ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM –STUDY GUIDE (Complete)
1) Xerostomia, what is it & how do you treat it?
feeling of oral dryness - treat with sugarless candy or gum
2) Labs to check for pernicious anemia
B12
3. Sign of
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ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM –STUDY GUIDE (Complete)
1) Xerostomia, what is it & how do you treat it?
feeling of oral dryness - treat with sugarless candy or gum
2) Labs to check for pernicious anemia
B12
3. Sign of mild anxiety
Extreme focus
4. What is remote memory loss?
Inability to remember things from YEARS ago
5. Heart failure dietary teaching
Low sodium & fluid restriction
6. Diverticulitis dietary teaching
Low fiber
7. Diverticulosis dietary teaching
High fiber
8. IBS dietary teaching
High fiber
9. Parents nervous about how their 3-year-old will act when newborn arrives. What can they do?
Provide gift from the infant to the sibling
10. Methylprednisolone sodium succinate lab to watch for?
Serum glucose (because glucocorticoids cause hyperglycemia)
11. At 14 weeks' gestation, what should the patient report to the MD
Swelling of the face (sign of preeclampsia)
12. Change of shift report should include
The blood lost
13. Patient teaching for colostomy care
The patient doesn't need to change the bag every day (only needs to be changed every 4-7 days)
14. Scoliosis manifestation
Lateral curvature of the spin & asymmetrical hips/ribs
15. Lab values that are elevated for Cushing's disease
Cortisol, sodium & glucose
16. Administering medications through an NG tube
*Administer meds separately
*DO NOT mix with enteral feedings
*Dissolve crushed tablets in 15-30mL of water
*Flush tubing before & after each medication with 10-30mL of water
17. Tobramycin adverse reaction
*Ototoxicity (hearing damage & loss of balance)
*Cloudy/bloody urine (nephrotoxicity
18. Amniocentesis patient teaching
Have them empty bladder before the procedure
19. Expected finding during cardiac catheterization
Patient will feel warmth and flushed when dye is inserted
20. What action should you instruct the patient to do prior to postural drainage
Administer a bronchodilator or nebulizer prior to treatment, postural drainage should be done 1 hour before meals or two hours after meals (perform twice daily)
21. IV phlebitis has occurred, what should the nurse do
Discontinue IV & apply a warm/moist compress
22. When a patient is receiving mannitol, what should the nurse monitor for?
Hypovolemia
23. Co-worker is impaired, what do you do?
Report it to the charge nurse
24. How do you draw blood out of a PICC line?
Draw 10mL of blood and discard it, then draw another 10mL of blood for sample, and then flush with 10mL of 0.9% sodium chloride
25. IV is infiltrated, what should the nurse do?
Discontinue and apply a cool compress
26. A patient may have a latex allergy if they have a sensitivity to what food?
Bananas
27. Parent teaching for a child with positional plagiocephaly
Child will wear a molded helmet for 23 hours a day
28. During pregnancy, women should eat more of what to prevent neural defects
Folate/folic acid
29. caregiver states they are becoming tired when caring for th
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