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In the treatment of asthma, inhaled corticosteroids:
- A. Relieve acute symptoms
- B. Prevent long-term symptoms
- C. Cause airway constriction
- D. Are contraindicated in pregnancy
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Inhaled corticosteroids are used in asthma management to prevent inflammation and control long-term symptoms, though they do not relieve acute attacks.
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The nurse is caring for a school-age child who has had a cardiac catheterization. The child tells the nurse that the bandage is “too wet.†The nurse finds the bandage and bed soaked with blood. What is the priority nursing action?
- A. Notify physician
- B. Apply new bandage with more pressure
- C. Place the child in Trendelenburg position
- D. Apply direct pressure above catheterization site
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: If bleeding occurs, direct continuous pressure is applied 2.5 cm (1 inch) above the percutaneous skin site to localize pressure over the vessel puncture. Notifying a physician and applying a new bandage can be done after pressure is applied. The nurse can have someone else notify the physician while the pressure is being maintained. It is not a helpful intervention to place the girl in the Trendelenburg position. It would increase the drainage from the lower extremities.
The jugular venous pressure (JVP) has a predictable relationship with pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP). A JVP of >12 mm Hg predicted PAWP >22 mm Hg by 88% in which of the following trials?
- A. BNP
- B. ESCAPE
- C. EVEREST
- D. EMPA REG
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The ESCAPE trial studied the effectiveness of therapies in patients with advanced heart failure and showed that elevated JVP was correlated with high pulmonary artery wedge pressures.
The following procedures may abort an attack of SVT EXCEPT
- A. placing of the face in ice water
- B. straining
- C. breath holding
- D. standing on head
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Standing on the head is not a practical or effective method to terminate SVT.
Xanthomas within palmar creases are seen characteristically in
- A. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
- B. Type II hyperlipoproteinemia
- C. Type IIl hyperlipoproteinemia
- D. Hypothyroidism
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Xanthomas within palmar creases are characteristic of Type III hyperlipoproteinemia.
While assessing a newborn with respiratory distress, the nurse auscultates a machine-like heart murmur. Other findings are a wide pulse pressure, periods of apnea, increased PaCO2, and decreased PO2. The nurse suspects that the newborn has:
- A. Pulmonary hypertension
- B. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- C. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
- D. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A machine-like murmur is the hallmark of a PDA.