Medical Surgical Telemetry B Exam Questions And Answers

Your patient who was admitted 5 days ago begins to have diarrhea. After notifying the physician, what action should you take NEXT? {Ans: wrong answer: Give prescribed imodium}The physician has ordered for your COPD patient to receive 80mg of Solu-Medrol IV every 8 hours. The medication is supplied as 125 milligrams in a 2ml vial. How much of the medication should the nurse administer to ensure the ordered dose is given. {Ans: Wrong Answer: 1.5ml}You are caring for a diabetic patient diagnosed with CHF. The patient is on lasix and solumedrol IV. Which of the following educational topics would be appropriate for you to include as part of patient teaching? {Ans: wrong answer: Report any visual disturbances immediately while on the medications.}You enter your patient's room and find the patient unresponsive and without a pulse. What should be your FIRST action {Ans: wrong answer: check the patients airway}You are caring for a patient admitted with diverticulitis. The patient has NKDA. Which of the following admission orders would you expect for this patient? {Ans: wrong answer: NPO, antibiotic, anticholinergic}You are caring for a patient with a lower GI bleed. Which of the following is characteristic of