Entries from in the wee hours
NCLEX Style Study Question
An 87 year old woman has come to the medical clinic for her annual physical examination. The nurse assessing her knows that pulmonary function in elderly clients often shows
a reduced vital capacity
a decrease in residual volume
an increase in functional alveoli
blood gases that reflect mild acidosis
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NCLEX Style Study Question
Which assessment finding in the elderly is caused by decreased vessel elasticity and increased peripheral resistance?
Confusion
An erratic pulse rate
An increase in blood pressure
Wide QRS complexes on the ECG
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Review: Undead and Unwed
I am currently reading Undead and Unwed. This is a paranomal romance that Celesta introduced me to. Betsy died this week, but she couldn’t even stay dead. Her stepmother stole her designer shoes, and the vampire community thinks she is the prophesied vampire queen. Gotta love the group trying to lure her with designer shoes. […]
Categories: Reviews
NCLEX Style Study Question
You are the medication nurse for an inpatient psychiatric unit. Mrs. M. is a 64 year old admitted for schizophrenia medication adjustment. Vital signs are: BP 103/54, HR 48. Medications are Geodon, Lanoxin, and Keppra. Would you?
Hold all medications and call the physician
Hold the Geodon and call the physician
Hold the Lanoxin and call […]
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NCLEX Style Study Question
To prevent keratitis in an unconscious client, the nurse should apply moisturizing ointment to the
Finger and toenail quicks
Eyes
Perianal area
External ear canals
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NCLEX Style Study Question
Which of these clients who are all in the terminal stage of cancer is least appropriate to suggest the use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with a pump?
A young adult with a history of Down’s syndrome
A teenager who reads at a 4th grade level
An elderly client with numerous arthritic nodules on the […]
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NCLEX Style Study Question
A client has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As the nurse enters the client’s room, his oxygen is running at 6 liters per minute, his color is flushed and his respirations are 8 per minute. What should the nurse do first?
Obtain a 12-lead EKG
Place client in high Fowler’s position
Lower the oxygen rate
Take […]
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Who’s Who Nomination
I got a letter in the mail today. I have been nominated for Manchester’s Who’s Who as a biographical candidate for the 2005/2006 “Honors Edition” of their registery. I’d like to know who nominated me.
life as I know it
The wedding that I had so much emotional trouble with is over. It was beautiful. I want to be loved like that. Is it too much to ask?
It’s hailing outside. I just hope my window doesn’t get busted again.
The guys from Hibbett Sports in Kimball, TN are my new heros. I was developing a […]
Categories: Personal Life
How would you feel?
Scenario:
24 years old, no insurance, suddenly your in a car wreck with a c5 & c6 burst fracture, Paralyzed, subdural bleeding, quadriplegic. Then billing walks into your hospital room after you’ve been there for over a month and tell them you owe $200,000 to the hospital. How would you respond?
Categories: Nursing