Drips and Medications
The only type of insulin that can be given IV
What is regular insulin?
Your patient has been sick for many days and the family begins asking you about withdraw of support and organ donation. You....
What is call LifeNet Health?
Name 2 interventions nurses can do to prevent Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP)
What are head of bed at least 30 degrees (unless contraindicated) and every 2-4 hour mouth care?
Oh no! Your patient has become disconnected from the ventilator at the ETT tube connection. Your next step is to....
What is re-connect the ventilator tubing and ensure oxygen saturation recovers?
The treatment for symptomatic tachycardia in a patient with B/P of 75/30
What is synchronized cardioversion?
This medication is the first choice vasopressor in septic patients
What is norepinephrine (Levophed)?
During your initial assessment, you find your patient has tracheal deviation. This is caused by....
What is a tension pneumothorax?
The #1 way to prevent hospital acquired infections.
What is hand hygiene?
Your patient's arterial line suddenly goes flat. The first thing you do is....
What is check patient for a pulse and then assess arterial line site for signs of disconnection?
The two type of arrhythmias that must be defibrillated
What are ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation?
The goal INR for a patient on Coumadin who has a history of chronic atrial fibrillation
What is 2-3?
Upon completion of fluid resuscitation, your patient has shortness of breath and decreased O2 saturations. The lung sounds you anticipate are...
What are crackles?
A patient with a central venous catheter must have a CHG bath at least every....
What is 24 hours?
Your patient has 0/4 twitches on the train of four (TOF) at their baseline of 5 mAs. You should...
What is decrease the paralytic per the order and re-check a TOF every 10-15 minutes until goal is achieved?
The dose and frequency of Atropine given to a symptomatic bradycardia patient
What is 0.5 of Atropine every 3-5 minutes x6 doses or 3 mg max?
Name 3 common paralytics used during RSI.
What are succinylcholine, rocuronium, and vecuronium?
Your CHF patient comes in with complaints of blurred or yellow vision, hyperkalemia, dysrhythmias. You anticipate what medication order...
What is digibind for digoxin toxicity?
The components of iTRACE
What are illuminate, touch/trace, review, act, clarify/correct, and expect?
Upon assessment, post-op CABG patient has muffled heart tones, hypotension with narrowed pulse pressure, positive JVD and increased CVP. The intervention you anticipate for this patient is....
What is pericardiocentesis d/t cardiac tamponade?
The two pieces of equipment needed to transcutaneously pace a symptomatic bradycardic patient
What are defibrillator pads and leads?
You admit a patient with a potassium level of 7.7. The medication orders you anticipate in what order of delivery are....
What are calcium (gluconate/chloride), albuterol, sodium bicarbonate, dextrose (d50), insulin (regular) and kayexalate?
Your ETOH withdraw patient who presented to the ICU for DT management suddenly starts vomiting bright red blood. You anticipate a bleed from what area and what treatment do you anticipate...
What is esophageal varices and what is an EGD?
This is how often Propofol IV tubing must be changed
What is every 12 hours?
The three components of Cushing's Triad
Widening pulse pressures, bradycardia, and irregular respirations?
The IV medications given for bradycardia
What is Dopamine and Epineprhine?