by ShawnetteRN05

I took my exam this morning and I had 75 questions, one of my first questions was what would you instruct a patient to do if he has XEROEMIA? I have never heard of such a thing and I have had a hard time finding info about it. I was thinking that it could be one of the "pilot questions".
let me know...
shawnette

Originally Posted by ShawnetteRN05

I took my exam this morning and I had 75 questions, one of my first questions was what would you instruct a patient to do if he has XEROEMIA? I have never heard of such a thing and I have had a hard time finding info about it. I was thinking that it could be one of the "pilot questions".
let me know...
shawnette

Are you sure that you are spelling it correctly.
Taken literally could mean that they had nothing extra in their blood and was normal.

Originally Posted by suzanne4

Are you sure that you are spelling it correctly.
Taken literally could mean that they had nothing extra in their blood and was normal.

yes, I know...this is exactly how it was presented on my exam...my options to choose from were: give artificial tears, give artificial saliva. I don't remember the last two options.

Xero

Originally Posted by ShawnetteRN05

I took my exam this morning and I had 75 questions, one of my first questions was what would you instruct a patient to do if he has XEROEMIA? I have never heard of such a thing and I have had a hard time finding info about it. I was thinking that it could be one of the "pilot questions".
let me know...
shawnette

XERO=dry
Do you mean XEROMA? Means: an abnormally dry state of conjunctiva, a.k.a. xerophthalmia.
Hope this will be helpful.
Rock

You missspelled. It's called xerostomia and you give artificial saliva. It's in my book, in oncology section. Patient got this after chemotherapy as a site effect. I was studying this last week.

Originally Posted by livtek

You missspelled. It's called xerostomia and you give artificial saliva. It's in my book, in oncology section. Patient got this after chemotherapy as a site effect. I was studying this last week.

OMG thank you so much, well just to have you know, I chose artificial saliva (as a guess) I had absolutely no clue as to what it was!! Thanks again, I feel good knowing that I got at least one more right

Originally Posted by ShawnetteRN05

yes, I know...this is exactly how it was presented on my exam...my options to choose from were: give artificial tears, give artificial saliva. I don't remember the last two options.

Could it be Xerostomia?

Usually used to describe dry mouth/mouth irritation secondary to radiation/chemo for cancer (especially Head and Neck cancer). Artificial saliva is generally used.

Originally Posted by ShawnetteRN05

I took my exam this morning and I had 75 questions, one of my first questions was what would you instruct a patient to do if he has XEROEMIA? I have never heard of such a thing and I have had a hard time finding info about it. I was thinking that it could be one of the "pilot questions".
let me know...
shawnette

LOL!!! If I am to remember any one question from the NCLEX it would be the one on xerostomia...I think years from now that word will always haunt me!!! If you say you answered "artificial saliva" and had only 75 questions, I'm almost positive you passed!!!! Start celebrating--and don't worry yourself sick waiting for the results, just listen to your gut feeling telling you that you're going to have that "RN" behind your name in a few days!

Originally Posted by ShawnetteRN05

I took my exam this morning and I had 75 questions, one of my first questions was what would you instruct a patient to do if he has XEROEMIA? I have never heard of such a thing and I have had a hard time finding info about it. I was thinking that it could be one of the "pilot questions".
let me know...
shawnette

Are you sure it wasn't Xerostomia?? I got that question on my NCLEX as well, it is the medical term for dry mouth Can you believe that! And of course I didn't know it then, until after I raced home and looked it up and to my complete horror found out I guessed wrong! I am sure I failed!! There were things on that danged test I have never heard of! Go figure!

Originally Posted by lifeisgood

LOL!!! If I am to remember any one question from the NCLEX it would be the one on xerostomia...I think years from now that word will always haunt me!!! If you say you answered "artificial saliva" and had only 75 questions, I'm almost positive you passed!!!! Start celebrating--and don't worry yourself sick waiting for the results, just listen to your gut feeling telling you that you're going to have that "RN" behind your name in a few days!

I wish that i could be as confident as you are, this is my second day of waiting and I am about to go nuts!! Yeah, i don't think that I will ever forget that word...