Medications
What do you need to check before giving your patient a beta blocker?
Heartrate and blood pressure
What labs would you expect to see drawn on a patient with suspected sepsis?
WBC (CBC), Lactic Acid, Blood cultures
How would you treat sepsis?
Antibiotics and IV fluids
What is pneumonia and what test would we use to diagnose it?
Lung infection
Chest Xray
What is the medical term for fast breathing?
Tachypnea
What are the antidotes for Warfarin and Heparin?
Vitamin K and Protamine Sulfate
What diagnosis could you possibly anticipate for a patient with Troponin levels drawn?
MI (NSTEMI or STEMI)
Your pt has a creatinine of 6.7 and a BUN of 86, what treatment would you expect emergently?
Dialysis
Your pt comes in with dysphasia and left facial droop, what diagnosis do you expect and what test would you anticipate STAT?
CVA
Catscan
What is the medical term for an inflamed liver?
Hepatitis
What kind of medication is Lasix and what should you check before administering it? (3 labs, 1 non lab)
Loop diuretic- potassium wasting
K, Na, Creatinine & BP
What labs would you expect drawn on a patient with suspected kidney failure?
BUN and Creatinine
For a patient with ST elevation on an EKG, what treatment would you anticipate?
Cath lab STAT
Your pt is status post right total knee replacement 2 days ago, they are now complaining of right calf pain with erythema and edema, what diagnosis are you anticipating and how would we diagnose it?
Ultrasound
What is the medical term meaning difficulty swallowing?
Dysphagia
Pts BP is 95/50, HR 74, RR 18, O2 98%, Temp 97.8-- what medication would you anticipate holding? FAMOTIDINE, LASIX or VANCOMYCIN? What else should you do?
Lasix- due to low BP
Notify the MD.
What diagnosis would you think is suspected on a patient who has a BNP drawn?
CHF
Which two classes of medications would you expect to be prescribed to a patient following the diagnosis of AFIB?
Antiarrhythmic and Anticoagulant
Your pt is cool, clammy and disoriented, VS are WNL, what is your next intervention?
What is the medical term meaning excessive sweating?
Diaphoresis
For which medication do you need to ensure that a trough is drawn before giving the 4th dose and why?
Vancomycin
toxicity
What lab would you expect to see drawn on a patient with a suspected diagnosis of pulmonary embolism?
D-Dimer
Your pt has a hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia with an elevated BUN/Creatinine.. should we replace their electrolytes? why or why not?
NO bc their kidney function is decreased so they may not be able to excrete the excess and could build toxicity causing heart arrythmias.
Pt is 2 days status post cholecystectomy c/o upper abd pain, n/v and belching without passing flatus- what diagnosis would you expect and what are some interventions/orders you would receive?
Post-Op ILEUS
NPO, IV fluids, ambulation, NG tube
What is the medical term meaning removal of a kidney?
Nephrectomy