NCLEX Examination. Practice Question # 793. Aspirin Adverse reactions: Hypersensitivity reactions, particularly anaphylaxis, can occur. Bleeding is the most common adverse effect of IV antiplatelet drugs. Adverse reactions to aspirin include: stomach pain heartburn nausea constipation blood in the stool slight gastric blood loss. Clopidogrel may cause these adverse reactions: headache skin ulceration…
NCLEX Examination. Practice Question # 792. Physical assessment Perform hand hygiene in front of the patient before begining the physical assessment. Use drapes so only the area being examined is exposed. Develop a pattern for your assessments, starting with the same body system and proceeding in the same sequence. Organize your steps to…
NCLEX Examination. Practice Question # 791. The influenza vaccine is prepared yearly to adjust for the specific immunologic characteristics that are present in the influenza viruses at that time. It is an inactivated preparation that should be taken annually in the fall, preferably in November. The pneumococcal vaccine has 23 type-specific capsular polysaccharides. Protection…
NCLEX Examination. Practice Question # 790. Warfarin Actions Inhibits vitamin K– dependent activation of clotting factors II (prothrombin), VII, IX, and X formed in the liver. Indications Prevention of pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis, myocardial infarction, rheumatic fever, prosthetic heart valves, or chronic atrial fibrillation Nursing considerations Monitor the patient for adverse…
NCLEX Examination. Practice Question # 789. Spinal cord The spinal cord is the primary pathway for nerve impulses traveling between peripheral areas of the body and the brain. It also contains the sensory-to-motor pathway known as the reflex arc. A reflex arc is the route followed by nerve impulses to and from the…
