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NCLEX Miscellaneous
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Regulates cardiac rhythm - increasing cardiac output
MMSE
Tagamet
Temporary Pace maker
< 35
2. Hypothyroidism - slows all body functions.
Cor pulmonale
Myxedema
95 - 98
Flagyl
3. Tetany - seizures - confusion - irritability; calcium gluconate & airway maintainence.
Strabismus
42 - 52
AIMS
Hypocalcemia
4. Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP); evaluates liver and bone function.
Buerger's disease
4.5 - 5.1
Peritoneal dialysis
50 - 150
5. Hematocrit levels - men; %
Hyperkalemia
Calcium gluconate
35 - 45
42 - 52
6. Creatinine (CR) women
0.4 - 1.2
3.2 - 5.2
Hyponatremia
20 - 25
7. Paresthesias (burning - tingling) - muscle weakness - inc sensitivity to digitalis.
Decreased hemoglobin
0.7 - 1.4
Hypokalemia
< 139
8. Monitors effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy
INR
4.5 - 5.1
0.7 - 1.4
Addison's disease
9. Delusions of persecution
Paranoid Disorder
Guillain - Barre Syndrome
7 - 3 - 1
95 - 98
10. Lasts for up to one year.
2 - 3
Inflammatory bowel disease
Addison's disease
Babinski
11. Very long acting insulin; cannot be mixed with other insulins.
35 - 45
100 - 200
35 - 70
Lantus
12. EKG changes - dysrhythmias - cardiac arrest - muscle weakness
22 - 26
Pyloric Stenosis
0.7 - 1.4
Hyperkalemia
13. Orogastric tube designed for rapid lavage; suction equipment needed to reduce risk of aspiration.
Cystic fibrosis
Ewald tube
TPN
Calcium gluconate
14. Treats tetany from damage to parathyroid gland
Calcium gluconate
Lantus
> 45
0.7 - 1.4
15. Hematocrit levels - children; %
Resolve
Babinski
Meniere's Syndrome
35 - 45
16. Severe headache from rapid onset of hypertension; profuse sweating.
Autonomic dysreflexia
0.7 - 1.4
42 - 52
Calcium gluconate
17. Infants born to diabetics are at greater risk to develope _____.
0.7 - 1.4
Addison's disease
Herniorrhaphy
Hypoglycemia
18. Tests for the presence of tardive dyskinesia.
Trendelenburg test
<15
AIMS
Herniorrhaphy
19. Cause CNS & Respiratory depression; contraindicated in head injuries.
Narcotic analgesics
Tubal pregnancy
Lantus
Tagamet
20. Maintains balance.
100 - 200
Cerebellum
5000 - 13 -000
3.2 - 5.2
21. Adrenal glands do not produce sufficient steroid hormones
22. PaO2 levels - measurement of oxygen in arterial blood
> 45
< 35
Hyponatremia
80 - 100
23. Low calcium; need high calcium & low phosphorus diet.
Moro
32 - 39
Hypoparathyroidism
Cushing's syndrome
24. Metabolic alkalosis
<15
> 26
SIADH
Hiatal hernia
25. Lethargy - increased temperature - disorentation - thirst - dry swollen tongue - tachycardia
Fluid Volume deficit
Cushing's syndrome
Babinski
Hypernatremia
26. Hernia repair.
Hyperkalemia
Herniorrhaphy
Babinski
4.6 - 6.2
27. Digital sensitivity to cold caused by vasculitis of blood vessels in upper & lower extremities.
28. WBC values - children
Heart Failure
5000 - 13 -000
9.5 - 12
4.6 - 6.2
29. Disappears 3-4 months
2 - 3
Moro
MAOI's
140 - 160
30. RBC values men; million/mm3
> 45
Moro
Babinski
4.6 - 6.2
31. Hematocrit levels - women; %
42 - 52
7 - 3 - 1
Fluid Volume deficit
35 - 47
32. Muscle twitching - convulsions - diarrhea - headache apprehension - lethargy.
MAOI's
Weber test
Hyponatremia
CN 5
33. Inflammation of protective covering of brain and spinal cord.
Inguinal hernia
Flagyl
egular
Meningitis
34. Tuning fork held against mastoid bone
PT
Rinne test
egular
Inflammatory bowel disease
35. Prolonged exposure to inappropriately high levels of the hormone cortisol.
36. SaO2 levels
ESR
Hyponatremia
95 - 98
Tubal pregnancy
37. Hemoglobin values - men; g/DL
Hyponatremia
13 - 18
Hypoparathyroidism
> 45
38. Support group for infertility
1.5 - 2.5
Resolve
Gout
<25
39. Awakens at night w/heartburn.
20 - 25
Aspirin
Hypoglycemia
Hiatal hernia
40. Prone to fluid overload and CHF due to Na and water retention.
41. Causes photosensitivity - use sun screen.
Ewald tube
Tetracycline
Hyponatremia
50 - 235
42. High LDL levels
> 160
35 - 45
Candlelighters
Tubal pregnancy
43. Lethargic - dehydrated - malnourished.
Narcotic analgesics
22 - 26
Diabetes Insipidus
Pyloric Stenosis
44. Can indicate peritonitis
Cloudy dialysate
Hyponatremia
< 35
MMSE
45. Limit intake of red meat & shellfish.
Gout
Paranoid Disorder
Ewald tube
8 - 20
46. Seconds/PTT; upper limit of normal
Peritoneal dialysis
Decreased hemoglobin
32 - 39
Lantus
47. Normal Magnesium levels
Hyponatremia
Weber test
2.5 - 3.5
1.5 - 2.5
48. HDL - women (good cholesterol)
35 - 85
MMSE
< 139
Herniorrhaphy
49. Respiratory alkalosis
Peritoneal dialysis
Babinski
Trigeminal neuralgia
< 35
50. Creatine kinase (CK); women; used to detect acute mi
Guillain - Barre Syndrome
50 - 250
1.5 - 2.5
Meningitis