General Nursing Assignment

General Nursing Assignment

List 5 risk factors for gestational diabetes (GDM).

What is the diet treatment?

How is treating GDM different than regular DM?

Name 2 physiological age-related changes that affect cognitive functioning.

Complex carbohydrates do not cause a rapid rise in blood glucose when eaten in small amounts.

Identify 5 foods from this group.

You are preparing to infuse D5LR 1L over 4 hours. The available IV tubing supplies 15 gtt/mL.

How many drops per minute will you regulate the infusion?
Show your work.

Compare and contrast delirium and dementia.

Describe 2 types of dementia.

How is Alzheimer’s disease different than dementia?

List 5 of the most common signs of depression in the older adult. General Nursing Assignment.

Interpret these lab results and Vital Signs:

Hemoglobin 12.2 g/dL

Hematocrit 44%

Red blood cells (RBCs) 4.2 dL

BP 110/68

HR 88

RR 22

Name 3 s/s of lithium toxicity.

Identify 3 negative symptoms of schizophrenia. What is a positive symptom? Name 2.

Name 6 types of delusional thinking and briefly describe each.

What are s/s of paranoid schizophrenia?

What are common side effects of antipsychotics such as Zyprexa?

How is a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa determined? How is anorexia nervosa different than a patient who is anorexic? (Hint…elderly can have anorexia)

Identify 8 clinical signs or symptoms of anorexia nervosa.

How does bulimia nervosa differ from anorexia?

List 5 behaviors that a patient with anorexia nervosa may engage in other than self-starvation. General Nursing Assignment