Tracheostomies
The minimum amount of time a patient should be allowed to recover between passes when suctioning.
What is 30 seconds?
This gauge of intravenous catheter is recommended for use with contrast and surgery.
What is 20g
The amount of water used to flush a feeding tube before administration of feedings/medications.
What is 30mL?
This placement/type of ostomy will result in all liquid stools within the ostomy bag.
What is an ileostomy?
The position a patient is in during the nasogastric tube insertion.
What is upright in the high Fowler's position?
The amount of time it should take to suction a patient each time the catheter is inserted into the tracheostomy site.
What is 10-15 seconds?
A catheter that is 3 to 8 inches in length, and is used for patients that are obese, hard sticks, or have had multiple IVs.
What is a midline catheter
Before beginning an enteral feeding or medications the head of the bed should be at this angle to prevent aspiration.
What is 30 degrees?
Always used to protect the skin from adhesive and stool when applying an ostomy pouch.
What is skin prep/skin protectant barrier?
The measurement used to determine how far a nasogastric tube is inserted.
What is from the tip of the nose to the earlobe, earlobe to the xyphoid process?
This is the amount of pressure that the vacuum system should be set to when suctioning a tracheostomy.
What is 80 to 120 mmHg?
A patient requires a daily CHG bath to decrease risk of infection when this line is in place.
What is a central line
This form of a medication is preferred when being administered through an enteral tube.
What is a liquid?
The colostomy that is situated toward the middle of the abdomen.
What is a transverse colostomy?
The diagnostic test used to determine accurate placement of the nasogastric tube after insertion.
What is xray/KUB?
This is kept at the head of the bed for emergencies, in case of accidental decannulation.
What is an obturator?
This complication of intravenous therapy causes pain, erythema, swelling, tenderness, and damage to surrounding tissues.
What is extravasation?
The enteral tube that should not be used for medication administration, unless specifically ordered for this route.
What is the J-tube (Jejunum tube)?
An ostomy pouch should be emptied when this level of fullness is reached.
What is 1/3 to 1/2 full?
Nasogastric suctioning can remove this electrolyte causing weakness, fatigue, muscle cramps, and arrhythmias if too low.
What is potassium?
This condition may cause tracheal deviation from pressure/air buildup within the chest cavity.
What is a pneumothorax?
This is the amount of normal saline that should be flushed into a central line after drawing blood from the port.
What is 20 mL?
The type of nutrition that requires blood sugars to be checked every four hours, even if the patient is not diabetic.
What is TPN (total parenteral nutrition)?
This type of diet is recommended for patients to progress to after ostomy surgery, due to bowel swelling. (End goal)
What is low residue/low fiber?
Nasogastric suctioning can lead to this condition, which is diagnosed by drawing arterial blood gases (ABGs).
What is metabolic alkalosis?