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49 Cards in this Set
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What would indicate a UTI in a school aged child?
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Enuresis and frequency
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What appears two days prior to a rash in Measles (Rubeola)?
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Koplik's Spots on the Buccal Mucosa
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About 20% of men and 80% of women are asymptomatic with this STD. Resistant to Penicillin, but not Suprax or Cipro.
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Gonorrhea
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Protection by actually contracting the disease.
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Natural Immunity
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Developed by a person's own body and can be transferred in breast milk or across the placenta.
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Active Acquired Immunity
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Temporary Immunity from another source that has developed immunity through immunization.
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Passive Acqired Immunity
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Acquired Immunity
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immunity that has occurred through immunization or the actual illness itself.
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Vesicles along one side of the thorax,face or trunk.
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Shingles
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Why should a patient's fluid volume be increased to 3,000-4,000 per day when taking Sulfa?
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To prevent crystalluria
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Given to decrease urine alkalinity.
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Gantrinsin
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Foods most likely to cause Salmonella
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Poultry and eggs
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How does HSV Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 survive in the body?
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Invades nerve ganglia when it's replication diminishes.
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What are often the initial manifestations of Shigella?
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Fever and abdominal cramping
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What should a pt. with AIDS clean surfaces with at home?
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A dilute solution of bleach (Sodium Hypochlorite)
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What is the normal bacterial count in urine?
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None
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Chills with some sort of respiratory distress such as crackle or use of accessorary muscles to breathe.
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Pneumonia
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No lung sounds
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Pneumothorax
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Productive cough,Fever, foul, bloody sputum, chest pain, weakness and dyspnea.
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Lung abscess
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Night sweats, low grade fever, cough, fatigue and weight loss.
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Tuberculosis
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Pulmonary infiltrates on CXR, fever, dyspnea and non-productive cough
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Pneumocystic Carinii
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How often should the skin of Buck's extension be checked?
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The foam boot should be removed and skin checked t.i.d.
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S.O.B, chest pain and confusion after a fx.
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Fat embolism
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Signaled by sx. of a systemic infection such as chills, fever and general malaise.
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Osteomyelitis
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What will cause bleeding with a saturated dressing after a below the knee amputation?
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Bleeding from a loosened suture.
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With this type of cast the shoulders should be higher than the buttocks.
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Hip Spica Cast.
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Should ideally wear a brace 23 hours per day.
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Pt with Scoliosis
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What is the first thing you should do for a pt with a fx. who becomes irritable, restless and confused?
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Obtain ABGs as this may indicate a fat embolus
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What is the best indicater of circulatory compromise in a pt. who under went right hip replacement 3 days ago?
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Pain with dorsiflexion of the right foot (positive Homan's sign)
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What should a pt taking Probenecid (Colcichine) be instructed to do?
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Drink eight glasses of water per day to flush out any uric acid.
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A pt is c/o right greater toe pain after a right below the knee amputation, what should you do?
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Give the prescribed analgesic
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Injury occurring from C1 through C8
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Quadreplegia
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Injury occurring from T1 through L4
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paraplegia
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What test is it important to lye still during?
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CAT scan
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What are precipitating factors for seizure activity?
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Increased Stress, insomnia and alcohol use.
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Difficulty recognizing or interpreting objects.
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Agnosia
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What is the initial reaction of the nurse if a patient with Meningitis c/o increased severe headache and has a fever of 102.3.
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Do a neuro assessment
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Pt with a C-5 injury eventual goal is to...
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be able to self feed
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If a pt. with M.S laughs continuously you would know this was caused by...
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Destruction of myelin interrupts nerve impulses. The nerves which would be affected would be those leading to the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
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Anticoagulant given after a CVA for quick prevention of thrombus formation.
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I.V Heparin
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What is the initial intervention for a pt. who has just had a CVA?
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Lateral position with the HOB elevated.
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Pain is located in the epigastrium and occurs 1-3 hours after eating.
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Duodenal Ulcer
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Developes a few weeks after a burn when the patient expels a black stool
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Curling's Ulcer
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What should a pt. who has just had a gastrectomy with Dumping Syndrome be taught?
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To eat small frequent meals that are low in simple sugars.
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What type of a diet should a pt. with Ulcerative Colitis be on?
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Low residue such as cottage cheese
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What is the purpose of using an elastic pressure garment after a severe burn?
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To reduce hypertrophic scarring
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The skin is most susceptible to skin excoriation after which surgical procedure?
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Ileostomy
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Burn healing consumes large amounts of what?
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Protein
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An early manifestation is crampy pain in the LLQ
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Diverticulitis
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A client with malnutrition has abdominal surgery and experiences wound dehiscence, what is the cause?
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Collagen production is diminished. (Collagen is dependent on protein)
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