A comatose Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 3: NR548/ NR 548 (Latest Update 2024/ 2025) Psychiatric Assessment for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Review |Weeks 5-6 Covered| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Chamberlain Q: individual who presents with an extremely rapid and pressured speech with constant interruptions may be experiencing __________ or __________ Answer: hypomania or mania Q: An absence of speech is seen with some diagnoses such as ___________ Answer: dementia ...

Exam 3: NSG550 / NSG 550 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Diagnostic Reasoning for Nurse Practitioners Review | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Wilkes Q: Acetylcholine receptor antibody test Answer: Used to diagnose acquired myasthenia gravis and monitor pt response to immunosuppressive therapy. MG is an autoimmune disease caused by antibodies that block or destroy receptors for Ach. MG s/s=muscle weakness and fatigue Q: Cholinesterase Answer: Identify patients with PChE def...

Exam 3: NR548/ NR 548 (Latest Update 2024/ 2025) Psychiatric Assessment for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Review |Weeks 5-6 Covered| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Chamberlain Q: individual who presents with an extremely rapid and pressured speech with constant interruptions may be experiencing __________ or __________ Answer: hypomania or mania Q: An absence of speech is seen with some diagnoses such as ___________ Answer: dementia Q: non-sensical speech is oft...

Exam 3: PNR206 / PNR 206 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing II | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Fortis Question: the pressure within the skull is normally ____-____ mm Hg Answer: 5-15 Question: ICP greater than ____ mm Hg requires treatment Answer: 20 Question: Classification of these disorders? -Cerebral Palsy -Muscular Dystrophy -Huntington Disease (chorea) Answer: Genetic/Developmental Question: Classificati...

UNE Biochemistry Final, Final, Final Exam Review UNE medical biochemistry already graded A A comatose infant is brought to the ER. In the course of the examination, plasma ammonia was found to be elevated 20-fold over normal values. Urine orotic acid and uracil were both greater than normal. A defect of which of the following enzymes is the most likely diagnosis? Ornithine transcarbamoylase Your patient presents with a deficiency of the enzyme that catalyzes synthesis of N-acetylglutamate (NAG...

BAEP / R - Brainstem auditory evoked potential / response -Diagnosis for cerbellopontine angle tumors, mutliple sclerosis, brainstem lesions, metabolic and toxic encephalopathies,brain death, and early prediction of outcome in postraumatic coma, Kindling - Development of epileptic seizures (in rats) that results from repeated focal stimulation and leads to the development of a predisposition to epileptiform convulsions. Similar to a log will not burn unless it's kindled. Mirror Focus Phe...

MEDSURG VATI ASSESSMENT 90 Q'S AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERSMEDSURG VATI ASSESSMENT 90 Q'S AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERSMEDSURG VATI ASSESSMENT 90 Q'S AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS A nurse is assisting with the care of four clients. Which of the following clients is the priority for the nurse to see -A client who has chest tubes and an oxygen Sat of 90% - aclient who has peripheral edema and urinary output of 130 over 4hrs - A client who has a permanent pacemaker with heart rate of 76/min -a client w...

A nurse is caring for a client who is comatose. The client has a living will that declines the use of artificial enteral nutrition as a life-sustaining measure, but the client's family has requested that the staff begin tube feedings. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Review the client's request with the family. A nurse is developing a plan of care for a school-age child whose family is homeless. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priori...

Which of the following is considered one of the essential characteristics of life? Select one: a. cognition b. self-awareness c. perception d. metabolism Which system of the body is responsible for initiating immune responses? Select one: a. cardiovascular b. endocrine c. lymphatic d. respiratory My Account Question 3 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 4 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 5 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Which statement is true of homeostati...

1. A nurse is providing teaching about the gastrostomy tube feedings to the parents of a school age child. Which of the following instructions should the nurse take? A. Administer the feeding over 30 min. B. Place the child in as supine position after the feeding. C. Charge the feeding bag and tubing every 3 days. D. Warm the formula in the microwave prior to administration. 2. A nurse is administering digoxin 0.125 mg Po to an adult client. For which of the following findings shoul...