I can I can I can!!!! Woo-hoo! I passed my RN test and I am so excited! No more studying, stress, and no more school!!! (there jared, is that enough exclamation points for you!! ha ha). So, just to see how you guys do... I have a few questions to ask you? Let's see if you will pass...
1. The nurse is performing an assessment on a client who is Cachectic and has developed an enterocutaneous fistula following surgery to relieve a small bowel obstruction. The client's total protein level is reported as 4.5g/dL. Which of the followitn would the nurse anticipate?
a. Additional potassium will be given IV
b. Blood for coagulation studies will be drawn
c. Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) will be started
d. Serum lipase levels will be evaluated
2. A client has a serum glucose of 385mg/dL. Which of these orders would the nurse question first?
a. Repeat glycohemoglobin in 24 hours
b. Document Accu-checks, intake and output Q 4 hours
c. Humulin N 20 units IV push
d. IV fluids of 0.9% NS @ 125 mL per hour
3. A hospilatized 8 month old is receiving gentamicin (cidomycin). In monitoring the infant for drug toxicity, the nurse should review which labratory result first?
a. BUN- Blood Urea Nitrogen
b. Thyroxin levels
c. Growth hormone levels
d. Platelet count
4. Which of these clients would be most appropriate to assign to a Practical Nurse (LPN)?
a. A trauma victim with quadriplegia and a client 1 day post-op radical neck dissection
b. A client with newly diagnosed type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and a client with a history of AIDS admitted for pneumonia
c. A client with hemiplegia is fed by an Nasogastric tube and a client with a left leg amputation in rehabilitation
d. A client with a history of Schizophrenia in alcohol withdrawl and a client with chronic renal failure.
5. A client on telemetry begins having premature ventricular beats (PVBs) at 12 per min. In reviewing the most recent labratory results, which would require immediate action by the nurse?
a. Calcium 9mg/dl
b. Magnesium 2.5mg/dl
c. Potassium 2.5 mEq/L
d. PTT 70 seconds
Although I didn't just have 5 questions... more like 177 and 4 hours to take it! Tough. But thanks to all of you for your help.
OK, I'm going to give you my answers for the nurss test. I thought it was so fun and I know I would pass it someday too.
ReplyDeleteNumber 1 - the hectic patient with his fist in a bowl-
Answer: A - additional pots for iv more times.
Number 2 - the glue person
Answer A - The he goblin would be fun.
Number 3 - The poor baby getting gentle mice
Answer A = Bums taste better
Number 4 - the nurse who needs a patient
Answer A - the victim with a quad since her 3 in one and Bible are not cool anymore, and the guy who has a pop-up neck.
Number 5 - I didn't know that one, but I got 80 percent right. Right? Mom
Karina! That is so awesome!! Very exciting to get that lame test out of the way!! I hate test-taking and was never good at it. But way to go, sista!
ReplyDeletep.s.I didn't both even reading those questions. Helloooo! I'm not the nurse!
to Jared:
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Just so you know, the neighbors will never ask you that kind of question. The ones they do ask are comically simple compared to those Q's.
ReplyDeleteI knew you had it in ya. Way to go!
Eric wants to know why you didn't just use the "EASY" button.
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