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
Love this thread, its a great escape when you are SICK!!!!!!!! of answering questions and looking at lab values. Just a few facts I picked up today.
Ativan is the treatment of choice for status epilepticus
When using a bronchodilator inhaler inconjuction with a glucocorticoid inhaler, administer the bronchodilator first
Theophylline increases the risk of digoxin toxicity and decreases the effects of lithium and Dilantin
Intal, an inhaler used to treat allergy induced asthma may cause bronchospasm
Isoniazid causes peripheral neuritis
Axid, Zantac, Pepcid, are H2 receptor antagonist used to treat active ulcer disease.
Tagamet, Nexium, Prevacid, are proton pump inhibitors
Peptic ulcers caused by H. pylori are treated with Flagyl, Prilosec and Biaxin. This treatment kills bacteria and stops production of stomach acid, but does not heal ulcer.
Patients in the acute care setting are often given protonx to prevent stress ulcers.
I will "Slay The Beast" on Monday, July 14th. PRAY FOR ME!!!
Thanks for your thread and good luck slaying the beast this Monday.
Just a slight correction in your posting. Tagamet also works to decrease the gastric secretions, but it is not a proton pump inhibitor. It is a Histamine H2 antagonist...
Good luck and best wishes. I'll attempt slaying the beast this Thursday...
I feel the time to test is near...but I ain't telling anybody when I'm taking it, not even my mother! haha.
AND....... :ancong!::dancgrp:
That's a good plan. It was a pain in the butt because most feel they failed after they take it and then you have to keep telling everyone... I don't know my results yet. lol then 5 mins later... No, I still don't know. Then, you know everyone is checking the BON site to see if you passed.
That's a good plan. It was a pain in the butt because most feel they failed after they take it and then you have to keep telling everyone... I don't know my results yet. lol then 5 mins later... No, I still don't know. Then, you know everyone is checking the BON site to see if you passed.
* Weighted NI (Naso intestinal tubes) must float from stomach to intestine. Don't tape the tube right away after placement, may leave coiled next to pt on HOB. Position patient on RIGHT to facilitate movement through pylorus.
* Diaphragm must stay in place 6 hours after intercourse. They are also fitted so must be re-fitted if you lose or gain a significant amount of weight.
* Best time to take Growth Hormone PM, Steroids AM, Diuretics AM, Aricept AM.
* Carafate (Sulcrafate) before meals (mucosal barrier; constipation)
* Tagamet with food (H2; messes with elderly ppl be careful ! Interacts with alot of things)
*Antacids after meals
* Long term use of amphogel (binds to phosphates, increases Ca, robs the bones...leads to increased Ca resortion from bones and WEAK BONES)
*Cushings ulcers r/t BRAIN injury
*Cushings triad r/t ICP in BRAIN (htn, bradycard, irr. resp)
*Thyroid storm is HOT (hyperthermia)
*Myxedema coma is COLD (hypothermia)
*Glaucoma intraocular pressure is greater than the normal (22 mm Hg), give miotics to constrict (pilocarpine) NO ATROPINE.
* Non dairy sources of calcium include RHUBARB, SARDINES, COLLARD GREENS
* You can petal the rough edges of a plaster cast with tape to avoid skin irritation.
*With low back aches, bend knees to relieve
* Push fluids with Allopurinol - flush the uric acid out of system
* Koplick's spots are red spots with blue center characteristic of PRODROMAL stage of Measles. Usually in mouth.
* INH can cause peripheral neuritis, take Vit B6 to prevent also hepatotoxic
* Rifampin - Red orange tears and urine, also contraceptives don't work as well
* Ethambutol - messes with your Eyes
* Apply eye drop to conjunctival sac and after wards apply pressure to nasolacrimal duct / inner canthus
* Pancreatitis patients but them in fetal position, NPO, gut rest, prepare antecubital site for PICC cuz they'll probably be getting TPN/Lipids
* Trendelenburg test - for varicose veins. If they fill proximally = varicosity.
]Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.:hehe:
]Ok now that you are laughing try to absorb this:
]Glycopyrrolate ( Robinul )-tx preanethestic agent, adjunct in peptic ulcer disease therapy, reverse neuromuscular blockade. * has less CNS effects than atropine. Do not mix with barbituates or alkaline drugs.
]Atropine sulfate causes dry mouth & decreases secretions, which is why it is given as a preanethestic.
]Atropine can cause constipation; high fiber foods and fluids should be encouraged.
] Studying for the NCLEX is stressful, don't forget to take time to laugh and relax.
Buttercup7507, I am with you on that comment re: not telling when you are taking your test. I have not even told my kids or husband. Not going to tell either. I am plenty nervous as is! By the way, cute dog :-)
Tips:
Cancers that origionate from blood forming organs are leukemias.
A characteristic of a malignant tumor is that it will have a greater than normal blood supply.
One expected side effect of radiation therapy is stomatitis which is an inflammatory reaction in the mouth.
Interferons are used to treat hairy cell leukemis, chronic myelogenous leukemia, melanoma, and Kaposi's sarcoma.
....I'll contribute some more soon....I'm really into my Saunder's book at the moment.
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after they take it and then you have to keep telling everyone... I don't know my results yet.
lol then 5 mins later... 
No, I still don't know. Then, you know everyone is checking the BON site to see if you passed. 
] Studying for the NCLEX is stressful, don't forget to take time to laugh and relax.
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Thanks for your thread and good luck slaying the beast this Monday.
Just a slight correction in your posting. Tagamet also works to decrease the gastric secretions, but it is not a proton pump inhibitor. It is a Histamine H2 antagonist...
Good luck and best wishes. I'll attempt slaying the beast this Thursday...