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Before administering any medication, the nurse must verify these safety checks to ensure the medication is given correctly.
What are the 6 Rights of Medication Administration?
An adult respiratory rate of 8 breaths/min is classified as this abnormal finding.
What is bradypnea?
This electrolyte has a normal serum range of 3.5-5.0 mEq/L.
What is potassium?
This is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
This phase of wound healing begins immediately after injury and is characterized by redness, warmth, swelling, and increased blood flow.
What is the inflammatory phase?
A patient receiving this medication should have their blood glucose monitored because it can cause hypoglycemia.
What is insulin?
A drop in systolic blood pressure of at least 20 mmHg or diastolic of at least 10 mmHg within 3 minutes of standing up.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
A sodium level of 125 mEq/L is known as this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hyponatremia?
A patient with influenza is admitted to the medical unit. What type of isolation precautions are required?
What are Droplet Precautions?
Thich, black, or brown leathery dead tissue that must often be removed for healing to progress?
What is eschar?
What medication is given to reverse opioid overdose?
What is naloxone (Narcan)?
The specific anatomical location over the apex of the heart where a nurse listens with a stethoscope for 1 full minute.
What is the apical pulse?
A patient with sodium level of 125 mEq/L is at increased risk for this serious neurological complication.
What are seizures?
A nurse enters the room of a patient with suspected tuberculosis. Before entering, the nurse must wear this type of mask.
What is a N95 respirator?
What is dehiscence?
A patient taking this medication must report unusual bruising, bleeding, or black tarry stools.
What are anticoagulants? (Blood thinners)
A blood pressure of 138/87 mmHg is considered what stage of hypertension?
What is Stage 1 hypertension?
A patient with vomiting and diarrhea is most at risk for this fluid imbalance.
What is fluid volume deficit (hypovolemia)?
This life-threatening condition should be suspected in a patient with a temperature of 102.8F, heart rate of 128bpm, respiratory rate of 30, blood pressure of 88/54, and altered mental status.
What is septic shock?
Full-thickness skin loss where adipose (fat) tissue is visible, but muscle, tendon, and bone are not exposed.
What is Stage 3 pressure injury?
These drugs should be held if the patient's apical pulse is below 60 beats/ min.
What are beta blockers?
In older adults, this may be one of the earliest signs of hypoxia, even before shortness of breath develops.
This IV solution is considered isotonic and is commonly used for fluid resuscitation.
What is 0.9 Normal Saline?
This multidrug-resistant organism requires Contact Precautions and is commonly associated with healthcare-associated wound infections.
What is MRSA? (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
A patient has a pressure injury completely covered by thick black eschar on the heel. What stage should the nurse document?
What is Unstageable?