Nursing care quiz 3
Test yourself, then practice it on the patient.
Ten questions from real Making Synapses patient cases. Choose the diagnosis, then practice the case on the patient.
1. Man back from colon surgery with severe pain and fast breathing
What is his priority problem?
2. Teen with an eating disorder who faints on standing
Why is she admitted?
3. Older woman after hip replacement with a catheter, fever and new confusion
Which diagnosis fits best?
4. Man with a swollen, warm, painful calf
Which diagnosis fits best?
5. Older woman with Alzheimer admitted dry, who becomes agitated
What is new today?
6. Spanish-speaking man before and after ECT
What is normal after ECT?
7. Patient on an antipsychotic with high fever and rigid muscles
Which diagnosis fits best?
8. Man treated for cellulitis found unresponsive with slow breathing
Which diagnosis fits best?
9. Man two days after appendectomy with low oxygen and low-grade fever
Which diagnosis fits best?