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• Precautions to take and concerns associated with myelogram

• What is the most common test for patients with rheumatoid arthritis? ESR

• Know that diabetic ketoacidiosis occurs because the pancreas is not producing insulin

• What do you check initially on an EKG?

o P waves are present

o There is a regular P wave

o There is a P wave for every QRS

o P waves are upright

• Know that large bowel obstruction has a slow onset and small bowel obstruction has
sudden onset.

• Know why you need to remove staples within 10 days:

o So skin doesn’t cover them

o To prevent infection

• What is the first thing you would do with a patient at your clinic with SARS? Isolation

• What are some of the changes seen in the skin of the aging adult?

o Dryness

o Thinning skin

o Lentigo (brown spots)

• Know the difference between CPAP and BiPAP machine

o CPAP: Continuous positive pressure

o BiPAP: One pressure setting for inspiration and another for exhalation

• What is the primary complication a nurse must asses for when treating a patient with a
fracture of the femur? Fat embolus (can travel to the heart or the lungs)

• Know that ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) is a syndrome, not a disease
and what the diseases are which make up the syndrome.
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• Know the difference between Type I and Type II diabetes and how the primary
symptoms differ between the two.

• Know that the diabetic patient should not exercise when their insulin is at peak.

• Know the definitions of scoliosis and kyphosis.

• Know what diabetic nephropathy and its relationship to Type I DM.

• A casted leg is elevated to promote venous return.

• Know the procedure for obtaining a clean-catch urine specimen.

• Review ABGs

• Know what diet teaching should be done for the diabetic patient.

• The purpose of a drain at a wound or surgical incision site is to remove excess fluid from
the site.

• Know what nursing care should be given to the patient with bacterial pneumonia

• Know the symptoms present with end stage renal failure (ESRF)

• Know that softening of the abdomen after insertion of an NG tube is a signal that the
procedure is effective.

• Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia

• Know that small, frequent meals decrease the discomfort associated with duodenal ulcers

• Know what foods cause diverticulitis irritation

• Know signs/symptoms of diverticulitis

• Know the types of cooking oil that should be used by the patient with high cholesterol.

• Know that parathyroid hormone deficiency causes hypocalcemia

• Know the signs/symptoms (s/s) of hypercalcemia

• Know the s/s of hypocalcemia

• Know what foods that the patient with gout should avoid.
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• Know that one of the major areas of concern with a surgical patient who is diabetic is
wound healing

• Know the diet for a client with osteoporosis

• Know the s/s of glomerulonephritis

• Know the s/s of gas gangrene

• Know that when a patient is undergoing an MRI, you must assess for metal (pacemakers,
ports, pins, screws, etc.) in the body of the patient because the MRI uses magnetism to
generate an image.

• Know s/s sinusitis

• Know s/s allergic rhinitis

• Know s/s rheumatoid arthritis

• Know the difference between diverticulosis, diverticulitis, and a diverticulum.

• Know s/s fibromyalgia

• Know the connection between fractures of an extremity and fat embolus

• Know the precautions to take when removing a fecal impaction. (vagal stimulation esp.
in patient with a heart condition, discomfort, lubricate to prevent microscopic tears during
removal)

• Know definition of osteoporosis and s/s

• Know definition of osteomyelitis and the most common cause

• Know the 4 diseases that make up COPD (emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis,
bronchiectasis)

• Know the s/s and the differences between right and left sided heart failure.

• Know what a sigmoid colostomy is and why the procedure is done

• Know what potassium level signifies hyperkalemia and how it is treated

• Know the s/s of hypokalemia

• Know def of peptic ulcer and the s/s

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• Know what primary and secondary bone tumors are and the differences between the two

• Know the procedures to prevent contractures in the patient with an above the knee
amputation (AKA)

• Know the def of heart failure

• Know that the most common risk factor for contracting laryngeal cancer is use of tobacco
and alcohol

• Know what ADH is and how it is related to diabetes

• Know the earliest symptoms of malignant laryngeal CA is hoarseness w/o sore throat

• Know the most common symptom of bladder cancer

• Know what a CPM machine is and why it is used after knee replacement surgery

• Know what bacterial agent causes gas gangrene

• Know s/s bronchiectasis

• Know s/s GERD

• Know the proper skin care procedures for a patient with acute renal failure

• Know def and s/s of atelectasis

• Know the symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis

• When a nurse is starting an enteral feeding on a patient with an NG tube, the physician
order will require that the nurse aspirate gastric contents with a syringe and check pH
prior to starting the feeding.

• A patient with a history of long term NSAID use presents with dark, tarry, foul smelling
stools. These symptoms indicate an ulcer in the stomach or proximal part of the small
bowel.

• Know what the correct care would be for a patient newly diagnosed with asthma

• Know what appearance of a stoma would need to be reported to a doctor (brown, black,
necrotic, gray: indicates necrosis of the tissue of the stoma)

• Know that you must be careful when giving medications that depress the respiratory
system to the patient with COPD because these patients already have decreased
respiratory function.
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FOR POSSIBLE MULTIPLE RESPONSE QUESTIONS, KNOW THESE LISTS OF

ITEMS:

• What are the physical symptoms of normal aging?

• S/S of gout

• Procedures or method of prevention of urinary tract infection (UTI)

• What are the normal effects of aging on the older adult?

• Know what frank bleeding at a surgical site 4-6 hours post-op could indicate:

o Slipped suture

o Dislodged clot

o Coagulation problems

o Trauma to vessels or tissue

o Hemorrhage

• Know the functions of insulin