Medications
What is Dantrolene?
Name the electrolyte that is a major contributor for cardiac conduction
What is potassium?
The normal range for an adult blood pressure reading?
Less than 120/80
The nurse understands that NBMAs do this to a patient
What is paralyze the skeletal muscles?
Drains commonly get adhered to this postoperatively.
What is the patient's gown?
What two medications are frequently used together by the RN to administer conscious sedation?
What is Fentanyl and Versed?
What electrolyte imbalance produces tetany
What is hypocalcemia?
JVD and peripheral edema is associated with this type of heart failure
What is right sided?
This type of anesthetic causes decreased sensation to a certain area
What is a nerve block or regional block?
A common first sign of infection in elderly.
What is decreased LOC?
List three IV opiate medications commonly used in surgery and PACU.
What are Fentanyl, Dilaudid, and Morphine?
Name the normal lab value for albumin
What is 3.5-5.5g/dL?
The nurse notices the patient laying supine on the bed. Upon assessment, the nurse auscultates crackles in the lung fields and JVD. The nurse would perform this intervention first
What is elevate the head of the bed?
The nurse assess a patient intra operatively and notices these symptoms: hypercarbia, tachypnea, tachycardia, premature ventricular contractions, and muscle rigidity. The patient is experiencing this
What is malignant hyperthermia?
What is it called when a patient holds a pillow tightly against a chest or abdominal incision when coughing or deep breathing?
What is splinting?
Name the medication and dosage used for opiate overdose
What is Naloxone dose 0.2-2mg
State the lab value that would indicate hypernatremia?
What is greater than 145 mEq/L?
The nurse evaluates a pre op patients lab work and notices a HGB level of 7.1 and a potassium level of 3.2, the nurse will intervene with this lab first
This syndrome can occur if a local anesthetic is injected into a vessel
What is LAST (local anesthetic systemic toxicity) syndrome?
The edges of a surgical wound have begun to separate.
What is dehiscence?
This dissociative anesthetic medication can cause an increase in confusion and delirium.
Hypomagnesemia refers to a lab level less than this number
What is less than 1.7 mg/dL?
The nurse understands that this protein is essential for wound healing, and low levels can interfere with wound healing
What is albumin?
This drug antagonizes acetylcholine (ACh) receptors at neuromuscular junctions
What is Vecuronium?
The edges of the wound have started to separate, and bowel is protruding through the wound.
What is evisceration?