This lab elevates within 4-6 hours after an MI and is most specific to cardiac muscle
What is a Troponin I?
100
This device is implanted in those patients' with sustained symptomatic bradycardia
What is a pacemaker?
100
Document signed by patient prior to insertion
What is informed consent?
100
Normal values of MAP & CVP
What are >65 mm Hg and 2-8 mm Hg?
100
population at great risk for acute kidney injury
What are the elderly?
200
Given every 3-5 minutes, for up to 3 doses for chest pain.
What is SL NTG?
200
After this surgery the nurse can expect me to have 3 or more chest tubes, a Pulmonary Arterty monitoring catheter, an arterial line, and an endotracheal tube on the vent.
What is Coronary Artery Bypass
CAB
CABG
200
Occlusive dressing at chest tube site
What is petroleum gauze?
200
Treatment for neurogenic shock
What is spine stabilization, atropine, and blankets/warm environment?
200
Aminoglycosides
What is the category of nephrotoxic agents most often responsible for AKI?
300
90 min
What is door to balloon time?
300
This device helps to augment diastolic pressure and decrease the workload of the heart
What is an Intraaortic Balloon Pump
300
Tidaling is observed here
What is the water seal chamber?
300
This stage of shock presents with increased HR, increased RR, and restlesness
What is the compensatory stage?
300
The formula for calculating a renal patient's intake
What is output+600mL?
400
Low fat and low salt diet
Exercise most days of the week
What are healthy lifestyle changes following AMI?
400
The periodic assessment following cardiac angiogram or coronary angioplasty consists of assessing
What is the puncture site, vital signs, and pedal pulse?
400
3 things nurses do when caring for a patient with a chest tube
What are observing for tidaling in the water seal chamber
Assessing lung sounds
Measuring/assessing drainage (amt, color)
400
Septic, hypovolemic and anaphylactic shock require this
What is fluid resuscitation?
400
EKG changes associated with elevated K+ levels and the treatment
What is a peaked T wave and calcium gluconate?
500
ST elevation
Q wave
What are EKG changes associated with a STEMI?
500
After the replacement of a damaged heart valve with a mechanical valve, this is the length of time that the patient will have to be on anticoagulants
What is life?
500
Absence of bubbling in the water seal chamber
Drainage decreased to less than 50 mL per day
Normal breath sounds
What are the criteria that signal chest tube removal is appropriate?
500
5 actions the nurse will take when a patient with suspected shock arrives in the ED
What are apply oxygen, put on cardiac monitor, insert 2 large-bore IVs, take VS, draw labs
500
2 purposes of hemodialysis
What is balance serum electrolytes and balance fluid volume?