Fluid & Electrolytes
This type of IV fluid is recommended for FVD
What two diagnostics are used to identify pyelonephritis?
What is UA and CBC?
Post op TURP priority
Patient complains of feeling tired all the time and has noticed they've lost a lot of weight recently. Labs showed increased potassium, decreased blood gluocse, and decreased sodium
What is Addison's?
Flank pain and hematuria are seen in
What is kidney stones?
This medication is used in severe cases of FVE
What is Furosemide?
Gold standard for diagnosing GERD
Priority for a patient experiencing a asthma exacerbation
Maintain O2 >95%
Patient complains of pain that increases in intensity and muscle spasms. Upon assessment, the nurses notices the affected limb is shorter, swollen, and has crepitus
What is Fracture?
Patient complains of difficulty urinating, flank pain, nausea, and a fever.
What is pyelonephritis?
Patient presents to ED with decreased RR, lethargy, and muscle weakness. ECG shows U-waves.
What is hypokalemia?
Diagnostics for suspected peritonitis (3 things)
What is peritoneal aspiration, CBC, and xray?
A patient is recovering from a thyroidectomy. How should the nurse position the patient and what should they tell the patient about neck movement?
What is Semi-Fowlers and what is dont hyperextend the neck?
Patient presents with central obesity and HTN. Labs show high cortisol and high blood glucose
What is Cushing's
Patient presents with periumbilical pain that shifts to the RLQ, positive rosving, and N/V
What is appendicitis?
In FVD, these lab findings tend to trend up
What is Hct, BUN, and Urine specific gravity?
A patient with suspected bacterial meningitis had a LP to check their CSF. what should the nurse expect to see on the results
What is cloudy, elevated protein, and decreased glucose?
A patient is taking Furosemide for HF, and informs the nurse they have been experiencing ringing in the ears. What is the cause and what is the nurses priority?
What is ototoxicity? STOP the med and call the provider
Patient presents shaky, sweaty, dizzy, and weak with complaint of blurry vision and a headache
What is hyperglycemia?
Patient complains of severe headache, neck stiffness, and sensitivty to light
What is meningitis?
A patient recently diagnosed with Cushing's is admitted to the ED with edema, dyspnea, a fast HR, and a bounding pulse. The nurse anticipates a diagnosis of
What is Fluid Volume Excess?
What 5 diagnostics results are expected for a patient with suspected Addison's
What is decreased AM cortisol, decreased BG, decreased sodium, increased potassium, and increased ACTH?
A patient with COPD is experiencing dyspnea and needs O2. What amount of O2 and what mask will the nurse use?
Patient presents with a dry cough that progresses to frothy, blood tinged sputum. The nurse hears crackles in the lungs and a s3 in the heart
What is Left-sided heart failure?
Patient presents with bulging eyes, weight loss, and heat intolerance. Upon ausculation, the nurse hears bruit/thrill
What is hyperthyroidism?