DELIRIUM
CHEST TUBES
Sepsis
PAIN
STROKE
100
Name one causative factor of delirium
What is Surgery/infection/dehydration/sedatives
100
What type of bleeding is present if there is bright red blood draining into a chest tube
What is Arterial Bleeding
100
One lab that is ordered upon diagnosis of sepsis
What is lactic acid/CBC/comprehensive metabolic/ PT/INR
100
This person is the most accurate judge of the intensity/quality of pain
What is the patient
100
These are the two types of strokes
What is Ischemic & Hemorrhagic
200
The two assessment methods used for delirium
What is RAS & CAM
200
One indication that would require a chest tube
What is a pneumonthorax/trauma/hemothorax/ cancer/chest surgery
200
The time frame for which lactic acid needs to be drawn after a diagnosis of severe sepsis
What is 3 hours
200
The time frame that pain needs to be reassessed after the administration of an oral medication
What is one hour
200
This is the most common type of stroke
What is Ischemic
300
The frequency that RAS & CAM need to be performed on patients
What is every 12 hours, PRN or every four hours if on sedation
300
The frequency that chest tubes should be assessed for kinks, clots or bending
What is every 2 hours or with patient position change
300
The lab work that MUST be completed prior to administering antibiotics to a sepsis patient
What is Blood Cultures
300
The way in which fentanyl patches are disposed of
What is folded and flushed down the toilet
300
The time frame when rebleeding risk is highest in a subarachnoid hemorrhage
What is the first 24 hours
400
The best RAS score to help reduce mortality and decrease patients length of stay
What is 0 to -2
400
The reason a chest tube is placed in a patient that had a thoracotomy
What is prevents build up of excess blood and fluid
400
The first choice of antibiotic to be administered in a septic patient
What is Broad Spectrum Antibiotic or Monotherapy
400
The risk of this is increased when transferring medications from one syringe to another
What is medication errors OR contamination (either or both acceptable)
400
The reason seizures occur in a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage
What is a rebleed
500
The mnemonic that is used to help determine the cause of delirium
What is THINK
500
Name of medication used to prevent malignant pleural effusions from building up
What is Talc Intraplueral
500
Name three medical professionals, one of which, must document the focused exam on a sepsis patient
What is a Dr/NP/PA
500
This is the institution that provided the survey results indicating the reasons nurses don't use carpuject
What is The Institute for Safe Medication Practices
500
The desired range for a patients blood pressure when there is an ischemic stroke present
What is 220/110
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