Respiratory general
Umbrella term characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation
What is COPD
This is used to assess patient oxygen saturation is various setting.
What is pulse oximeter
Blood built up in the plural space is called what
Hemothorax
What can the nurse delegate to a CNA
Vitals, feeding assistance, blood sugar checks
Name risk factors for dehydration (3 of them)
Age, prolonged diarrhea, malnutrition
A child comes into the hospital with a nose bleed, what is the medical term for this
What is epistaxis
This is used to assess patients airway for constriction, instruct them to do it 3 times and stick with the highest number.
Peak flow meter
You hear a high-pressure alarm on the ventilator, this indicates what
Blockage
A patient hbg comes back at 8.3, what is the nurse going to do?
Monitor for bleeding, fall precautions, monitor saturation
What is the best indication of fluid status
Weight
Defined as apneic episodes by repetitive upper airway obstruction
What is osa
This is used to visualize the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
What bronchoscopy
You notice intermittent bubbling in the water suction chamber, what should the nurse do?
What is chart as an expected finding
What is a part of seizure precautions
Padded side rails, yankauer, oxygen
A patient expresses he drinks an average of 12 beers a day, what is an expected electrolyte imbalance for this patient
S/S: extreme agitation, air hunger, unequal chest expansion, absent breath sounds, and tracheal deviation
What is tension pneumothorax
What position do you want the patient for a thoracentsis
What is high fowlers with arms on bedside table
Intervention for COPD patients (List 4)
High fowlers, pursed lip breathing, IS, tripoding, increased fluids, ect
The nurse notices no tidaling is the chest tube, what should they do first
Check for kinks or obstructions is the line
The patients potassium results come in at 5.6, what is the nurse to do next?
Notify MD
A patient is disgnosised with TB, what medications should the nurse expect to be ordered?
INH, EMB, RIF, and PZA
An induration or >15 mm means what
+ TB result for a low risk individual
A chest tube gets pulled out, what do you do first
Occlusive dressing taped on 3 sides
Interventions for TB
Negative pressure room, hand hygiene, N95
What is an example of a hypersonic solution
3%NS or 10% dextrose in NS