ATI Comprehensive Final Quiz, RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 A, RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 Form B and C (790 Questions & Answers)

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What is a nurses priority action when a patient is experiencing anaphylactic shock while receiving IV medications? - ✔✔Priority action: stop the medication infusion The nurse can also: Administ... er epinephrine; infuse .9% sodium chloride, and elevate the lower extremities to help maintain adequate blood pressure A nurse is caring for a group of clients in a long-term facility. One of the clients is walking in the hallway and bumping into walls and does not respond to his name. which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - ✔✔Accompany the client back to his room. What medication is contra indicated while taking St. John's wort? And why? - ✔✔Sertraline Taking concurrently puts the patient at risk for serotonin syndrome Both of these are used for Tx of depression Persistent otitis media - ✔✔An infection of the middle ear Passive smoking promote adherence of respiratory pathogen's to the lining of the middle ear space which prolongs inflammation and impedes drainage from the ear Exposure to cold weather does not cause otitis mediaAcarbose (Precose) adverse effects - ✔✔Sleepiness, headaches, anemia; the most common adverse effects are gastrointestinal - diarrhea, abdominal distention, cramping, flatulence presbyopia - ✔✔impaired vision as a result of aging Can affect one's ability to read the newspaper, the lens is unable to change shape to focus on close up objects Myelomeningocele - ✔✔Most severe form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord and meninges are in a cerebrospinal fluid-filled sac and protrude through the spine Neural tube defect pts are at Rx for latex allergy Most common complication of this disorder is UTI Prevention of the development of amblyopia - ✔✔A disorder of the eye and which unilateral central blindness occurs as a result of another problem, such as strabismus Parents should patch the unaffected I Strabismus - ✔✔Cross eyed Without treatment by 6 years of age this can lead to central blindness (amblyopia) Ethambutol (Myambutol) - ✔✔Med for TB, report vision changes immediately Adverse effects: loss of red/green color discrimination due to optic neuritis; d/c if this occurs Isoniazid (INH) - ✔✔AntitubercularAdverse effects: hepatotoxicity, peripheral neuropathy, yellowing of the sclera is an indication of jaundice that accompanies liver failure Rifampin (Rifadin) - ✔✔Anti TB and Antibiotic Adverse effects: changes in color of bodily secretions to red-orange What is a patient at risk for when they're platelet count is below the reference range? - ✔✔Indicates thrombocytopenia, which puts the patient at increased risk for bleeding What should a nurse anticipate with bladder distention in the fourth stage of labor? - ✔✔Bladder will fluctuate with palpation Bladder is dull to percussion Uterus will be displaced to the right, is boggy, well above the umbilicus cystitis - ✔✔inflammation of the bladder lining, Commonly occurs with UTI Prevention methods: Stay well hydrated, urinate before and after sex, wipe front to back, avoid tub baths Intrauterine device (IUD) - ✔✔Small, T-shaped device inserted by a physician inside the uterus to prevent pregnancy Increased risk for a topic pregnancy Does not protect from STI's or HIV [Show More]

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