Xerostomia, what is it & how do you treat it?

It’s the feeling of oral dryness and it is treatable with sugarless candy or gum

Labs to check for pernicious anemia

B12

Sign of mild anxiety

Extreme focus

What is remote memory loss?

Inability to remember things from YEARS ago

Heart failure dietary teaching

Low sodium & fluid restriction

Diverticulitis dietary teaching

Low fiber

Diverticulosis dietary teaching

High fiber

IBS dietary teaching

High fiber

Parents nervous about how their 3-year-old will act when newborn arrives. What can they do?

Provide gift from the infant to the sibling

Methylprednisolone sodium succinate lab to watch for?

Serum glucose (because glucocorticoids cause hyperglycemia)

At 14 weeks' gestation, what should the patient report to the MD

Swelling of the face (sign of preeclampsia)

Change of shift report should include

The blood lost

Patient teaching for colostomy care

The patient doesn't need to change the bag every day (only needs to be changed every 4-7 days)

Scoliosis manifestation

Lateral curvature of the spin & asymmetrical hips/ribs