Tubes, Lines, and Drains
Three things you look for when assessing a chest tube.
What is tidaling, air leak, and crepitus.
What are PAC's and PVC's.
Cardiac marker used to diagnose an MI.
What is a troponin level.
What is a daily weight.
Scale to document before and after narcotic pain medication administration.
What is the POSS scale.
The length of time (days) that intermittent IV tubing is used for.
What is 4 days.
Four or more PVC's in a row.
Lab to draw every 6 hours for heparin gtt.
What is a PTT.
The patient is fluid overloaded and on a 4-4-2 ________ _________
What is a fluid restriction.
Two things to document before administration of beta-blockers.
What is blood pressure and heart rate.
The amount (mL) of water you flush a feeding tube with before and after medication administration.
What is 30 mL.
What is Wenckebach.
Lab range that physician typically wants between 2.0-3.0.
The commonly used loop diuretic on 4RC.
What is Furosemide.
Every patient is on this type of medication for GI ulcer prophylaxis.
What is a proton pump inhibitor or H2 receptor blocker.
What are meatal cleansing wipes.
The pacemaker spike is before the p-wave.
What is atrial paced.
4RC likes to keep potassium at or above this level.
What is 4.0.
The ejection fraction considered to be heart failure.
What is less than 40%.
This SQ injection is used for DVT prophylaxis.
What is heparin.
You will check this on the computer before infusing a new IV drug with another already infusing IV drug.
What is IV compatability (in Micromedex).
You can see this on the EKG if there is a NSTEMI.
What is ST-depression.
Lab value used to diagnose fluid volume overload.
What is BNP (brain natriuretic peptide).
Due to the large amount of diuretics, these 2 labs frequently need to be repleted.
What is potassium and magnesium.
You can administer up to 3 of these every 5 minutes.
What is SL nitroglycerin.