Injuries are extensive and chances of survival are unlikely. Seperate but dont abandoned - comfort measures if possible. Ex: Unresponsive - spinal cord injuries - woulds with anatomical organs - 2nd/3rd degree burn with 60% of body surface area - se
Anorexia sucks because
Black - Expectant
Best indicator of dehydration
caput succedaneum=
36. Ottorhea
PDA
Hightest priority for RA
More info on intussception
Common S/S of Basilar Fracture
37. A
HHNS Vs DKA
After appendectomy
Shilling test
Pheochromocytoma
38. Moon face appearance and buffalo hump
Common S/S of Cushings syndrome
Depression manifests itself
ALS
What to do if your patients chest tube accidently getes removed
39. Side lying
What treats tet spells
ICP and Shock have
Main hypersensitivity for antiplatelet drugs
During epidural puncture
40. Hot and dry- sugar high (hyperglycemia) cold and clammy- need some candy (hypoglycemia)
Allen's test
To remember blood sugar
Laparoscopy
Menieres's disease
41. Cat's eye reflex (grayish discoloration of the pupil)
Facts about hemophilia
Common S.S of Retino Blastoma
Pancreatitis pts>
Common S/S of GERD
42. COPD patients REMEMBER: 2LNC or less (hypoxic Not hypercapnic drive) - Pa02 of 60ish and Sa02 90% is normal for them b/c they are chronic CO2 retainers. ...
COPD patients
Glomerulonephritis considerations
Burn Degrees
Black - Expectant
43. With glomerulonephritis you should consider blood pressure to be your most important assessment parameter. Dietary restrictions you can expect include fluids - protein - sodium - and potassium.
Fetal alcohol sydrome
ICP
Glomerulonephritis considerations
Hypercalemia
44. Amniotic fluid is alkaline - and turns nitrazine paper blue. Urine and normal vaginal discharge are acidic - and turn it pink.
High priority in Addisons
Nitrazine paper
HypoMg
Common S/S of down syndrome
45. Thyroid storm is HOT (hyperthermia) - Myxedema coma is COLD (hypothermia)
Rule of thumb for assisting pysch patients
Thyroid storm and myxedema
Asthmas and wheezers
s/s of a fat embolism
46. When drawing an ABG - you need to put the blood in a heparinized tube - make sure there are no bubbles - put on ice immediately after drawing - with a lable indicating if the pt was on room air or
Vertical C section
TEF
Signs of a hip fracture
ABG drawin
47. Mothers receive rhogam to protect next baby.
Common S/S of epiglottitis
Rh
DKA
Carbon dioxide narcosis
48. GLASGOW COMA SCALE. EYES - VerbAL - MOTOR
Potassium and acid base balance
Normal Hemoglobin
Cute way to remember glascow coma
COPD and Pneumonia
49. Alk Ash diet - milk - veggies - rhubarb - salmon
Therapies
Alkaline Ash diet
Buck's Traction
Fetal alcohol sydrome
50. Cullens sign ( ecchymosis of umbilicus) (+) Grey Turner spots
Common S/S of pancreatitis
Bucks traction =
MMR SHot
Thyroid storm and myxedema