Labs
A patient has a BNP of 782, what organ is this an issue for?
What is the heart?
Reference range for sodium.
What is 135-145.
What vital sign changes occur with sepsis?
Hypotension
Tachycardia
Temperature >101
Tachypnea
What is the single most important thing nurses can do to prevent infection?
What is handwashing?
Administration of nutrients directly into the blood stream.
What is parental nutrition?
Lab used to monitor tissue oxygenation, often used to detect possible sepsis.
What is lactate?
Reference range for this lab is 3.5-5.
What is potassium?
Which oral disorder appears as yellow or white spots on the oral mucosa that are not possible to scrape off without bleeding?
A) Herpes Simplex
B) Candidiasis
C) Alphtous ulcers
D) Leukoplakia
What is candidiasis?
What should a normal ejection fraction be > than?
55-60%
An infection that develops from multiple antibiotics being used.
What is C-diff.
A chemical waste product that is produced by your muscle metabolism and filtered out of the body through the urine.
What is creatinine?
When giving Lovenox, what should platelets be > than?
What is 150?
Which disease decreases the metabolic rate?
What is hypothyroidism?
What should a mean arterial pressure be > than?
What is 65?
What type of precautions should be initiated for a patient with active diarrhea.
What are enteric precautions?
A decreased level of this lab is known to cause seizures.
What is sodium?
Reference range for magnesium?
What is 1.5-2 mEq/L.
Common symptoms of this diagnosis include heat intolerance, insomnia, increased appetite, and palpitations.
What is hyperthyroidism.
Type of heart failure that backs-up in the area that collects "used" blood.
What is right sided heart failure?
The hormone that regulates fluid balance.
What is antidiuretic hormone?
Small blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding.
What are platelets.
A patient has a GFR of 60ml/min. The nurse recognizes this to be a consideration for the failure of what organ?
What is kidney failure?
What does the CURB-65 scale stand for? (used to determine severity of pneumonia)
C- confusion
U- BUN >20
R- RR >30
B- SBP <90 mm or DBP <60
65- age >65
When should a system leak be suspected with a chest tube?
When bubbling is continuous
The three layers of the heart.
The endocardium, the myocardium, and the pericardium.