Parenteral/Enteral Feedings
This type of nutrition supplies nutrients via the veins.
What is parenteral nutrition?
Assessment for patient that involves turning head to either side.
What is jugular vein distension?
The process of which one is responsible for their actions and has the duty to act.
What is accountability?
This tube is inserted from the nose to the stomach.
What is a nasogastric tube?
This is a highly individualized experience. Nurses use scales to describe its characteristics.
What is pain?
This therapy is used to replace water, electrolytes, and nutrients more rapidly that oral administration.
What is IV therapy?
These respiration findings are considered to be rhythmic with periods of apnea.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
It's highly important for a facility to have the organization of a crisis medical system as well as a strategy for activation. This is known as...
What is a disaster preparedness ?
This lumen is usually used for straight catheterization to empty the client's bladder.
What is single lumen urinary catheter?
Normal body temperature ranges from..?
What is 97.5F to 99.5F?
Abruptly discontinuing parenteral nutrition can lead to what major complication?
What is hypoglycemia?
When assessing the abdomen, what is the specific order for assessment techniques?
What is inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation?
This is a written guideline and communication tool that identifies the client's pertinent assessment data, problems and nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions, and expected outcomes.
What is a nursing care plan?
Something you as a nurse should never do with a chest tube.
What is milk the chest tube?
Will the heart rate increase or decrease with age?
What is decrease?
Biggest risk for parenteral feedings.
What is erosion of the veins?
Five points of heart auscultation
What are aortic valve, pulmonic valve, Erb's point, tricuspid valve, and mitral valve?
The ABCs of priority for nursing care are
What are Airway, Breathing, and Circulation?
This tube may be used to apply pressure against bleeding esophageal veins to control the bleeding when other interventions are not effective.
What is esophageal or gastric tube?
The measurable increments on an insulin syringe
What are units?
To decrease aspiration during a tube feeding the head of bed should be
What is elevated 30-45 degrees
Assessment of these cranial nerves allows the nurse to check the patients ability to swallow.
What are cranial nerves IX and XII?
Discharge planning begins
What is when a patient is admitted to the hospital?
Placement of a nasogastric tube should be checked
what is before every use?
The 6 rights of Medication Administration
What are right patient, right dose, right drug, right time, right route, and right documentation.