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HYPERTHYROIDISM IS ALSO KNOW AS
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GRAVES' DISEASE
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RATIONALE FOR USING PROPRANOLOL
HYDROCHLORIDE (INDERAL) IN MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER? |
TO PREVENT BLEEDING FROM ESOPHAGEAL
VARICES. |
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S/S MOST CHARACTERISTIC OF ACUTE
PYELONEPHRITIS |
FLANK PAIN
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A PATIENT WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM WHO IS
TAKING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY MAY BE AT RISK FOR WHAT? |
HYPERGLYCEMIA
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FOLLOWING A THYROIDECTOMY, IT IS MOST
IMPORTANT TO ASK THE PATIENT WHAT QUESTION TO ASSESS FOR BLEEDING? |
DO YOU HAVE A FEELING OF FULLNESS AT YOUR
INCISION SITE? |
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PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR A PATIENT WITH
HYPERTHYROIDISM WHO IS STARTED ON INDERAL? |
MONITOR PULSE AND PULSE PRESSURE
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PATIENT TAKING SYNTHROID FOR
HYPOTHYROIDISM. HOW LONG TO ACHIEVE FULL EFFECT? |
10 DAYS
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NURSING INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF A PATIENT WITH GRAVES' DISEASE? |
PROVIDE THE PATIENT WITH A QUIET
ATMOSPHERE DURING MEALS. |
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PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT T4?
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INCREASED NEUROMUSCULAR RESPONSE
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FINDING EXPECTED IN PATIENT WITH
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM? |
FATIGUE
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WHAT CAUSES FATIGUE IN PATIENT WITH
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM |
CALCIUM IS CONCENTRATING IN BLOODSTREAM.
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PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR A PATIENT WITH
THYROID STORM AND A NURSING DIAGNOSIS OF ALTERED BODY TEMPERATURE? |
APPLY HYPOTHERMIA BLANKET.
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA?
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CATECHOLAMINE PRODUCING TUMOR.
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OLDER PATIENTS WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM
COMMONLY PRESENT WITH WHAT? |
DIFFUSE PRURITUS.
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INTERVENTION MOST LIKELY TO ENHANCE
COMFORT OF A PATIENT WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM? |
PROVIDE COOL ENVIRONMENT.
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DECREASED ERYTHROPOETIN SECONDARY TO
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) CAUSES WHAT? |
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
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PATIENT WITH ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IS DIZZY
AND EXPERIENCING NEUROMUSCULAR IRRITABILITY AND CONFUSUSION. WHAT LABORATORY FINDING WOULD YOU EXPECT? |
HYPONATREMIA
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WHAT CLINICAL MANIFESTATION WOULD YOU
EXPECT IN PATIENT WITH GRAVES' DISEASE? |
NERVOUSNESS
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WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT IS AT RISK FOR
GALLSTONES? |
OBESE
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECT?
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MOOD ELEVATOR
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PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AT END
STAGE SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR WHAT? |
ASCITES
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WHAT LAB VALUE IS ELEVATED IN THE END
STAGE OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER? |
AMMONIA
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PRIMARY NURSING DIAGNOSIS FOR PATIENT
WITH ANOREXIA? |
ALTERED NUTRITION: LESS THAN BODY
REQUIREMENTS |
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WHAT SHOULD BE MEASURED WHEN ASSESING A
PATIENT WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS? |
ABDOMINAL GIRTH
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DIAPHORESIS, TACHYCARDIA, AND
HYPOTENTION ARE CLINCIAL SIGNS OF WHAT? |
HYPOGLYCEMIA
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CLINCIAL MANIFESTION OF CUSHING'S
SYNROME? |
EDEMA (KIDNEY PROBLEMS)
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FOOD RESTRICTIONS WHILE ON MAO
INHIBITORS? |
MSG (MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE)
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AFTER THYROIDECTOMY, MONITOR FOR?
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HYPOGLYCEMIA
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MOST IMPORTANT NURINSG INTERVENTION OF
PATIENT WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS? |
MAINTAIN FLUID AND ELECTROYTE BALANCE
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PRIMARY NURSING ACTIONS FOR PATIENT WITH
ANOREXIA? |
GIVE SUPPORT AT MEALTIME AND RECORD
AMOUNT EATEN. |
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PATIENT WITH ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. POSSIBLE
CLINICAL MANIFESTION IS: |
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
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SIGNS FOUND IN PATIENT WITH HEPATITS A?
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DARK URINE, CLAY-COLORED STOOLS, YELLOW
SKIN |
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ERICKSON PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL
STAGE FOR A 10 YEAR OLD? |
INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY
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WHAT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED BEFORE A 24-
HOUR VMA URINE TEST COLLECTION? |
COFFEE, TEA, COLA (CAFFEINE)
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DIET FOR PATIENT WITH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS?
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LOW PROTEIN
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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THE NURSE TO
DEAL WITH A DEPRESSED PATIENT? |
TO INITIATE COMMUNICATION.
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE WHEN THE BODY CAN'T
ABSORB FAT AND VITAMIN k? |
BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION
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PRIMARY NURSING ACTION IN PATIENT WITH
BIPOLAR DISORDER? |
TO PREVENT INJURY
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PATIENT HAS INTRAPERITONEAL SHUNT. WHAT
ASSESSMENT FINDING SHOULD THE NURSE REPORT? |
INCREASED ABDOMINAL GIRTH
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A MAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING PARANOID
DELUSIONS. ACCORDING TO ERIKSON, THIS MAN FAILED WHAT DEVELOPMENTAL TASK? |
TRUST VS. MISTRUST
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A symptom of autism childhood onset (2 years old) is:
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Unable to focus due to impulsiveness and inattention
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The blood level in hypoparathyroidism will show what?
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Decrease in calcium
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WHAT CAUSES ANEMIA IN PATIENT WITH
CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE? |
ERYTHROPOETIN PRODUCTION BY KIDNEYS
DECREASES |
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APPROPRIATE NURSING DIAGNOSIS FOR
PATIENT WITH EXOTHALMUS? |
BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE
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NURSING INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE
ADEQUATE NUTRTION INTAKE FOR PATIENT WITH GRAVES' DISEASE? |
PROVIDE RELAXED, QUIET ENVIRONMENT
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WHAT CLINICAL SIGN DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN
A PATIENT WHO HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF VASOPRESSIN? |
EDEMA
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NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT
FOR SICKLE CELL CRISIS |
APPLY LOCAL HEAT TO THE JOIN AND
ANTICIPATE PAIN. |
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A NURSING INTERVENTION FOR MILD
HYPOTHYROIDISM IS |
TO PROMOTE ACTIVITY
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NUTRITION NEEDS FOR GRAVES' DISEASE
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HIGH CALORIE DIET
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PATIENT IS HYPERVIGILANT AND HAS DEJAVU.
THESE ARE S/S OF WHAT? |
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PATIENT WITH
LIVER CIRRHOSIS |
USE SOFT BRISTLE TOOTHBRUSH
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ANGRY PATIENT IS ACTING OUT. WHAT SHOULD
NURSE DO? |
SET LIMITS AND REDIRECT ANGER
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IN DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, KUSSMAULS
BREATHING IS DONE TO: |
GET RID OF CO2
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WHAT DRUG IS USED TO DRY SECRETIONS
BEFORE SURGERY? |
ATROPINE SULFATE
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TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS ARE:
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TOFRANIL
ELEVIL ANAFRANIL |
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SSRIs ARE :
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PROZAC
PAXIL ZOLOFT |
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MAOIs ARE:
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NARDIL
PARNATE |
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ANTI-PSYCHOTICS ARE:
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HALDOL
PROLIXIN CLOZARIL THORAZINE |
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MOOD STABALIZERS ARE:
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LITHIUM
TEGRETOL NEURONTIN TOPOMAX |
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ANTI-PARKINSON MEDS ARE:
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ARTANE AND COGENTIN
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ANTI-DEMENTIA MEDS ARE:
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ARICEPT AND SINUMET
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS ARE:
( ADD/ADHD) |
RITALIN
CYLERT DEXADRINE |
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ANTI-CONVULSANTS ARE:
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DEPACOTE
NEURONTIN KLONOPIN DILANTIN TEGRETOL |
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LAB TEST GIVING THE MOST SPECIFIC
INDICATION OF KIDNEY DISEASE? |
SERUM CREATININE
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A THIAMINE DEFICIENCY IF SEEN IN WHAT TYPE
OF PATIENT? |
ALCOHOLIC
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A PATIENT WITH RENAL CALCULI SHOULD NOT
DRINK WHAT? |
MILK
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WHAT ARE ABNORMAL LAB VALUES IN A PATIENT
WITH LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS? |
LIVER FUNCTION TEST IS ELEVATED
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WHY WOULD A PATIENT'S PROLIXIN BE
DISCONTINUED? |
IF SERUM CREATININE AND/OR BUN IS ABNORMAL
AND WBC ARE DEPRESSED |
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ANTABUSE (DISULFIRAM) TREATMENT IS USED
TO: |
PREVENT SPORADIC DRINKING IMPULSES
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WHAT S/S WILL BE EVIDENT IN THE OLIGURIC
PHASE OF RENAL FAILURE? |
HYPERNATREMIA
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WHAT LAB TESTS SHOULD BE DRAWN FOR A
PATIENT ABOUT TO START LITHIUM THERAPY? |
BEST ANSWER IS LIVER FUNCTION TEST; ALSO,
CARDIAC ENZYMES |
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THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
SYMPTOMS MAY BE DESCRIBED AS? |
INSIDIOUS
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ABRUPT WITHDRAWAL OF STEROID TREATMENT
CAUSES WHAT? |
ADDISON'S DISEASE
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WHAT BODY IMAGE DISTURABNCE WOULD A
PATIENT WITH CUSHING'S SYNROME HAVE? |
TOOTHPICK EXTREMITIES
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IMPROVEMENT IS INDICATED IN PATIENT WITH
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WHEN THERE IS A DECREASED IN WHAT? |
ESR
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MAYELOMENINGOCELE CAUSES WHAT IN THE
THE LOWER EXTREMITIES? |
FLACCID PARALYSIS
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MEDICATION FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING DUE
TO CHOLECYSTITIS? |
COMPAZINE, MECLAZINE, TIGAN
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WHAT MED IS GIVEN TO PATIENT WITH
ADDISON'S DISEASE? |
IV CORTISOL
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WHY IS IV CORTISOL GIVEN TO PATIENT WITH
ADDISON'S DISEASE? |
FOR PROFOUND HYPOTENSION
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PAIN MED USED IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS?
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DEMEROL
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CLINICAL SIGN OF DECREASED AMMONIA LEVEL
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INCREASED ALERTNESS
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WHAT HORMONE IS DEFICIENT IN PATIENT WITH
DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
ADH
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WHY WOULD TINGLING OF THE FINGERS AND
EXTREMITIES BE REPORTED AFTER A THYROIDECTOMY? |
DAMAGE TO THE PARATHYROID GLAND
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EXPECTED OUTCOME OF KAYEXALATE THERAPY
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DECREASED POTASSIUM LEVEL
TEST TIP: DO NOT SELECT HYPOKALEMIA |
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PATENCY OF AV SHUNT IN HEMODIALYSIS IS
CONFIRMED BY PRESENSE OF A? |
BRUIT
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WHAT IS THE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR A
PATIENT WITH PROTEIN ABSORPTION PROBLEMS? |
LIVER DISORDER
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ACUTE PANCREATITIS LAB VALUES WOULD
INDICATE WHAT? |
INCREASED GLUCOSE AND LIPIDS AND
DECREASED CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM |
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CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP CLINICAL
MANIFESTATIONS ARE: |
GLUTEAL FOLDS WITH DEEPER CREASES
APPARENT ON AFFECTED SIDE AND HIP ABDUCTION (ORTOLANI'S CLICK) |
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NURSING ACTION FOR DEPRESSED PATIENT
WITH NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS? |
STAY WITH PATIENT DURING MEAL
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NURSING ACTION FOR PATIENT BEFORE
PARACENTESIS? |
HAVE PT. VOID
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A CHILD FAILS TO GROW ABOVE THE THIRD
PERCENTILE IN TWO YEARS. WHAT IS THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATION? |
HYPOPITUITARISM
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INTERVENTION FOR PATIENT WITH
GALACTOSEMIA |
DO NOT GIVE DAIRY PRODUCTS
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SIGN OF TRANSPLANT REJECTION?
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HTN
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TREATMENT FOR PSYCHOGENIC AMNESIA
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HYPNOSIS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTIONS OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS
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POLYDIPSIA, POLYURIA, SPECIFIC GRAVITY
1.001-1.005, HIGH SERUM OSMOLALITY |
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WHY USE LUGOL'S SOLUTION BEFORE A
THYROIDECTOMY |
TO DEVASCULARIZE THE GLAND
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HOW SHOULD PATIENT BE POSITIONED AFTER A
LIVER BIOSPY? |
ON RIGHT SIDE WITH PILLOW UNDERNEATH
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POST-OP CONDITION AT RISK FOR AFTER
REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER? |
ATELECTASIS
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HOW DO YOU WASH THE FEET OF A DIABETIC
PATIENT? |
IN TEPID WATER AND PAT DRY; DON'T FORGET
BETWEEN TOES |
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NURSING INTERVENTION FOR PATIENT WITH
ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON TAMPONADE (20mmHg)? |
KEEP SCISSORS AT BEDSIDE TO CUT TIP
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WHAT LABS SHOULD BE CHECKED BEFORE LIVER
BIOPSY? |
PT AND PLATELETS
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DRUG OF CHOICE FOR MANIC-DEPRESSION
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LITHIUM
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PATIENT WITH ESOPHAGEAL VARICES SHOULD
BE CHECK FOR? |
PORTAL HYPERTENSION
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DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSITC TEST FOR DIABETES
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GTT
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WHAT IS THE CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT OCCURS
TO CAUSE KETONES TO APPEAR IN URINE? |
FAT DESTRUCTION
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NURSING ACTION FOR PATIENT EXPERIENCING
ANXIETY? |
TO REDUCE STIMULI
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CLINICAL SIGN OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IS:
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HEMATEMESIS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PATIENT WITH
DIABETES KETOACIDOSIS? |
KUSSMAUL'S BREATHING AND ACETONE BREATH
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SIDE-EFFECT OF DILANTIN
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SIDE-EFFECT OF DILANTIN
GUM HYPERPLASIA |
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WHAT TYPES OF PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN WITH
HEPATITIS A PATIENT? |
ENTERIC
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DIET FOR A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC
PANCREATITIS? |
LOW-FAT, BLAND
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WHAT KIND OF FOODS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE TO SUPPLY ADEQUATE NUTRITION? |
FINGER FOODS
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PATIENT WITH HYPOPARATHYROIDISM HAS
WHAT ELECTROYLTE BALANCE? |
HYPOCALCEMIA
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PORTAL VEIN HYPERTENSION IS ASSOCIATE
WITH WHAT? |
LIVER CIRRHOSIS
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WHAT IS A LONG-TERM COMPLICATION OF
DIABETES MELLITUS? |
DIABETIC NEUROPATHY
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WHAT IS AGORAPHOBIA?
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A FEAR OF OPEN, CROWDED SPACES
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A DELUSION IS
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A FIXED FALSE BELIEF
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A RARE AND POTENTIALLY FATAL S/E OF
ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION IS? |
NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME
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THE TREATMENT FOR PHOBIA IS CALLED?
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DESENSITIZATION
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NURSING ACTION FOR PATIENT WITH
HYPOTHYROIDISM HAS COLD INTOLERANCE |
GIVE BLANKET
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S/S OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
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CONSTANT EPIGASTRIC ABDOMINAL PAIN
RADIATING TO THE BACK AND FLANK WHICH IS MORE INTENSE IN SUPINE POSITION |
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COMPLICATION OF RENAL DIALYSIS
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DESTRUCTION OF RBCs
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WHAT IS THE SIGN OF OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE?
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EXCESSIVE ITCHING OF THE SKIN
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ADOLESCENT WITH ANOREXIA WITH BODY IMAGE
DISTURBANCE. WHAT ACTIVITY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE? |
ART CLASS
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MUSCLE WEAKNESS, FLACCID PARALYSIS,
BRADYCARDIA, OLIGURIA, AND MUSCLE CRAMPS ARE S/S OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE? |
HYPOKALEMIA
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MUSCLE WEAKNESS, HYPOTENSION, SHALLOW
RESPIRATIONS, APATHY, AND ANOREXIA ARE S/S OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE? |
HYPERKALEMIA
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HOW IS ASCITES ASSESSED?
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INCREASE IN ABDOMINAL GIRTH MEASUREMENT
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WHAT S/S SHOULD A PATIENT ON SYNTHROID
THERAPY REPORT? |
TACHYCARDIA
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WHY SHOULD SYNTHROID NOT BE TAKEN WITH
FOOD? |
IT MAY INTERFERE WITH ABSORPTION
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HOW LONG IS SYNTHROID TAKEN FOR
HYPOTHYROIDISM? |
FOR A LIFETIME...NO CURE!
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DIET RECOMMENDED FOR ACUTE RENAL
FAILURE PATIENT? |
LOW-PROTEIN DIET WITH ESSENTIAL AMINO
ACIDS AND VITAMINS |
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A NURSE CAN EXPECT TO SEE WHAT IN A CHILD
WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROM? |
WEIGHT GAIN AND EDEMA
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WHAT IS THE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN
HYPOTHYROIDISM? |
SYNTHROID
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WHAT IS A BUFFALO HUMP?
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AN ABNORMAL ADIPOSE TISSUE DISTRIBUTION IN
CUSHING'S SYNROME |
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WHAT IS THE FOCUS IN THE PLAN OF CARE OF
PATIENT ON CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY? |
TO PREVENT INFECTION
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WHY IS THE URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY LOW IN
PATIENT WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
THE HYPOTHALAMUS DOESN'T PRODUCE
ENOUGH ADH OR VASOPRESSIN FOR THE KIDNEYS TO RESPOND TO ADH |
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WHAT IS THE URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY IN A
PATIENT WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
1.001-1.005
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POSSIBLE PRE-RENAL CAUSES OF ACUTE RENAL
FAILURE? |
CONDITIONS THAT DECREASE BLOOD FLOW
SUCH AS HYPOVOLEMIA, SHOCK, BURNS AND DIURETIC THERAPY |
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A PATIENT WITH OCD (OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER) REPETITIVELY COUNTS PAPERCLIPS D/T/ STRESS AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. WHAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE NURSING DIAGNOSIS? |
ALTERED ROLE PERFORMANCE
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BEST CANDIDATE FOR SHORT-TERM DYNAMIC
PSYCHOTHERAPY? |
PATIENT WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER |
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WHAT S/S WOULD THE NURSE EXPECT TO FIND
IN A PATIENT WITH NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME? |
HIGH FEVER AND MUSCLE RIGIDITY
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WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER IN
DEVELOPING A PLAN OF CARE FOR A PERSON EXPERIENCING UNRESOLVED ANGER? |
WHEN ANGER IS TURNED INWARDS, IT CAN
BECOME DEPRESSION |
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A CHILD WHO HAS AN AUTISTIC DISORDER IS
LIKELY TO DISPLAY SYMPTOMS BY WHAT AGE? |
4 MONTHS
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WHICH S/S IS ASSOCIATE WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER? |
PERSISTANT FEELINGS OF DETACHMENT FROM
OTHERS |
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OTHERS
A STANDARD ANTIPSYCHOTIC MED SUCH AS HALDOL IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN MODIFYING WHICH SYMPTOM OF SCHIZOPHRENIA? |
DELUSIONS OF PERSECUTION
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IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE EXPECTED IN PATIENT
WITH MANIC S/S WHEN TEGRETOL (CARBAMAZPINE) IS AT WHAT LEVEL? |
6-8 MG/L
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WHAT ACTION SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF
THERAPY FOR A NURSE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY OF A PATIENT WITH ANOREXIA? |
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AMONG FAMILY
MEMBERS |
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SETTING LIMITS WITH A PATIENT WHO IS
MANIPULATIVE BENEFITS THE PATIENT IN WHICH WAY? |
THE PATIENT IS ABLE TO GAIN SELFEMPOWERMENT
IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS. |
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A PATIENTS TELL THE NURSE MANY DETAILS
ABOUT HIS SON'S DEATH BUT SAYS HE FEELS NO PAIN OR LOSS. WHICH DEFENSE MECHANISM IS HE USING? |
INTELLECTUALIZATION
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A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH A HISTORY OF
UNEXPLAINED PAIN IN 6 DIFFERENT BODY AREAS. ALL TESTS ARE NEGATIVE. THIS IS CALLED WHAT? |
SOMATIZATION DISORDER
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WHAT CHARACTERISTIC SHOULD THE NURSE
EXPECT IN A PATIENT WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER? |
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
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TO DATE, WHAT DISORDER HAS THE STRONGEST
EVIDENCE OF GENETIC INVOLVEMENT |
ALZHEIMER'S
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WHICH RESULT SHOULD THE NURSE EXPECT
WHEN USING REMINISCENCE THERAPY WITH OLDER PATIENTS? |
INCREASED SELF-ESTEEM
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WHICH DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IS USED TO REVEAL
STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS? |
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)
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POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)
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AUTISM
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ACCORDING TO KOHLBERG'S THEORY OF MORAL
DEVELOPMENT, WHAT BEHAVIOR IS MOST DESCRIPTIVE OF A CHILD WHO HAS ACHIEVED INTERNALIZATION |
THE CHILD INCORPORATES SELF-GENERATED
STANDARDS INTO HIS/HER PERSONALITY. |
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WHICH FACTOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG OLD ADULTS? |
HAVING LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURSES
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WHICH LAB TEST SHOULD THE NURSE MONITOR
DURING TREATMENT OF DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS TO AVOID SERIOUS COMPLICATONS OF RAPID FLUID INFUSION |
SERUM POTASSIUM
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CLINICAL MANIFESTION MOST INDICATIVE OF
IMPENDING HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN PATIENT WITH LIVER FAILURE? |
DISORIENTATION
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APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A DIET
FOR A PATIENT WITH DIABETES MELLITUS SHOULD BE CARBS |
50-60%
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WHICH TEST PROVIDES THE MOST IMPORTANT
INFORMATION WHEN DIAGNOSISNG CHRONIC PANCREATITIS |
ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE
CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP_ |
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NARCOTIC ANALGESIC CONTRAINDICATED FOR
PANCREATITIS? |
MORPHINE
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RATIONALE FOR INCORPORATING MASSAGE
INTO THE PLAN OF CARE FOR A PATIENT WITH IMPAIRED LIVER FUNCTION? |
TO PROMOTE MOBILIZATION OF EDEMA
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WHICH CO-EXISTING CONDITION SHOULD THE
NURSE RECOGNIZE IN THE PATIENT WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS? |
PLEURAL EFFUSION
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S/S OF RECURRENT ENCEPHALOPATHY CAN BE
ASSESSED FOR HOW? |
BY OBTAINING A SAMPLE OF THE PATIENT'S
HANDWRITING ON A DAILY BASIS. |