Your BP is High
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Your Blood is Thin
My Heart Hurts
Your Labs are Jacked
100
These drugs lower BP by suppressing the SNS?
Beta-Blockers. When are they contraindicated? 
100

A heart rate under 60 would cause you to hold this medication 

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Bonus ? What other drug does this apply to?

100
This pretty piece of jewelry lets everyone know a patient is on a blood thinner?
Medical alert bracelet 
100

These drugs work by decreasing the heart rate and contractility of the heart, thus decreasing myocardial oxygen demand?

beta-blockers


100
Patients receiving diuretics need close monitoring of this electrolyte?
K (potassium)
200
These diuretics work in the loop of henle and prevent reabsorption of sodium?
What are loop diuretics
200

What is the most common side effects of nitroglycerin 

Headache, hypotension

200
INR is used to measure this drugs therapeutic range?
What is warfarin (Coumadin). Therapeutic levels are between 2.0-3.0
200
This acronym will help you remember the priorities of care for patients experiencing angina (CP)?
What is MONA
200
Ferrous sulfate supplements can be taken orally to help treat iron deficiency anemia. What vitamin helps increase the absorption?
C - what foods have C?
300
Cough is a common side effect of these drugs?
What are ACE inhibitors
300
What type of shock would you anticipate giving albumin or colloids for and why?
Hypovolemic. Colloids are too large to cross plasma membranes and pull fluid inside the intravascular space, increasing BP.
300

You are the nurse caring for a patient with a PE who is receiving Heparin via IV gtt. What nursing assessment is priority.

Watching for sings and symptoms of bleeding. If you patient was bleeding, what would you see?

300
Palpitations, chest pain, weakness and fatigue are side effects from using these drugs and should be reported to the physician?
antidysrhythmics 
300
What is the best way to monitor the THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS of diuretics and what time of day should patients take diuretics?
Daily weights. Take in the AM.
400
What is a priority assessment when infusing colloids to increase blood volume? 
Auscultate lungs for crackles
400

Besides a bedside monitor that provides VS and heart rhythm, what piece of equipment will you need when administering dopamine (Intropin)?

IV Pump

400

Your patients INR is 6.0. What medication order do you anticipate?

Administering Vit K

400
You have administered 0.4mg Nitro SL x3 and your patient is still having CP. What is likely going on?
myocardial infarction
400

epoetin alfa (Procrit) is used to increase a patients RBC's (HGB/HCT). What vital sign needs to be assessed prior to administration?

BP

500
These drugs work by blocking calcium channels  and causing vasodilation; thus decreasing the workload of the heart.
What are calcium channel blockers. These drugs are also used for chest pain and dysrhythmias.
500
Colony-stimulating factor drugs such as filgrastim (Neupogen) increase WHAT?
neutrophil production in the bone marrow
500

Administration of this anticoagulant is given subcutaneously in the abdomen

enoxaparin (Lovenox)

500

This drug dissolves blood clots in the coronary arteries and is carefully given IV?

thromobolytics

500
Your patient has hyponatremia (serum Na+ <135). What IV solution will the provider likely order?
NS or LR - Isotonic 
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