The IV League
This medication may be given to help pull fluid into the intravascular space.
What is albumin?
Used for the absence of respiratory effort or when apnea is anticipated.
What is intubation?
This vital sign decreases as shock progresses.
What is Blood Pressure?
Omnicure consults should be placed within
What is 1 hour of admission?
glucose 550, k4.1, gap 32
What is DKA?
This medication may be utilized in a patient who is hypotensive despite aggressive fluid resuscitation.
What is norepinephrine?
Needed to verify ETT placement.
What is a Chest Xray?
Renal ischemia causes this in shock.
What is oliguria or acute kidney injury?
How long can you chart on the same "Period of Instability?"
What is 4 hours?
glucose 800, gap 15, k4.1, osmolarity 350
What is hyperosmolar hyperglycemia state? HHS
This medication is used to treat torsade.
What is magnesium?
Fi02, PEEP, Pressure Support, Respiratory rate and Tidal volume
What are ventilator settings?
These would indicate a decrease in cardiac output. (list at least three)
What is decreased urine output, changes in LOC, poor peripheral perfusion, etc.?
Name 4 key components of charting a Period of Instability?
What is:time of event starting or initiation of titration, name of medication being titrated, starting rate and ending rate of each medicaiton being titrated during the period of instability, max dose of each medication achieved, time of completion of event, physilogical parameters are being monitored to determine the administration of titratable medications.
a patient who has been in intensive care for 4 days has disturbed sensory perception from sleep deprivation. What should the nurse include in the plan of care?
Cluster Nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods.
This is indicated for a patient with a pulmonary embolism.
What is heparin, coumadin, lovenox or even fibrolytics?
This is a condition that could cause high peak pressures with high pressure alarms.
What is bronchoconstriction, tube kinking or plugging, or patient biting ETT?
Stridor, tongue swelling, tachycardia, decreasing Map, diminishing airway.
What is anaphylactic shock? or can take angioedema?
How often should you log into omnicure?
What is EVERY SHIFT?
meds and scale used in management of ETOH withdrawal?
What is ativan, precedex and CIWA scale?
this medication may be given in a patient with the following hemodynamics pressures: UOP 20ml in last 2 hours, CVP12, PAWP 14
What is furosemide, bumetanide, torsemide, etc. (diuretic)
tachycardia, MAP <65, pale weak pulse, hgb 6.5
What is hypovolemic shock?
What finding by a nurse caring for a patient with a right radial arterial line indicates a need for the nurse to take immediate action?
What is sudden temperature change in the right hand that differs from the left hand?