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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. Skeletal or skin
Dunlap traction=
caput succedaneum=
What to check children for at age 12 months
Enema positioning
2. Skin to skin contact on mom with a blanket
MMR and Varicella
What if a toddler says no to medication
Sources of potassium
Best way to warm a newborn
3. Strawberry tongue
A child with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Tet spells
Halo
Common S/S of Kawasaki syndrome
4. After removal of the pituitary gland you must watch for hypocortisolism and temporary diabetes insipidus.
First sign of cystic fibrosis
After removal of the pituitary gland what should you watch for
Sources of potassium
Common S/S Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy
5. Stomas dusky stoma means poor blood supply - protruding means prolapsed - sharp pain + rigidity means peritonitis - mucus in ileal conduit is expected.
Stomas
Green - Minimal
Liver biopsy
Whats petaling
6. McBurney's Point - pain in RLQ indicative of appendicitis -- RLQ - appendicitis - watch for peritonitis
7. Bleeding is part of the 'circulation' assessment of the ABCD's in an emergent situation. Therefore - if airway and breathing are accounted for - a compound fracture requires assessment before Glasgow coma scale and a neuro check (D=disability - or ne
For a lumbar puncture
What is bleeding considered in ADPIE
Besides meds and congenital problems .. What can lead to decreased preload
Tenkhoff cath
8. Painless - progressive englargement of spleen and lymph tissues - and Reedstenberg cells!
MMR SHot
Peds weight
Common S/S of Hodgkins Disease/Lymphoma
Droplet Precautions Transmission
9. Lumbar puncture - fetal postion. post - nuero assess5-30 until stable - flat2-3hr - encourage fluids - oral anlgesics for headache - observe dressing
Diff between angina and MI
SIADH
More info on lumbar puncture
Common S/S of GERD
10. Wheezing on EXPIRATION
HypoKalemia
Shilling test
Common S/S of asthma
Rule of thumb for obsessions/distractions
11. NEVER check the monitor or a machine as a first action. Always assess the patient first; for exmaple listen to the fetal heart tones with a stethoscope in - Sometimes it's hard to tell who to check on first - the mother or the baby; it's usually easy
Before Epidural
1 cup= How many oz
OB secret
Room air is...
12. Hirschsprung's --> bile is lower obstruction - no bile is upper obstruction; ribbon like stools.
Main hypersensitivity for antiplatelet drugs
Prolapsed Cord
Amniocentesis is performed and why
Hirschsprungs
13. Depression often manifests itself in somatic ways - such as psychomotor retardation - gi complaints - and pain.
What to do in the case of tube feeding with decreased LOC
Depression manifests itself
After Total Hip Replacement
For PVD remember
14. Nephrotic syndrome s/s edema + hypotension. Turn and reposition (risk for impaired skin integrity)
Nephrotic syndrome
Labs in DKA>
Peds weight
Jews
15. HypoNa - hyperK - hypoglycemia - dark pigmentation - decreased resistance to stress - fractures - alopecia - weight loss - GI distress
autonomic dysreflexia
Addisons
How to put on traction
Who produces insulin
16. CATS - convulsions - arrhythmias - tetany - spasms and stridor
Uremic Fetor
Bucks traction =
Traction rule
Hypocalemia
17. For late decels - turn the mother to her left side - to allow more blood flow to the placenta.
For an EEG test
Common S/S of Tetany
Common S/S of parkinsons
Late Decels
18. Elevate HOB 30 degrees to decrease intracranial pressure
Peds positioning for GERD
Head Injury
Greeks
Depression manifests itself
19. Pull pinna down and back for kids < 3 yrs. when instilling eardrops.
MRSA and VRSA precautions
Emphysema
When instilling eardrops
Cause of Ascites
20. GLASGOW COMA SCALE. EYES - VerbAL - MOTOR
Common S/S of TEF
How to treat phobic disorders
Hyponatremia
Cute way to remember glascow coma
21. 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
To prevent dumping syndrome
Pancreatitis prioritys
Besides meds and congenital problems .. What can lead to decreased preload
How many liters of O2
22. 30 ml = 1 oz
Nitrazine paper
Myxedema/ hypothroidism
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
How many oz in a ml
23. Ottorhea
Maslow for a guy who lost his house in a fire
Gross things to remember about nurses with herpes!!!!
Common S/S of Basilar Fracture
Common S/S of Hodgkins Disease/Lymphoma
24. Remember the phrase 'step up' when picturing a person going up stairs with crutches. The good leg goes up first - followed by the crutches and the bad leg. The opposite happens going down. The crutches go first - followed by the good leg.
Crutch use
Hep B vaccine always ask
After Myringotomy
Common S/S of glaucoma
25. Pneumovax 23 gets administered post splenectomy to prevent pneumococcal sepsis.
Below the knee amputation
Post spleenectomy
Shock
Common S/S of Increased ICP
26. Droplet Precautions:sepsis - scarlet fever - streptococcal pharyngitis - parovirus B19 - pnuemonia - pertusis - influenza - diptheria - epiglottis - rubella - mumps - meningitis - mycoplasma and adenovirus. Door open - 3 ft distance - private room or
Low crit/hemoglobin
MORE info on DKA ugh!
More info on droplet precautions
MRI
27. Paget's Disease - tinnitus - bone pain - enlargement of bone - thick bones.
28. Most spinal cord injuries are at the cervical or lumbar regions
Where are most spinal cord injuries
Meconium stained protocol
Cystic fibrosis
Common S/S of MS>
29. Place in prone position
With lower amputations
Diverticulitis
During internal radiation
Maslow for a guy who lost his house in a fire
30. Patients with GERD should lay on their left side with the HOB elevated 30 degrees.
Common S/S Meniere's Disease
Gerd again
Developmental milestones
More labs suggestive of renal failure
31. Alzheimer's disease is a chronic - progressive - degenerative cognitive disorder that accounts for more than 60% of all dementias
Bence Jones protein in urine
Signs observed in hypocalemia
Change in color is
Alzheimers
32. Diverticulitis (inflammation of the diverticulum in the colon) pain is around LL quadrant.
Common S/S of LTB
Diverticulitis
Common S/S Meniere's Disease
Cold stress in a newborn
33. Cat's eye reflex (grayish discoloration of the pupil)
Common S.S of Retino Blastoma
What will alter the accuracy of o2 sats
For an EEG test
Cranial Nerves
34. Birth weight doubles by 6 month and triple by 1 year of age.
Common sites for metastatsis
Koplick's spots
Peds weight
S/S of a fat embolism
35. N/v - confusion - abdominal pain - extreme weakness - hypoglycemia - dehydration - decreased BP
Common S/S of Liver cirrhoisis
PCWP
Cause of Ascites
Addisonian Crisis
36. Right sided heart failure caused by left ventricular failure (so pick edema - jvd - if it is a choice.)
Common S/S of Kawasaki syndrome
Paracentesis
Age 4=5 year shots
Cor Pulmonae
37. Osteomyletitis is an infectious bone dz. Give blood cultures and antibiotics - then if necessary surgery to drain abscess.
How do you teach someone to reduce back aches
Who produces insulin
Osteomyeltitis
Kernigs sign
38. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)= when body is breaking down fat instead of sugar for energy. Fats leave ketones (acids) that cause pH to decrease. 71. DKA is rare in diabetes mellitus type II because there is enough insulin to prevent breakdown of fats.
DKA
Peds positioning for GERD
Where should placenta be
Cute way to remember glascow coma
39. Rhematic fever
Ventilator Alarms
Koplick's spots
If you THINK a patient has new HTN
What disease leads to cardiac valve malfunctions
40. For a CABG operation when the great saphenous vein is taken it is turned inside out due to the valves that are inside.
Hypervolemia
CABG
1 pint = How many cups
More info on TB testing a positive result
41. Muscle weakness - lack of coordination - abdominal pain - confusion - absent tendon reflexes - sedative effect on CNS
Hypercalemia
What can also cause an s3 heart sound
How do you treat a small bowel obstruction
Carbon dioxide narcosis
42. Pt will sleep on unaffected side with a night shield for 1-4 weeks.
Where are most spinal cord injuries
After Cataract surgery
Decorticate and Decerebrate
Amniocentesis is performed and why
43. 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
Psuedomembrane in DIptheria
Common S/S of epiglottitis
Yellow - Delayed
Maslow for a guy who lost his house in a fire
44. Bounding pulse - SOB - dyspnea - rares/crackles - peripheral edema - HTN - urine specific gravity <1.010; Semi - Fowler's
Cardinal signs of ARDS
Ventilator Alarms
Hypervolemia
Common S/S of hypocalcemia
45. 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
TEF
Bucks traction =
Prolapsed Cord
Tetraology of Fallot
46. Recurrent bloody diarrhea
Common S/S of Ulcerative Colitis
TIA
Hypercalemia
Incentive Spirometry steps
47. 1 quart = 2 pints
CABG
Chief concern in CF
Common S/S of Infectious Mononucleosis
1 quart = How many pints
48. (CBI) --> catheter is taped to thigh so leg should be kept straight. No other positioning restrictions.
During CBI (continuous bladder irrigation)
Common S/S of pneumonia
Glomerulonephritis considerations
Cold stress in a newborn
49. Staph infection that is resistant to Vancomycin treatement! Worse than MRSA
VRSA
COPD patients
Common S/S of Cushings syndrome
Guided imagery is great for
50. Glomerulonephritis: take vs q 4 hrs + daily weights
During epidural puncture
Cushing ulcers and cushings triad
How do children less than one breathe
Glomerulonephritis