Medications
This injection route requires a 90-degree angle and is used for most vaccines.
Intramuscular (IM)
Which task can the RN delegate to the UAP: reinforcing discharge teaching, administering IV push antibiotics, or collecting a urine sample?
Collecting a urine sample
New order for Furosemide 20mg once daily was ordered. You were only given 10mg of Furosemide. Who you gonna call?
Pharmacy
What electrolyte needs to be monitored for a patient on Furosemide?
Potassium
This is the first step of the nursing process?
Assessment
High Fowler's position
You have 4 patients: one with a fingerstick blood glucose of 52 mg/dL, one reporting 8/10 postoperative pain, one with a UTI who needs to use the bathroom, and one who is asking for their morning meds to take with their food. Which patient should the nurse see first?
The patient with a fingerstick blood glucose of 52 mg/dL
Your patient's family member is starting to become verbally aggressive. Who you gonna call?
Charge nurse
What lab value is used to evaluate oxygen-carrying capacity and is used to evaluate anemia?
Hemoglobin
Daily weight
This pulse location must be checked before administering a full-dose beta blocker like Metoprolol?
Apical pulse
The nurse should delegate this to the UAP: obtaining a weight on a cardiac patient, assessing for fluid overload, or adjusting oxygen flow rate?
Obtaining a weight on a cardiac patient
The MAR shows two medications scheduled simultaneously that are incompatible with the patient's IV fluids. Who you gonna call?
Pharmacy
This test measures the percentage of blood volume made up of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets combined.
CBC (Complete Blood Count)
The nurse should use this type of precautions for a patient with suspected tuberculosis (TB)
Airborne precautions
Before administering a PRN opioid, the nurse must assess and document these two critical paramenters.
Pain level & Respiratory rate
The nurse should prioritize this patient: an older adult with new confusion, a patient with BP of 170/90 scheduled for morning meds, or a patient with COPD requesting a breathing treatment?
An older adult with new confusion
Patient with pneumonia is now confused, febrile, and increasingly lethargic. Who you gonna call?
Physician
This kidney function test measures the breakdown product of muscle metabolism and rises when the kidneys are not filtering well.
Creatinine
This type of infection control measure takes priority when preventing hospital-acquired infections
Hand hygiene
This is the first action to take if a patient is receiving IV antibiotics and develops hives and itching
Stop the infusion
Which patient should the nurse see first: a patient with a heart rate of 54 beats/min who is dizzy, a patient due for wound care with moderate serosanguinous drainage, or a patient with chronic back pain wanting a PRN pain medication?
The patient with a heart rate of 54 beats/min.
Your patient is suddenly short of breath, pale, and the pulse ox drops to 85% on 4L NC. Who you gonna call (first)?
Charge Nurse
This clotting factor test measures how well platelets are functioning by counting the number of them in circulation?
Platelet count
If a patient is receiving enteral feeds begins coughing and gagging, the nurse's first step is what?
Stop the feeding