What causes this?
Malnutrition, alcohol abuse, and laxative misuse.
What is hypomagnesemia?
Potassium chloride.
What is the treatment for hypokalemia?
What is cardiac monitoring?
Feels cool to the touch, swelling, pallor to IV site. Caused by fluid leaking under the skin.
What is an IV infiltration?
Essential action prior to inserting a tube into an orifice.
What is lube the tube?
Too many loop diuretics.
What is hypokalemia?
Regular insulin, D50, and Polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate).
What is the treatment for hyperkalemia?
Priority action with a patient who has hypernatremia.
Maintain patient safety and monitor level of consciousness.
Feels warm to the touch, redness, swelling. Occurs because of caustic or harsh IV solutions under the skin.
What is an IV extravasation?
Requires sterile insertion. Balloon is inflated when urine is seen in the tubing.
What is an indwelling urinary catheter?
Potassium sparing diuretics, and salt substitutes like Mrs. Dash.
What is hyperkalemia?
3% or 5% sodium chloride.
What is the treatment for hyponatremia?
What are three ways to keep the nurse and the patient safe when exposure to radiation is likely to occur?
What is time, distance, and shielding?
Line ends in the right atrial/superior vena cava junction. Inserted using sterile procedure.
What is a central line?
Requires measuring from the ear to the tip of the nose, then from the tip of the nose to the epigastric region. Does not require sterile procedure. Placement verified by XRay.
What is a nasogastric tube?
Heat stroke, too many hypertonic solutions, and excessive sodium retention as is seen with Cushing's Syndrome.
What is hypernatremia?
Loop diuretics and magnesium free IV solutions.
What is the treatment for hypomagnesemia?
Frequent focused assessments: reflexes, vital signs, and level of consciousness.
What is assessed with hypermagnesemia?
The priority action the nurse takes when the patient has a blood transfusion reaction.
What is stopping the infusion immediately?
To put things in--medications, nutrition, hydration. To take things out--gastric content, urine, ileus.
Why is a tube inserted?
Diarrhea, hyperkalemia, and excessive PaCO2.
What is acidosis?
Oral and IV supplements and Vitamin D.
What is the treatment for hypocalcemia?
What are questions that are asked in an MRI screening questionnaire?
IV Push Morphine Sulfate, 1 mg per minute.
What is the correct rate of IV push for morphine sulfate?
Documented in the intake/output section of the surgical patient's postoperative chart.
What is the the content of the surgical drain?