Hematology
These are types of Blood cells.
What is RBC's, WBC's, and Platelets?
The angle the needle is to be inserted in during a venipuncture
What is 15-30 degrees?
Central means
What is toward the heart?
Peripheral means
What is toward the outside?
Administering fluids, medication, nutrition, or blood products directly into the patients blood stream is called this
What is intravenous therapy?
The type of blood cells that help to fight infection is.
What is White Blood Cells?
Most common sites for venipuncture are.
What is antecubital, cephalic, basilic, and median veins?
The tip or end of all central lines end at this.
What is superior or inferior vena cava?
Discontinuing a well functioning peripheral line would require this.
What is a doctors order.?
0.9% Normal solution is a type of this solution.
What is Isotonic solution?
The type of blood cell that help with blood clotting is.
What is Platelets.?
If unable to find a vein with a tourniquet, the nurse should use these techniques.
What is blood pressure cuff, dependent position, make a fist, and place warm towel?
A central line that is inserted into the arm and threaded through the vein of the arm into the subclavian vein into the superior vena cava is.
What is PICC line or peripheral inserted central catheter?
You arrive to Mr. Smiths room and he complains that his arm with IV fluids infusing is cold, pale, swollen, and painful. These are signs of these
What is infiltration.?
This type of IV therapy contains nutrients, including amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water, through a venous access device (VAD) directly into the intravascular fluid to promote anabolism
What is parenteral nutrition?
The type of blood cells that carry oxygen is
What is Red Blood Cells.?
A risk that is associated with a venipuncture that consist of a collection of blood caused by a break in a blood vessel wall is.
What is a hematoma?
Three major complications of central line are
What are Bacteremia, Fungemia, and air embolism.
The catheter size needed for blood transfusion is.
What is 18G to 20G?
The type of solution that is contraindicated for hypotension?
What is hypotonic solution?
A blood components that make up for 55% of the of blood is.
What is plasma?
An engorged vessels that feels like hard and cord like with a pulse is called.
What is an artery?
Indications for central lines are.
What are long term infusion, nutrition, and/or medications, antibiotics, and chemotherapy?
Ms. Thomas who is a nurse comes to the nurses station while you are sitting at the front desk. The patients state "I think I have phlebitis". You know she is correct if her arm exhibits these signs and symptoms.
What are redness, swelling, pain , and warmness to the site?
During Blood Transfusion the PCT can do this.
What is to take vital signs?