This tunneled catheter and drainage system is used for the intermittent long-term drainage of symptomatic, recurrent pleural effusions, including malignant effusions.
What is the Pleurx?
100
The most common cause of PREVENTABLE hospital death:
What is Pulmonary Embolism?
100
The length of time someone should stay on chemotherapy precautions:
What is for 48 hours following the last dose of chemotherapy administered?
100
This Epinephrine is given IM (intramuscularly)
What is an EpiPen?
100
20 mL of normal saline is recommended when flushing this Vascular Access Device (VAD) after blood sampling.
What is a Saline-Only PICC?
200
If a patient's large bore chest tube becomes disconnected, submerging the tube in 2 inches of water creates an artificial ___________
What is a water seal?
200
This is not considered to be adequate VTE prophylaxis for at risk patients:
What is ambulation?
200
Your patient should ideally eat within 15 minutes of receiving this type of insulin injection:
What is Humalog?
200
Your [non-peri-op] patient who is prescribed CPAP but refusing to wear the device requires this type of monitoring:
What is VS q 4 hours (including O2 sat checks) and telemetry?
200
This is the maximum weight limit when performing patient handling tasks
What is 35lbs?
300
This is the maximum amount that should be removed from a tunneled pleural catheter (Pleurx) in one sitting.
What is 1 liter?
300
These both are considered mechanical prophylaxis for VTE:
What are pneumoboots and TEDs?
300
Regardless of the administration route, a consent is required before administering this class of drug.
What are anti-neoplastic drugs (chemotherapy agents)?
300
Your patient who had a STEMI yesterday requires this type of tele monitoring:
What is Class I Telemetry Monitoring?
300
This antimicrobial device is added to the One Link on all VADs to prevent infections.
What is a Curos Cap?
400
Before performing a clamping trial for a patient with a chest tube, an order for this type of monitoring must be obtained.
What is continuous 02 sat monitoring?
400
The timeframe that is safe for pneumoboots to be off at one time.
What is 30 minutes?
400
Your patient, who is on telemetry, has a K+ of 2.9 from this mornings labs and is ordered to receive 40meq of Potassium Chloride (KCL) IV through their central line. The maximum rate this dose can be delivered:
What is 20meq/hr? (The total infusion will be administered over 2 hours)
400
These two rhythms should be defibrillated in under two minutes after establishing the patient is unresponsive and pulseless:
What are ventricular fibrillation (vfib) & ventricular tachycardia (vtach)
400
This can be described as a purple or maroon localized area of discolored intact skin or blood-filled blister due to damage of underlying soft tissue from pressure and/or shear:
What is a Deep Tissue Injury?
500
These four items should be kept at the bedside of a patient with a large bore chest tube in case of an emergency:
What are a hemostat/kelly clamp, vaseline gauze, a sterile 4 x 8 gauze, and a bottle of sterile water?
500
Holding pharmacologic prophylaxis for patient refusal requires you to:
What is document and notify the LIP?
500
Your patient has been receiving benzodiazepines and has become very lethargic; you predict that they will be ordered for ________ to reverse the effects of the benzos.
What is Flumazenil (Romazicon)?
500
Why you should not silence a low O2 sat alarm at the central without checking on the patient:
What is: the low O2 saturation alarm will not re-alarm if the condition persists and the patient’s saturation does not go back above the low level alarm parameter?
500
Three interventions that should be in place for your Special Stream (High risk to fall) patient:
What are:
1. Bed alarm
2. Chair alarm
3. Stay within arm’s reach of patient while using the toilet or commode