Lab Levels
If I get too low (below 135), I will feel confused
What is Sodium?
Pneumonics "cold and clammy need some candy" and "hot and dry, sugar high" stand for this
What are hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia?
Before and after you give me you should assess my lungs
I am a good location to give medications over 1 mL
What is vastus lateralis?
This diet relies on low sodium, low fat, and low cholesterol (avoiding bacon, canned soups, butter, red meat, alcohol- inner isle rows of grocery)
What is cardiac diet?
I tend to cause Cardiac dysrhythmias and have a critical level at 2 or 6
What is Potassium?
Bananas when you pick them usually get 3-5 bananas in a bunch, and half 0.5 ripe for 3.5-5.5
This disease can have all lung sounds: wheezing (high pitch), rhonchi (snoring), rales (clicking/rattling), and pleural rub (grating)
What is pneumonia?
When aspirating GI tube before giving meds and fluid is over 150 mL, what should nurse do
What is stop enteral feeding and call provider?
I am a good location to give medications up to 3 mL
What is Ventral Gluteal?
This diet relies on low sodium, low potassium and low phosphorus and watching BUN lab levels
What is a renal diet?
These two electrolytes when one is elevated the other is low and vise versa and what are their ranges
Ca 9-10.5 and phosphorus 2.5-4.5
pneumonic I learned for Ca is Cocky Calcium thinks he's a 10 and pitiful phosphorus thinks low of himself (pho=4, us=2)
Pt who is vomiting and having diarrhea x 2 days is at risk for this
What is fluid/volume deficit?
and/or electrolyte imbalance?
What are 6 rights of medication?
What is: Right Medication, Right Route, Right Pt, Right dose, Right Time, Right Documentation?
Give me 2 inches from umbilicus, rotate location, and do not massage
What is giving Insulin SQ?
This diet relies regularly scheduled meals of low carb, high protein, health fats, whole grains, low sugar/fats, with special attention to skin
What is a Diabetic diet?
Creatine level of 4 and a BUN level of 40 indicates this
What is Kidney failure?
Normal Hgb ranges for females and males
What is
F 12-16
M 14-18
(remember by ages they mature, girls mature first)
This medication has an antagonist effect on Warfarin?
What is Vitamin K?
Use this method to give IM injections?
What is Z track method and Bevels Up!
What diet relies on low fiber, bland diet, enriched white bread/rice, and watchful electrolyte labs due to diarrhea
What is Chrons diet?
I am used to check warfarin levels and what are my therapeutic ranges?
These lung field sounds are over heart area are called
What is vesicular?
What is the slowest and fasted medication absorption route?
What is oral (slowest) has to go through first pass, and fastest (IV)
Draw medication out of this with a filtered needle, but DO NOT give with a filtered needle (also do not inject air into prior to drawing)
What is an glass ampule?
This diet is made up of small frequent meals high in Protein (Ensure/Boost), Vit C, zinc, Vit A, Ca, Iron and watchful CMP and CBC labs
What is a Fragile skin/ wound care diet?