Emergency Medications
This medication is used for torsades de pointes and severe hypomagnesemia, and must be monitored for hypotension and bradycardia
What is magnesium sulfate?
This nursing assessment tool is used to monitor the severity of alcohol withdrawal.
What is CIWA?
A provider orders Tylenol 650 mg PO. The label reads 325 mg/tablet. How many tablets will you give?
What is 2 tablets
While assessing a patient's neurological state you ask them about what?
What is person, place, time, and situation?
Your post-op patient is confused, has bounding pulses, and crackles in the lungs. What fluid imbalance is most likely?
What is Fluid Volume excess
This calcium channel blocker is given to slow the ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation.
What is diltiazem?
This life-threatening complication of alcohol withdrawal may cause hallucinations, agitation, and seizures.
What is Delirium Tremens (DTs)
Your patient is to receive 2 mg of lorazepam IV. The vial is labeled 4 mg/mL. How many mL will you administer?
What is 0.5
When auscultating the lungs, you listen to this many lobes.
What is five lobes (3 right, 2 left)?
Chvostek’s and Trousseau’s signs indicate this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hypocalcemia?
This emergency drug slows conduction through the AV node and is used to treat stable supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).
What is adenosine?
This class of medications is the first-line treatment for alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
What are benzodiazepines?
A child weighs 55 lbs. The provider orders 15 mg/kg of a medication. How many mg will you administer?
what is 375mg
Capillary refill should be less than this many seconds.
What is 3 seconds?
A patient with hypernatremia may show these neurological symptoms.
What are confusion, irritability, or seizures?
This drug improves cardiac output in shock by increasing heart rate and contractility; at low doses, it can also increase renal perfusion.
What is dopamine?
This vitamin is given to prevent Wernicke’s encephalopathy in alcohol-dependent patients.
What is Thiamine (Vitamin B1)?
A medication is ordered to infuse at 75 mL/hr. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 19 gtt/min?
Name two signs of poor circulation found during a peripheral vascular assessment.
What are cyanosis and weak/absent pulses?
Which electrolyte imbalance causes muscle weakness, decreased deep tendon reflexes, and can lead to respiratory arrest if severe?
What is hypermagnesemia?
This vasopressor is often titrated in the ICU to maintain blood pressure in hypotensive patients and must be given via central line to prevent extravasation.
What is norepinephrine (Levophed)?
A patient in withdrawal becomes increasingly confused, has visual hallucinations, a HR of 130, and tremors. What is your priority action?
What is administer prescribed benzodiazepine and ensure safety?
A patient is ordered dopamine at 5 mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 70 kg. The concentration is 400 mg in 250 mL D5W. At what rate in mL/hr should you set the pump?
What is 13.1 mL/hr?
During abdominal assessment, this is the correct order of techniques.
What is inspect, auscultate, percuss, palpate?
Which acid-base imbalance is commonly seen with severe vomiting, and what electrolyte is often lost?
What is metabolic alkalosis and potassium?