Fundamentals
The first step in the nursing process.
What is assessment?
This electrolyte imbalance can occur with furosemide (Lasix) therapy.
What is hypokalemia?
A patient with COPD may have an increased risk of retaining this gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
The normal range of this electrolyte is 3.5 - 5.0 mEq/L.
What is potassium?
This type of isolation requires a fit-tested N95 respirator or equivalent.
What is airborne precautions?
This medication is used to treat severe allergic reactions and anaphylaxis.
What is epinephrine? (Bonus points for knowing the concentration of epinephrine for anaphylaxis)
This serious complication of immobility is caused when a clot travels to the lungs.
What is pulmonary embolism?
This is the part of the nervous system is responsible for the fight or flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This part of a CBC will be elevated as the result of hemoconcentration from dehydration.
What is hematocrit?
Hemoglobin also acceptable.
The medical term for difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
This class of medications breaks up blood clots.
What are thrombolytics?
This finding is commonly found with left sided heart failure.
What are crackles in the lungs?
These glands produce cortisol and aldosterone.
What are the adrenal glands?
A series of this lab will be tested every 3 hours when a patient is being evaluated for chest pain.
What is troponin?
The nurse uses this scale to assess a patient's level of consciousness and neurological status.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
This is the antidote for warfarin (Coumadin) toxicity.
What is Vitamin K?
These are the two main types of CVA's.
What are hemorrhagic and ischemic?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This is the term for the release of more immature white blood cells to battle a worsening infection, perhaps in the setting of sepsis.
What is a left shift?
The founder of nursing, Florence Nightingale, was born on this day. (Month and day only)
What is May 12th? (1820)
This medication, as part of the ACLS protocol, is the first line pharmacologic treatment of symptomatic bradycardia.
What is atropine?
The standard protocol of door to ballon time of 90 minutes treats what condition?
What is myocardial infarction?
This is the functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
What lab is elevated in a patient with gout?
What is uric acid?