Diagnostic Test Safety
To make sure a patient is not allergic to contrast dye. you need to ask the patient about allergies to contrast dye and _________.
Iodine and shellfish
A patient in a cast needs neurovascular checks every _____ hours after the first 24 hours after the cast is applied
2 hours
A patient with diabetes should have an A1C maintained at what percentage or less?
6.5% or less
An amputee needs this device to cover their stump
Compression sock
What is the priority thing that a nurse needs to monitor for when a patient has a capsule endoscopy?
Ensure the patient has excreted the capsule
The nurse should stay with the patient for how many repetitions while the patient is using the continuous passive motion machine?
10 to 20 repetitions
A GFR less than ____ mL/min indicates complete renal failure
15 ml/min
A patient that just received a hip replacement needs this type of device for hip stabilization
Abductor pillow
A patient has just received a esophagogastroduodenoscopy. What signs/symptoms will the nurse assess for to determine if a perforation has occurred?
Shoulder pain and back pain that increases with movement, abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing
What are the two body positions a patient with a hip replacement cannot assume while healing?
Leg adduction
The normal range for white blood cell count should be ____ to _____ mm3
5.0 to 10.0
This type of device uses wires, tongs, or rods that penetrate the skin and subcutaneous tissue and are inserted into the bone, and these then are attached to a frame with weights
Skeletal traction
A needs to take a pre and post weight for these two procdures
Paracentesis and Thoracentesis
A patient using crutches needs to bear weight on these parts of the upper body to prevent nerve damage
Hands and wrists
The normal range for hemoglobin for males and females is ________.
Adult males: 14–18 g/dL
Adult females: 12-16 g/dL
A patient is wearing a walking boot after spraining their ankle. This device is also called a _____.
Immobilizer
A patient is receiving an arteriography test this morning. What class of medication should the nurse assess that the patient is taking?
Anticoagulants
What are 4 things a nurse must monitor for while caring for a patient in skeletal traction
- Prurulent drainage
- Increasing redness at insertion site
- Ensure weights hang freely and do not cross
-Skin breakdown beneath external traction devices
NO KETONES
This device is most likely to cause pressure points if touched when wet
Plaster cast