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When moving a patient from a wheelchair what leg should go first?
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the stronger or uninjured side
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What should you ask the patient before moving?
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How much can you move yourself
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What lines should you be concerned with before moving patient?
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any catheter, oxygen and IV lines should be moved and secured
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What is a CBC test?
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Complete blood count, performed on whole blood and can be used to evaluate anemia, leukemia, infection, dehydration and evaluation of specific blood cell types, differential shows percentages of WBC's
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What are the 3 components of CBC?
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1. hemoglobin - amount of hemoglobin in the blood, low levels indicate anemia
2. Hematocrit - percentage of cells to plasma 3. WBC count # of WBC |
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Is a glucose test done on blood plasma or serum?
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Either one
What scan requires this to be done prior to procedure? |
Prior to dosing patient with FDG in PET scans
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What test measures glucose levels over a 90 day span to show glycemic control?
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Hemoglobin A1C
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What are the 3 Liver function tests?
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1. Billirubin -excretion of old RBC's in spleen, excreted in bile
2. ALT (alanine transaminase) used to diagnose liver problems 3. AST (aspartate transaminase) elevated in acute liver damage |
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What test is the most commonly used to indicate kidney function?
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Creatinine, which is produced from creatine and released into blood.
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What kidney test measure nitrogen and urea in the blood?
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BUN- (blood urea nitrogen)
slightly elevated indicates what? greatly elevated? |
slightly elevated indicates dehydration and greatly elevated indicates kidney failure
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What are the 2 cardiac enzymes that indicate cardiac damage?
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Creatine kinase - to diagnose acute MI
Troponin I - released into bloodstream when myocardiam is damaged (can rise over several days) |
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What is the hormone that is high indicating hypothyroidism and low for hyperthyroidism?
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TSH-thyroid stimulating hormone
What is the other hormone that will be low indicating hypothyroidism? |
T4
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What test may indicate possible prostrate cancer?
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PSA - prostrate specific antigen - may be raised in men with prostrate cancer
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What test is a tumor marker?
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CEA - carcinoembryonic antigen, produced by some types of cancer
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What is the pregnancy test?
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HCG - human chorionic gonadotropin
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What are 2 scans in NM that CBC lab test is needed?
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1. GI bleed
2. 111In WBC study |
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What NM scan requires a glucose test to be done?
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PET/CT scan
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What 2 NM scans require a liver function test?
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1. Liver/spleen scan
2. HIDA scan (gallbladder) |
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What 3 NM scans require a kidney function test?
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1. renal function scans with MAG3 or DTPA
2. renal morphology scans with DMSA 3. prior to IV contrast for CT scans |
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What 2 NM scans requires cardiac enzyme tests?
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1. myocardial perfusion imaging
2. cardiac viability studies |
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What are 2 reasons to do a thyroid function test for NM?
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1. 123I uptake and scan
2. 131I imaging and therapy |
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2 scans requiring tumor marker test?
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1. PET/CT
2. bone scans |
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Patient Care
Positioning and Lab Tests |
3 questions on positioning
19 on tests |
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