Nursing care quiz 6
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. Young man with HIV off treatment, dry cough, fever and low oxygen
Which diagnosis fits best?
2. Older man with worsening heart failure at a routine clinic visit
Which diagnosis fits best?
3. Older man with diabetes, confusion, fruity breath and deep breathing
Which diagnosis fits best?
4. Man with alcohol-related cirrhosis, ascites and confusion
Which diagnosis fits best?
5. Man after robotic prostatectomy with red catheter urine and falling pressure
What is happening?
6. Woman after lumbar laminectomy with a soaked dressing and a non-working drain
Why no drain output?
7. Young woman with sudden left-sided weakness and headache after a run
Which diagnosis fits best?
8. Car crash patient with absent breath sounds, falling pressure and tracheal shift
Which diagnosis fits best?