You are called to the bedside to evaluate a newborn (5-day old) with prenatal diagnosis of pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect. The patient is in the ICU on room-air, with prostaglandins infusing at 0.03mcg/kg/min and is scheduled to go to the OR tomorrow. The patient’s 5-day course has been with expected vital signs and […]

You work at Northland Care, an aged care facility, as a support worker. Your supervisor is Dimitri Keeping and updating health records Should a client need information on their medication or medical needs recorded or updated, it is to be done by the supervisor in charge of that client’s care. Supervisors will use HealthRecord, an […]

Male patient has been diagnosed with gynecomastia. He is also on medication for temporal arteritis. He is admitted and open bilateral partial mammectomies are performed. What us the 1 PCS Procedure: (Partial removal is excision)

The patient’s 5-day course has been with expected vital signs and no complications to date. The RN is concerned because the IV in which the prostaglandins has been infusing appears to be infiltrated. Which of the following physical exam, monitoring and laboratory findings do you expect to find on this patient that will help diagnose […]

Patient has difficulty maintaining breathing while talking. Hyperresonance on left side with percussion. Patient says he noticed he was having problems catching his breath earlier in the day. He said he sat and rested to see if breathing would improve, but it did not get better. States he feels pain when breathing. Breath sounds normal […]

  You work at Northland Care, an aged care facility, as a support worker. Your supervisor is DimitriShould a client need information on their medication or medical needs recorded or updated, it is to be done by the supervisor in charge of that client’s care. Below, explain what Dimitri’s responsibility is regarding client medication

Which of the following is FALSE about clinical documentation? Which of the following is FALSE about clinical documentation? Patients and families often use vague terms like ‘lethargic’ – MOST notes only contain these vague terms in the chief complaint or in direct quotation in the HPI – and progress to include more descriptive and clearly […]

The patient presents to the Emergency Department with severe chest pain and shortness of breath. Chest x-ray revealed a chronic pneumothorax. The patient also has keratitis due to shingles and acquired infectious hemolytic anemia which were also treated. An open left sided chest tube is placed into the pleural cavity for drainage in the ED […]

A 53-year-old man with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma presents to clinic for follow-up. He has completed chemotherapy and radiation, and continues on biological therapy. Over the past several weeks, he has developed painful swallowing, which is not associated with regurgitation, nausea or vomiting. In fact, he has managed to regain some weight since his chemotherapy treatments have […]

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