Come On, Man!
(AKA, Doh!)
(AKA, Doh!)
When a client hasn't been able to eat or drink anything for days, the concept most likely affected and least likely to be understood by family as most important
Heparin drip for a DVT with a sub-therapeutic aPTT?
Do this with the rate _____________
Look for this with your eyes ______________
Feel for this with your fingers _____________
What are increase it, abnormal bleeding, and assess peripheral pulses?
Early signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia (at least 3)
What are hunger, diaphoresis, irritability, confusion, tachycardia, and dizziness?
The diuretics that 1) leave potassium alone, 2) run potassium off, and 3) ask potassium to hang around
What are thiazides, loops, and spironolactone?
A medical term for when your patient says "I can't understand you" even though you know you said it clearly
What is aphasia?
What to do with universal answers on nursing school questions, literally almost every time unless we are talking about pushing potassium
What is rule them out?
To give or not to give:
Ordered: 50mg ceftriaxone q8hrs
Patient weighs 23.1 lbs
Suggested dose: 15-30 mg/kg/day
What is no, since
total dose ordered is 150mg and
minimum suggested dose is 157.5
for a 10.5kg child (23.1/2.2)?
Three reasons to stop that mag drip for Lady Sybil
What are absent DTR's, decreased RR, decreased LOC, hypotension, and cardiac dysrhythmias?
The reye-son we don't give aspirin to pediatric patients anymore
What is Reye's syndrome?
Too much placque in your femoral arteries gets you this when you walk, or run, or jump
What is intermittent claudication?
What is green!
If a client lost 5.5 lbs, the number of milliliters he left in the urinal
What is 2500?
5.5/2.2=2.5*1000
When you've done a procedure on someone under contact precautions, do this ____________ with your gown and this ____________ with your hands afterwards
What are 1) place it in the trash in the room and 2) wash them with soap and water?
PCA teaching points (name at least two)
What are only the patient uses it, don't wait until it's too late, and communicate honestly about your pain levels?
High and dry versus low and wet, acronymically, and the electrolyte that goes with them
What is DI versus SIADH and Na?
The most important "numbers" in alcohol withdrawal
What are the client's vital signs?
Three things that the DASH dieter needs to eat less of, in general
What are sodium, sugar, and bad fats?
After your COPD'er gets his triple duo-neb treatment and his heart rate is 134 but he is otherwise stable, interventions you expect to be next (at least two)
What are apply oxygen, EKG and place on monitor, insert IV and give IV steroids?
Too much di-lala, dilly-lah, duh-loo-la, Norco, or heroi-nina can get you a shot of this, in the nose, the arm, or the IV
What is naloxone?
The first thing you need to know when your client isn't doing what they are supposed to, regardless of what "what" is, specifically
What is the cause of the noncompliance?
The best response to a conversation that starts out with "I've got concerns..."
What is "tell me what they are?"
Calcium and magnesium numbers you might expect for someone who is Chvostek-ing or acting like Inspector Trousseau
What are <9.0mg/dl and <1.3mg/dl?
If Grandpa ate three rolls of TUMS thinking they were Sweeties, three things he might be feeling
What are cramps, tetany, confusion, weakness, NVD, and tachycardia?
What is DAPT?
Dual antiplatelet therapy
When a child is velcroed to their mother as she tries to leave, clinically
What is separation anxiety?