Diabetes & Thyroid
A patient receiving this treatment for hyperthyroidism will require education to be provided on utilizing separate bathrooms from other household members.
What is radioactive iodine?
3 oz converted to mL
What is 90 mL?
Administering IV fluids is a nursing intervention for this condition.
What is hypovolemia?
When an external fetal monitor shows late decelerations on the monitor strip this indicates which condition.
What is uteroplacental insufficiency?
An intervention to prevent this from occurring in a breastfeeding mother would be feeding the baby at least 8-12 times in 24 hours and on demand.
What is breast engorgement?
A patient with this type of diabetes is at a higher risk for developing hyperglycemia due to the lack of insulin production.
What is type 1?
This is the number calculated when utilizing an IV pump or infusion device.
What is mL/hr?
An IV fluid that has a higher concentration of solutes than the surrounding cells or body fluids.
What is hypertonic fluids?
A fetus is at this station when the lowermost portion of the fetus is at the level of the ischial spines.
What is 0 station?
This is the priority action performed by the nurse for a patient that is 2 hours post delivery that is saturating perineal pads with blood within a 15 minute period.
What is assessing the uterine fundus?
A diabetic patient is having this kind of an episode when they are encouraged to eat foods that are simple carbohydrates which are high in sugar but low in fat or protein.
What is hypoglycemia?
Ordered: 125 mg of Demerol IM every 4 hrs. for pain
Available: 0.25 g per 5 mL
What is 2.5 mL?
This ordered lab contains glucose, BUN, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon dioxide, and calcium
What is a Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)?
The umbilical cord consist of these 3 things
What are two arteries and one vein?
The timeframe when a mothers breast milk will come in
What is 3 to 5 days?
Tachycardia is an expected finding for a patient experiencing this hyperthyroid condition.
What is thyroid storm?
Administer 250 mL of 0.9%NS over 3 hours using micro drip tubing.
Calculate the gravity drip rate.
What is 83 gtt/min?
A patient experiencing crackles in the lungs, edema, JVD, bounding pulse is expected with this condition.
What is hypervolemia?
This form of contraception is used when utilizing the barrier method.
What are condoms?
This is an immediate nursing action for the newborn immediately after delivery
What is drying the baby?
A patient has the following findings ketones present in urine, blood glucose 562, and HbA1c 13. This is consistent with a diabetic condition.
What is Diabetic ketoacidosis?
110 lbs converted to kg
What is 50 kg?
This lab would be ordered to assess a patient's overall health and detect any abnormalities in the blood cell count.
What is a complete blood count (CBC)?
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are sexually transmitted infections caused by this.
What is a bacterial infection?
This medication prevents the formation of Rh antibodies in mothers who are Rh negative.
What is Rho (D) immunoglobulin?