OK I know this sounds stupid but I have a friend that gets really freaked out before big tests like finals, HESI, NCLEX, and usually we get together and a few days before I start throwing out random facts at her. On 2 different tests she said the only way she got several questions was from the random facts that I threw at her that she never would have thought of!
SOOOOO..... I thought that if yall wanted to do this we could get a thread going and try to throw out 5 random facts or "things to remember". NCLEX is coming and the more I try to review content the more I realize that I have forgotten so......here are my 5 random facts for ya:
OH and BTW these came from rationales in Kaplan or Saunders no made up stuff:
1️⃣ A kid with Hepatitis A can return to school 1 week within the onset of jaundice.
2️⃣ After a patient has dialysis they may have a slight fever...this is normal due to the fact that the dialysis solution is warmed by the machine.
3️⃣ Hyperkalemia presents on an EKG as tall peaked T-waves
4️⃣ The antidote for Mag Sulfate toxicity is ---Calcium Gluconate
5️⃣ Impetigo is a CONTAGEOUS skin disorder and the person needs to wash ALL linens and dishes seperate from the family. They also need to wash their hands frequently and avoid contact.
Oh, ohh, one more...
? Vasopressin is also known as antidiuretic hormone
can some one post the percentages ( 25%/50% ) about recessive/dominant traits transfering to the offsprings.. and chances their child that their child might be carriers of the dse.
i cant remember the infos.
taimanov,
[color=#483d8b]i sure hope this is what your looking for. i actually had to look this up in my notes.
[color=#483d8b]correct me if i'm wrong.
dominant genetic disorders
if one parent has an autosomal dominant disorder, then offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting that disease.
examples: polydactyly (extra toes or fingers), marfan's syndrome (extra long limbs), achondroplasia (a type of dwarfism), some forms of glaucoma.
recessive genetic disorders
recessive genetic disorders are caused when both parents supply a recessive gene to their offspring. the probability of such occurring is 25% each time the parents have a child.
examples: cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia (mostly african-americans), tay-sachs disease (mostly people of jewish faith), werner's syndrome (juvenile muscular dystrophy), autism.
not just countries use different lab values. some local hospitals have different lab value norms. some might be 0.1 difference, for the ncles. i took it 2 yrs ago. dont get too crazy memorizing the exacts. if they are going to give u an abnormal(ex K+ will be something like 2.8 or 3.0) it will be obviously abnormal not just a tenth or 2. so don't kill urself over that. just as long as u can recognize a grossly abnormal value u will be fine :)
(note- i got this from my teacher back in nursing school, credit goes to her.)
pneumonic: oh, oh oh, to touch and feel a girls v**ina, and heaven.
cn1- olfactory- sense of smell
cn2- optic- sense of sight
cn3- occulomotor- inspect assymetry of eyes and ptosis.
cn4- trochlear- pupil equality and reaction to light.
cn5- trigeminal- sensation of eyes, nose, facial skin& chewing
cn6- abducens- eye movements
cn7- facial- anterior 2/3 taste of tongue.
cn8- acoustic- hearing & balance
cn9- glossopharyngeal- ability to swallow, salivation, posterior taste of the tongue.
cn10-vagus- sensation of the external ear.
cn11-accessory spinal- sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, shoulder & neck rotation.
cn12-hypoglossal- tongue movements, tongue assyymmetry, muscle tone and fasciculations.
* types of posturing* ( associated with spinal cord injury)
decorticate- arms are flexed towards the "core" or center of the body.
decerebrate- arms are extended away from core.
stroke- always remember that if the client in the description has left sided cva, feed them on that side, reason being that each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body.
(ex) left sided cva- feed them on left side, this is considered the unaffected side. the right side is considered the weak side.
- give soft foods for dysphagia, and approach the client from unaffected side.
for all eye surgery- all of them should be positioned on the unaffected side post-op. (except for): detached retina. client should lie on the affected side to further prevent retinal detachment.
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transmission-based precautions: adc
a - airborne
d - droplet
c - contact
airborne precaution (credit goes to the one who posted this on april thread, sorry can't remember your name)
my - measles
chicken - chickenpox
hez - herpes zoster (disseminated)
tb - tb
private room
negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour
uv
mask
n95 mask for tb
droplet precaution
think of spiderman!
s - sepsis
s - scarlet fever
s - streptococcal pharyngitis
p - parvovirus b19
p - pertussis
p - pneumonia
i - influenza
d - diptheria (pharyngeal)
e - epiglottitis
r - rubella
m - mumps
m - meningitis
m - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia
an - adenovirus
private room
mask
contact precaution
mrs.wee
m - multidrug resistant organism
r - respiratory infection - rsv
s - skin infections
w - wound infections
e - enteric infections - clostridium defficile
e - eye infections
skin infections:
v - varicella zoster
c - cutaneous diptheria
h - herpes simplex
i - impetigo
p - pediculosis
s - scabies, staphylococcus
private room
gloves
gown