Intravenous therapy
Three feet above the level of the heart.
What is the level at which fluid should be hung if administered by gravity?
Signs of this infection include fever, cough, fatigue, loss of taste and/or smell.
What is COVID-19?
Occurs when there is a blockage of blood flow to or from the heart. Common causes include pulmonary emboli and a tumor blocking blood flow.
What is obstructive shock?
A non-opioid analgesic used for pain relief with a daily safe dose of 4 Grams(4,000mg )per day, 3 Grams (3,000 mg)/day in older adults.
What is acetaminophen?
A urine or serum test that is checked before surgery on females of childbearing age to prevent embryonic and fetal exposure to anesthetics and surgical risks.
What is a pregnancy test?
A reservoir that is surgically implanted into a pocket created under the skin that can be flushed and left unused for long periods of time. They can be beneficial to patients on long-term IV medications.
What is a port?
Avoid wearing rings at work, washing hands, and wearing proper PPE.
What are the ways to prevent the spread of infection?
An intervention the nurse can take to determine if decreased urine output is caused by body function or is due to obstruction in a patient with an indwelling catheter.
What is checking the urinary catheter for patency and kinks?
Pain that prompts an inflammatory response in the body that subsides as healing takes place, usually within 6 months of injury.
What is acute pain?
A nurse intervention that is used post-op to help prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia.
What is coughing and deep breathing?
Doing this procedure on the same arm as an infusing IV can obstruct flow and damage the cannula.
What is taking a blood pressure?
These precautions require you to assume that all patients are infectious regardless of their diagnosis.
What are standard precautions?
Tachycardia, tachypnea, hypotension, restlessness, pale, cool, clammy skin, flat, nondistended jugular and peripheral veins, and decreased urinary output.
What are the signs and symptoms of hypovolemic shock?
An abnormally low WBC. It can be caused by damage to the bone marrow, infections, or certain medications. Normal WBC is 5,000-10,000
What is neutropenia?
A type of surgery that is performed for the sole purpose of alleviating symptoms and improving quality of care when the disease can not be cured.
What is palliative surgery?
Medications that, if given IV, must be infused using an electronic infusion device
What are chemotherapy, heparin, and concentrated morphine?
Washing hands after blowing nose, coughing/sneezing in tissue or elbow, disposing of used tissues in a biohazard bag, moving 6 feet away from another person when coughing or sneezing?
What are ways to prevent the spread of infection?
Diuretics, inotropics, nitrates, vasopressors.
What medications are used in cardiogenic shock?
A tumor marker that is associated with colon cancer and rectal cancer.
What is carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)?
Keep the patient calm, immobilizing the affected body part, and positioning the affected body part below the level of the heart.
What are the ways to decrease the circulation of venom throughout the patient's system when bitten by a snake?
An IV solution that provides carbohydrates and treats dehydration must be administered via a central line if the concentration exceeds 10%.
What is dextrose?
Infectious diseases that require Airborne precautions.
What is chickenpox, TB, COVID, and measles?
A treatment bundle used to guide the initiation of quick treatment and ongoing management of sepsis to increase survival.
What is the 1-Hour Bundle?
Surgery is performed for the sole purpose of increasing comfort and quality of life.
What is palliative surgery?
Moving a patient with this type of injury should only be done by trained professionals. All trauma patients should be treated as though they have this type of injury until proven otherwise.
What is spinal trauma/injury?