Ati Critical Care Exam 2024-2025 Q&a

ATI Critical Care Exam 2024 What is the primary use of the medication calcium phosphate? - ANSWER>>>absorbs phosphate give 2 hours before other medications and give a stool softener What is the number one priority for a patient with PKD? - ANSWER>>>manage HTN with prescribed meds and a diet that is low in sodium; teach them how to take daily weights what are possible signs of urosepsis and UTI in the older adult? - ANSWER>>>confusion, incontinence, loss of appetite, nocturia and dysuria, hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnea, and fever T/F: Nitrofurantoin is commonly used for UTI's because it only reaches therapeutic levels in the urine. - ANSWER>>>t; also phenezopyridine is used to help relieve bladder discomfort because it acts as a bladder analgesic; it will turn urine orange Will the patient have blood in their urine with glomerulonephritis? protein? - ANSWER>>>yes and yes what is neurogenic shock? what are some causes? - ANSWER>>>loss of sympathetic tone causing massive vasodilation cx: head trauma, SCI, epidural What are some causes of obstructive shock "cardiac pump failure"? - ANSWER>>>blockage of the great vessles, pulmonary artery stenosis, PE, tamponade, tension pneumothorax and aortic dissection What lines should be inserted inpatient's who are in shock? why? -