Practice exam 1

Helicopod

A client in the emergency department has a suspected neurologic disorder. To assess gait, the nurse asks the client to take a few steps; with each step, the client's feet make a half circle. To document the client's gait, the nurse should use which term?

dystrophic gait

Legs are kept apart, and weight is shifted from side to side in a waddling motion due to weak hip abductor muscles. The abdomen often protrudes and lordosis is common. -Katie's brother

45 mg/dL and 65 mg/dL

Normal blood glucose for an infant born to a diabetic mother?

Dumping syndrome

Rapid emptying of gastric contents into small intestines. Client experience ab pain, nausea, vomiting, explosive diarrhea, weakness, dizziness, palpitations & tachycardia. -After a gastrectomy,

Phlebitis

Tenderness, warmth, swelling, and, in some instances, a burning sensation IV site

8 mm Hg to 21 mm Hg.

What is the normal intraocular pressure

android pelvis

angulated pelvis, narrow pelvic planes

Ataxic gait

staggering, unsteady

Infiltration

swelling and pallor, not erythema, near the IV site