Neuro
This drug acts by reducing the volume of brain and extracellular fluid.
What is Mannitol?
This is the most consistent measure of an AKI's fluid volume status.
What are daily weights?
The nurse prioritizes these assessments on a patient admitted for liver failure.
What are daily weights and abdominal girth?
The nurse anticipates that a patient with decreased EPO production would show a marked decrease in the following labs:
What are H&H (Hemoglobin and Hematocrit)?
This crystalloid fluid is most commonly used in patients with acute hypovolemic shock.
What is LR?
In a patient with a significantly reduced LOC, this assessment and intervention takes priority
What is airway?
These two lab findings will be significantly increased in a patient with kidney injury.
What are BUN and Creatinine?
The ED nurse is assessing a patient who present with acute esophageal bleeding. The nurse anticipates orders for these two infusions:
What are volume expanders (albumin, blood, etc), and octreotide?
This is the antidote for warfarin overdose.
What is Vitamin K?
The nurse is caring for a patient in hypovolemic shock secondary to cirrhosis of the liver. The nurse understands that this type of shock results from shifting of fluid into the abdominal cavity. This is called:
This is the most effective bed positioning for a patient with increased ICP.
What is 30-45 degrees or Semi-Fowlers?
A patient with a GFR 94 mL/min, BUN 20 mg/dL, potassium 4.2 mEq/L, and creatinine 1.1 mg/dL has 24 hour UO of 1750mL. This patient is in this stage of AKI:
What is the recovery stage?
The nurse expects to assessment jaundice in any patient with a total bilirubin above this number.
What is 2.0 mg/dL?
This lab finding indicates the presence of acute sickle cell crisis.
What is an increased reticulocyte count?
The nurse understands that the purpose of a vasoactive medication in the treatment of shock is to:
What is increase the MAP (mean arterial pressure)?
In a patient with a brain bleed, patient outcome and maintaining brain function is dependent on these two goals of care.
What is decreasing ICP and improving cerebral perfusion?
This is the most common complication of traditional hemodialysis.
What is extreme hypotension?
Morning labs reveal extreme hypocalcemia in a patient who is post-op thyroidectomy. The nurse knows this is likely due to this phenomenon.
What is incidental removal of a portion of the parathyroid gland during surgery?
A nurse is caring for a patient in the emergent/resuscitative phase of burn injury. During this phase, the nurse should monitor for decline in this lab value.
What is sodium?
A patient has been admitted to a burn intensive care unit with extensive full-thickness burns over 25% of the body.
What is a vasoactive drug?
This medication is the most commonly prescribed to treat muscle spasticity secondary to SCI.
What is Baclofen?
A critically-ill patient who is hemodynamically unstable sustains an AKI and requires dialysis. The nurse expects and order for this type of dialysis procedure.
What is CRRT?
A patient admitted with DI is lacking this hormone.
What is ADH (Anti-diuretic hormone)?
A patient has been admitted to a burn intensive care unit with extensive full-thickness burns over 25% of the body. The nurse's priority concern for this patient is:
What is maintaining fluid and electrolyte status?
Decreased cardiac output in a patient with Anaphylactic Shock is due to this phenomenon.
What is massive peripheral vasodilation?