Gtt it like it's Hot
This drug is also known as Phenylephrine
What is Neo-Synephrine
This is measurement is used to determine the degree of neuromuscular blockade.
Train of Four
This drug is also known as Norepinephrine
Levophed
It takes this many NURSES to insert a foley?
What is 2.... This can NOT be a tech... it CAN be a Level 2 student nurse/ extern
This drug is also known as Dexmedetomindine and should be turned off during an SAT (unless ordered otherwise)
What is Precedex?
This drug is used along with Levophed and is NOT titratable.
What is Vasopressin
The nurse is given orders for etomidate and rocuronium prior to intubation. The nurse gives this medication first
What is Etomidate?
How frequently can you titrate Levo, Epi, Neo, Dopamine.
Oliguria is defined as abnormally low urinary output.
How much is to "low"
What is less than 0.5ml/kg/hr
This drug can be in titrated based on CPOT or RASS goal
What is Fentanyl
Your patients potassium is 6.5. You call MD expect to which medication(s) to be ordered
What is Insulin & D50
What is Kayexalate
What is orders for Dialysis
What is Albuterol
What is Calcium Gluconate
When on a neuromuscular blocker drip this drug can NOT be titrated!
What is Fentanyl
This drug has ONLY alpha effects causing vasoconstriction
Neosynephrine (Phenylephrine)
(used when someone is tachycardic on Levo)
Your patient is coding the nurses knows to do what with your vasopressor infusions?
What is titrates down
This is the titration increment for Levophed and Epineprhrine
What is 0.01 - 0.1 mcg/kg/min
This drug causes falsely high BIS Scores
What is Ketamine?
The patient is on escalating doses of pressors and just received an order for vasopressin. What line(s) might the nurse advocate for
Arterial Line
Central Line
Your patient has an allergy to Iodine, so the nurse knows to use this product to clean with instead prior to insertion?
What is (soap and water) (foley care wipes)
Propofol is running at 50
Precedex is running at 0.7
Fentanyl is running at 125
PRIOR to an SAT. Patient has failed their SAT and sedation medications are being restarted at:
Propofol at 25
Precedex at 0.35
Fentanyl at 62.5
This medication can be given subcutaneously around the extravasation site of Levophed
What is Phentolamine
The nurse is assessing a patient on Nimbex and finds the train of four to be 0/4 and does this
What is re assess and pause nimbex
The patient is on Norepinephrine single strength: because of low urinary output along with increasing doses the nurses asks pharmacy to order quad strength. The nurse stops the ___ mg/250 ml bag and starts the ___mg/250ml bag.
What is 4 mg and 16 mg
The nurses is weighing their patient and notices a 2kg increase and suspects that the patient has retained how much fluid
What is 2 liters
(1 liter= 1kg)
(1kg= 2.2 lbs)
This drug would need to be discontinued if a patient's lipids had drastically increased to 400-500.
What is Propofol?