Medical conditions
What is the medical term for vomiting?
Emesis
What is the temperature range?
35.5-38.5
What are the 6 medication rights?
Right patient
Right medication
Right time
Right dose
Right route
Right documentation
SIBGP
Sent in by GP
Extra points 200 - what is the correct order to doff?
DON = gown, mask, goggles, gloves.
DOFF = gloves, hand wash, gown, hand wash, goggles, handwash, mask, handwash.
If your patient has an area of redness that is not blanching, how would you classify this?
Stage I Pressure Injury
What is the blood pressure range?
SBP 100-180mmhg
A patient has an order for metoprolol. Prior to medication administration, what does the nurse need to assess?
Heart rate and blood pressure
COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
What is the difference between dysphagia and dysphasia?
Dysphagia = difficulty swallowing
Dysphasia = speech difficulty
What does polyuria mean?
Abnormally large production of urine.
What is the HR range?
50-120bpm
What is the standard drug calculation formula?
SR (strength required) over SS (stock strength) X volume
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
What is the frequency of PCA observations?
Extra 200 points to list what is included in these observations?
Every 2 hours.
Extra 200 points - RR, pain score, oxygenation, nausea/vomiting, administered dose.
Extra 200 points - What is septic shock?
Hypotension, increased confusion, GCS drop, febrile, tachycardic, low urine output
200 points - It happens when your immune system overreacts to an infection causing multiorgan dysfunction.
What is the saturation range?
95-100%
What does the medication spironolactone do?
Potassium sparing diuretic
Diuretic
BPH
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
What is the first point of treatment for hypotension?
Fluid resusitation
What are the 5 high risk medications?
- Insulin
- IV Potassium
- Opiods
- Chemotherapeutic agents
- Anticoagulants
What is the RR range?
10-25bpm.
What does the medication GTN (glyceryl trinitrate) do?
Vasodilator
CABG
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Name the 5 stages of pressure injury
1. Non-blanchable
2. Partial skin loss
3. Full thickness skin loss
4. Full thickness tissue loss
5. Unstageable/Deep tissue injury