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?

Phlebitis

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

android pelvis

angulated pelvis, narrow pelvic planes

Ataxic gait

staggering, unsteady

Infiltration

swelling and pallor, not erythema, near the IV site

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,

8 mm Hg to 21 mm Hg.

What is the normal intraocular pressure