Steps in nursing process
What is Assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation?
Normal range of 135-145 (electrolyte)
What is sodium?
PERRLA
What is pupils equal round reactive to light, accommodating?
Blood pressure lower than 90/60
What is hypotension?
Which route absorbs drugs the fastest?
What is parenteral? (IV)
Nursing code of ethics
What is autonomy, non maleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity?
Normal range for WBCs
What is 4,000-10,000?
Pain assessment mnemonic
What is OLD CARTS? Onset, location, duration, characteristics, alleviation/aggravation, related, treatment, severity?
Blood glucose level greater than 100
What is hyperglycemia?
4 factors in pharmacokinetics
What is absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion?
Order of abdominal assessment
What is Inspection, auscultation, palpation?
Normal range of glucose and HGB A1C
What is 70-99 and 0-6.4?
5 Ps of neurovascular assessment?
What is pain, pulse, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis?
Urine output less than 400 mL in 24 hours or less than 0.5 mL/kg/h over 6 hours
What is oliguria?
Antidote for acetaminophen overdose
What is acetylcysteine?
10 rights of medication administration
What is Right patient, drug, dose, time, route, reason, assessment/evaluation, education, refuse, documentation?
Electrolyte: Normal range of 8.8 – 10.4 mg/dL
What is calcium?
Dyspnea, orthopnea, cough/crackles, frothy sputum, weak pulses, s3 heart sounds
What is left-sided heart failure?
Yellowing of the skin and eyes?
What is jaundice?
Signs and symptoms for a potassium level greater than 5.0?
What is cardiac changes, muscle weakness, paresthesia, Gi disturbances, flaccid paralysis, irritability?
The steps of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model in order
What is:
1.Recognize Cues
2.Analyze Cues
3.Prioritize Hypotheses
4.Generate Solutions
5.Take Action
6.Evaluate Outcomes
ABG:
pH 7.37
CO2 47 mmHg
HCO3 31 mEq/L
What is fully compensated respiratory acidosis?
(Maternity) Painless bright red bleeding, breech or transverse lie, uterus is soft and relaxed, normal FHR)
What is placenta previa?
Swelling caused by fluid accumulation
What is edema?
Which HIV medication causes the bodily fluids to turn orange?
What is Rifampin?