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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. Placenta previa = there is no pain - there is bleeding. Placenta abruption = pain - but no bleeding.
Diff between placenta previa and placenta abrupto
Common S/S of Hydrocephalosis
If you THINK a patient has new HTN
Cute way to remember glascow coma
2. Don't sleep on operated side - don't flex hip more than 45- 60 degrees - don't elevate HOB more than 45 degrees. Maintain hip abduction by separating thighs with pillows.
Common S/S Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy
After Total Hip Replacement
MRSA and VRSA precautions
Hepatitis
3. No meat and milk together
Common S/S of SLE
Trendelenberg's test
Jews
s/s of a fat embolism
4. 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
For a lumbar puncture
Bethamethasone
Tet spells
Dig rule for kids
5. You will ask every new admission if he has an advance directive - and if not you will explain it - and he will have the option to sign or not.
Common S/S of pneumonia
Eclampsia is a
Every new admission needs
Peds positioning for GERD
6. Ascending muscle paralysis.. dont confuse with MG
Why somone who is allergic to latex would be allergic to food too
Autonomic Dysreflexia/ Hyperreflexia
Anorexia sucks because
Common S/S of guillian Barre Syndrome
7. Red beefy tongue
Use of cold and hot
If you see a nurse make a mistake Chain of command
Common S/S of pernicious anemia
Kawasaki disease causes
8. Apgar measures HR - RR - Muscle tone - Reflexes - Skin color each 0-2 point. 8-10 OK. 0-3 RESUSCITATE.
Murphy's sign
Shift to the left means
Apgar scores/scoring
Every new admission needs
9. (increased ADH): change in LOC - decreased deep tendon reflexes - tachycardia - n/v/a - HA; administer Declomycin - diuretics
Hirschsprungs is dx how
TEF
SIADH
Diff between angina and MI
10. No phenylalanine with a kid positive for PKU (no meat no dairy no aspartme
Stomas
PKU
Common S/S of addisions
Paracentesis
11. Birth weight doubles by 6 month and triple by 1 year of age.
Common S/S of Increased ICP
Peds weight
Pathological jaundice
Group - A strep
12. Group - a strep precedes rheumatic fever. Chorea is part of this sickness (grimacing - sudden body movements - etc.) and it embarrasses kids. They have joint pain. Watch for elevated antistreptolysin O to be elevated. Penicillin!
Common S/S of down syndrome
Group - A strep
Hepatitis
TIA
13. 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
ABG drawin
From the ass From the Mouth
OB secret
Post Thyroidectomy
14. Bronze like skin pigmentation
Decorticate and Decerebrate
Common S/S of addisions
Common S/S of down syndrome
Allen's test
15. Unusual positional tip - Low - fowlers recommended during meals to prevent dumping syndrome. Limit fluids while eating.
Common S/S of Basilar Fracture
To prevent dumping syndrome
Cerebral angio prep
Common S/S of Liver cirrhoisis
16. Allergic to eggs (Tristan D. ) !
Flu shot always ask
Where are chest tubes placed
Hypocalemia
After Cataract surgery
17. Bedrest with extremities elevated 20 degrees - knees straight - head slightly elevated (modified Trendelenburg)
Shock
Protocol for Airborne Transmission
Common S/S of Ulcerative Colitis
Potassium and acid base balance
18. Vertigo - Tinnitus
19. A patient with a low hemoglobin and/or hematocrit should be evaluated for signs of bleeding - such as dark stools.
Hydrocele
Low crit/hemoglobin
Common S/S of Cataract
First sign of pyloric stenosis in a baby
20. Staph infection that is resistant to Vancomycin treatement! Worse than MRSA
Halo
More info on droplet precautions
VRSA
Below the knee amputation
21. Moon face appearance and buffalo hump
More IVP info
PCWP
After Supratentorial Surgery
Common S/S of Cushings syndrome
22. Crackles suggest pneumonia - which is likely to be accompanied by hypoxia - which would manifest itself as mental confusion - etc.
Common S/S of pneumonia
Crackles most likely are...
Cor Pulmonae
Vertical C section
23. Use cold for acute pain (sprained ankle) and heat for chronic pain (arthritis)
Maslow for a guy who lost his house in a fire
Use of cold and hot
Pulmonary sarcoidosis
Birth control - Diaphram
24. A positive ppd confirms infection - not just exposure. A sputum test will confirm active disease.
Protocol for Droplet Precautions
TB test confirmation
Therapies
For a lung biopsy
25. Glucose
How to put on traction
Color codes
Besides sodium - water also follows
Common S/S of addisions
26. Non dairy sources of calcium include RHUBARB - SARDINES - COLLARD GREENS
4 year olds
Nondairy sources of calcium
Cardinal signs of ARDS
After lumbar puncture
27. Orange tag in triage is non emergent Psych
1 tablespoon = How many ml
To prevent dumping syndrome
Peritoneal dialysis
Orange tag in pysch
28. Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix) pain is in RL quadrant with rebound tenderness.
Burn Degrees
Appendicitis
Paget's disease
A patient with vertical c - section will likely have
29. Diaphragm must stay in place 6 hours after intercourse. They are also fitted so must be refitted if you lose or gain a significant amount of weight.
Burn Degrees
Birth control - Diaphram
HHNS Vs DKA
Common S/S of PTB
30. Watch out for questions suggesting a child drinks more than 3-4 cups of milk each day. (Milks good - right) Too much milk reduces intake of other essential nutrients - especially iron. Watch for anemia with milk - aholics. And don't let that mother p
Common S/S of Liver cirrhoisis
If your patient starts seeing bugs
Pneumonia
Milk for kids
31. * To convert Centigrade to F. F= C+40 - multiply 9/5 and substract 40 * To convert Fahrenheit to C. C= F+40 - multiply 5/9 and substract 40.
Common s/s of PDA
1 g = How many mg
Temp conversion
Disease precautions
32. Hypospadias: abnormality in which urethral meatus is located on the ventral (back) surface of the penis anywhere from the corona to the perineum (remember hypo - low (for lower side or under side) Epispadias: opening of the urethra on the dorsal (fro
Penis Problems
Cerebral angio prep
Tension Pneumothorax
Most accurate way to test kids for medication accuracy
33. Chvostek= Tapping on the face above the cheek bone will cause spams! Trosseaus= using a BP cuff and inflating it - and it will cause spasms of the wrist
TB health risk
What to do if your patients chest tube accidently getes removed
For an EEG test
Chvostek and Trosseaus sign
34. MRSA - Contact precaution ONLY - VRSA - Contact And airborne precaution (Private room - door closed - negative pressure)
Gerd again
Crutch use
MRSA and VRSA precautions
Low Residue diet
35. CHRONIC pain
Guided imagery is great for
How to put on traction
Cerebral angio prep
CPR in a five year old
36. After pain relief - cough and deep breathe is important in pancreatitis - because of fluid pushing up in the diaphragm.
Above the knee amputation
Common S/S Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy
Dystocia
Pancreatitis prioritys
37. Psuedo membrane formation
SLE
Why somone who is allergic to latex would be allergic to food too
Pathological jaundice
Common S/S of Diptheria
38. The immediate intervention after a sucking stab wound is to dress the wound and tape it on three sides which allows air to escape. Do not use an occlusive dressing - which could convert the wound from open pneumo to closed one - and a tension pneumot
Common S/S of cystic fibrosis
Uremic Fetor
Nepphrotic syndrome
What to do in a sucking stab wound
39. Liver - brain - lung - bone - and lymph
Temp conversion
Enema positioning
Common sites for metastatsis
Autonomic Dysreflexia
40. Bounding pulse - SOB - dyspnea - rares/crackles - peripheral edema - HTN - urine specific gravity <1.010; Semi - Fowler's
1 kg= How many pounds
Common S/S of Intusseption
HHNS Vs DKA
Hypervolemia
41. GLASGOW COMA SCALE. EYES - VerbAL - MOTOR
If your patient starts seeing bugs
Cute way to remember glascow coma
Amniocentesis is performed and why
First sign of pyloric stenosis in a baby
42. Stepladder like fever with chills
Enema positioning
Common S/S of Malaria
Peritoneal dialysis
Kawasaki disease causes
43. Chest tubes are placed in the pleural space.
CPR in a five year old
Maslow for a guy who lost his house in a fire
Chvostek and Trosseaus sign
Where are chest tubes placed
44. Low magnesium and high creatinine signal renal failure.
More labs suggestive of renal failure
Tenkhoff cath
Pancreatitis pts>
Before Epidural
45. Nonfat milk reduces reflux by increasing lower esophageal sphincter pressure
Nonfat milk
Thyroid storm and myxedema
Common S/S of Meningitis
Botox
46. Descending muscle weakness
More info on intussception
Common S/S of MG
Wilms tumor
Best way to tube feed or feed kids
47. OHyper reflexes (upper motor neuron issue 'your reflexes are over the top') oAbsent reflexes (lower motor neuron issue)
Hyper reflexive Absent reflexsive
Cardinal signs of ARDS
caput succedaneum=
Gross things to remember about nurses with herpes!!!!
48. Barrel chest
How do you teach someone to reduce back aches
Common S/S of emphysema
To prevent dumping syndrome
If you THINK a patient has new HTN
49. Developmental 2-3 months: turns head side to side 4-5 months: grasps - switch & roll 6-7 months: sit at 6 and waves bye - bye 8-9 months: stands straight at eight 10-11 months: belly to butt (phrase has 10 letters) 12-13 months: twelve and up - drink
Kernigs sign
Developmental milestones
Sources of potassium
Common S/S of Intusseption
50. ORhogam : given at 28 weeks - 72 hours post partum - IM. Only given to Rh NEGATIVE mother.
When is Rhogam given and how
What is a bad sign in asthma
Common S/S of Kawasaki syndrome
caput succedaneum=