Hydration Station
What is the passive transport of fluids across a semipermeable membrane?
diffusion
What is an ECHO and what does it test?
Ejection fraction, valve problems, heart structures
What is the classic sign of R sided heart failure
edema
What is the priority lab value in diagnosing MI?
troponin
What is the name of originator of electrical current in the heart
the SA node
What are signs and symptoms of hypokalemia?
nausea and cardiac dysrhythmias
What is a sign of Peripheral venous deficiency
brownish color in the legs, swelling due to the valves in the vessels not functioning properly.
What are signs of hypervolemia?
tachycardia, hypertension, tachypnea, SOB, edema
What is the PRIMARY benefit of giving morphine when we suspect MI?
It decreases the oxygen demand on the patient's heart.
What is an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator
An ICD- it will shock arrhythmias into sinus rhythm.
What is dietary education to provide a patient on ferrous sulfate
avoid dairy or calcium within two hours of taking ferrous sulfate
What is a medication someone with a-fib will need to take?
a blood thinner (like warfarin)
What are signs of a DVT
Pain, warmth, redness, swelling
How does nitroglycerin work in the treatment of Angina?
It causes the coronary arteries to dilate, helping blood-flow to the heart
How would you identify atrial fibrillation on a tele strip?
quivering baseline and irregular but normal qrs's
What are signs and symptoms of hypomagnesemia
mild fatigue and muscle cramps to severe tremors, seizures, and abnormal heart rhythms.
What lab needs to be monitored for a patient on coumadin.
INR
What is endocarditis?
What is the name of the thrombolytic drug used to dissolve clots in an MI
tPA
How would you identify v-fib on a tele strip?
irregular up-and-down qrs complexes, no p waves
What is a normal serum calcium level?
9-11
Following a percutaneous angioplasty (cardiac cath), what are priority nursing interventions
Bleeding from the site, numbness, tingling in the affected extremity
What is the hormone responsible for the compensatory reuptake of water?
Antidiuretic hormone
What is a CABG
a coronary artery bypass graft - a surgical grafting of a vein from another part of the body and then attached to the coronary arteries to bypass the obstructed artery to ensure cardiac tissue is still oxygenated
What is a PVC
Premature Ventricular contraction - appears to be a wide and abnormal qrs complex not correlated with a p wave