Treatments
Procedures
Complications
Monitoring
Fun Facts
100
Continous, direct blood pressure reading.
What is an A-line monitoring?
100
Normal saline 0.9%
What is the only type of solution allowed to enter the A-line?
100
Vascular insufficiency
What is the number one complication
100
Facilitate more accurate and responsive monitoring
What is the most common reason for insertion of an arterial line
100
Care plan daze
What is what we experience after writing our care plans
200
At initial insertion and at the bginning of every shift, or when any major position changes have been made.
What is, how often to you zero out the transducer?
200
No wave form will be seen
What does transducer disconnection reveal on the monitor?
200
Occurs in less than 1% of patients
What precentage of patients have ischemia after arterial line placement due to thrombus formation
200
Arterial blood pressure monitoring
What is the more precise way of monitoring blood pressure
200
Fear of insertion
What Nursing Students experience with their first IV
300
A sudden decrease in blood pressure.
What will be seen on the monitor if the transducer is above the phlebostatic axis?
300
Infection, hemorrhage, thrombosis
What are the biggest risks of this procedure?
300
The higher the rate of infection
What is the risk of keeping a catheter in place for a longer period of time
300
Variables that effect blood pressure
What is age,disease process and clinical condition
300
Bad sense of humor
What non nursing students think we have
400
A patient with hyper/hypotension, one with poor arterial access who needs frequent ABG draws, and one who is on intense anticoagulation therapy.
What type of patient requires an A-line?
400
Sterile!!!!
This procedure is performed under clean or sterile conditions?
400
Vessel wall dissection
What is a condition caused by advancing the catheter to far
400
Arterial Blood Gases
What is the most popular lab test performed daily
400
Nurse Bladder
What is going all day without a bathroom break
500
The MAP, which indicates perfusion to essential organs.
What specifically can the A-line assess?
500
The pressure bag is deflated or empty, there may be a kink in the catheter, or the tubing is loose.
What does a dampened wave form indicate?
500
Leads to a potential embolism
What is catheter shearing
500
Allen's Test
What is vascular assessment?
500
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