Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

Let's have some fun learning. Each person should throw out 5 random facts or "things to remember" before taking your finals, HESI, NCLEX, etc.

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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

OK your turn....

Good luck Mckinis! Let us know how you do.:mnnnrsngrk:

Well, I passed!!! And I got me results in less than 48 hours too!!! Thanks for all the help that everyone in this thread provided.

Well, I passed!!! And I got me results in less than 48 hours too!!! Thanks for all the help that everyone in this thread provided.

:up: Congratulations!! :yeah:

Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

Morte, you were right. I called a friend at work who looked up the hospitals policy regarding Shingles. Anyhow, it was there to not return to work until after 24 hrs of antibiotic therapy. So she called infection control and to make a long story short, hospital employees cannot return until lesions are healed or scabbed over and MD clearance. We got a new computer system 2-3 years ago and nobody had noticed the error till now. LOL Morte!

Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

Oh Ohh one more thing Morte, my friend reminded me there is a med they should be on, but the name escapes me right now. I think it is Zovirax???? If someone else knows for sure let me know, I'd appreciate it.:confused:

Keep this thread going. I'll look through more notes from class and add more tomorrow.:D

I think it is Acyclovir.

rubeola is airborne. rubella is droplet.

Specializes in LTC.

Congrats Nicole... and to all that passed the exam AND everyone who is about to take it!

:w00t::w00t::clpty:

anyone knows of a good website for Basic Life Support/CPR? thanks!

Hey Cape I was able to download "nclex bullets.doc number two but not

number one. Can you resend it on this thread??

Thanks,

piscesmama

Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

Seven Warning Signs of Cancer! Caution!

C=change in bowel habits

A=a sore that does not heal

U=unusual bleeding or discharge

T=thickening or lump in breast ( or elsewhere )

I=indigestion or dysphagia

O=obvious change in wart or mole

N=nagging cough or hoorificeness

TNM classification:

T=primary growth.1-4 with increasing size; T1s indicates carcinoma in situ

N=lymph node involvment.0-4 indicates progressively advancing nodal disease

M=metastasis.1 indicates presence of metastasis

Stages 0-IV: all cancers divided into 5 stages incorporating size, nodal involvement, and spread

--Low Sodium diet for pt. with menieres disease

--HYPOkalemia= TPN, Steroid tx, Diarrhea

--HYPERkalemia= DKA, ACE inhibitors

--Finger foods for preschoolers, NO cooked veggie (raw instead)

--Dont encourage (force) to eat all food on plate

--Lyme disease test not reliable for 4-6wk post exposer

DO NOT BURN:angryfire TICK why you ask? because it will spread the disease (who knew:confused:) instead flush down the potty:eek:

--avoid salt substitutes when taken dig and k-supplements because many are potassium based

--use portable X-RAY for pt with MRSA

--Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine used to promote active immunity to TB (may give false positive on PPD)

--Pt. taking Dig and Lasix shoould increase Potassium intake (bc of Lasix)

--Airborne= Mask, gloves

--Contact= Gown, glove

--Flail Chest= FX of 2 or more adjacent ribs with paradoxical movement of chest during respiration

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