Cardiac
The nurse notes this form of invasive monitoring to give accurate real time blood pressure readings.
What is an arterial line?
The colometric Co2 detector turns this color when ETT placement is confirmed.
What is gold?
The nurse would be concerned with urine output less than this.
What is 0.5ml/kg/hr?
The nurse would trend this lab value when admitting a patient for sepsis.
What is lactic acid?
The nurse expects to monitor MENDs this frequently when caring for a patient post stroke.
What is every hour?
The nurse should perform this task every morning to help determine the patient's fluid status.
What is obtain a daily weight?
These are contraindications to BiPAP use.
What is inability to maintain his/her airway, recent esophageal surgery, restraints, and inability to clear secretions?
The nurse expects to monitor these lab values when caring for a patient with DKA.
What is bicarb, anion gap, potassium, and blood glucose?
The nurse would question this class of medication if their patient was on vasopressor support.
What is antihypertensives?
The nurse notes this heart rhythm to put their patient at increased risk for stroke.
What is atrial fibrillation?
When caring for a patient with symptomatic complete heart block, the nurse would expect their patient to undergo this procedure.
What is placement of a cardiac pacemaker?
The nurse would interpret the following ABG findings as
pH - 7.2
pO2 - 58
pCO2 - 55
HCO3 - 32
What is uncompensated respiratory acidosis?
Your patients potassium is 6.5 You expect MD to order which medications?..
IV insulin & D 50
Kayexalate
Albuterol
Calcium gluconate
Dialysis
Sepsis is which type of shock
Distributive
The nurse notes that Cushings triad indicates this event
What is herniation?
The nurse notes this to be a sign of cardiac tamponade.
What is decreased systolic pressure, pulsus paradoxus, and distended neck veins?
The nurse knows that the provider may ask him/her to calculate this when determining their lung function.
What is P/F ratio?
When on DKA protocol the nurse would expect to use this maintenace fluid when blood glucose is less than 250.
What is D10LR?
When checking the order for a vasopressor, the nurse expects to find these parameters.
What is starting dose, titration increment, titration interval, and goal?
The nurse knows infusing this medication helps with cerebral edema.
What is mannitol or 3% Sodium Chloride?
When in systolic heart failure this chamber of the heart does not contract properly.
What is the left ventricle?
Prior to SAT the patient's sedation was as follows:
Propfol - 40 mcg/kg/min
Fentanyl - 75 mcg/hr
After failing SAT the nurse restarts sedation at these rates.
What is propofol at 20mcg/kg/min and fentanyl at 37.5mcg/hr
The nurse would expect to see this medication ordered for their patient who was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus.
What is DDAVP or vasopressin?
This medication is used as first line treatment for Hypotension in Septic patients
Levophed, Fluids
The nurse would use this tool to measure a patient's ICP.
What is EVD/Becker Drain?