Nurse/Tech Math
The provider orders Cephalexin (Keflex) 750 mg P.O. every 12 hours. The pharmacy stocks 250 mg tablets.
The nurse/tech administers this number of tablets per dose.
What is 3 tablets?
PPE stands for this in the medical field.
What is personal protective equipment?
This device measures oxygen saturation levels.
What is a Pulse oximeter?
Name 3 medication rights
Right patient, medication, dose, time, route.
This is the number of lobes in adult human lungs.
What is 5?
This is the number of kilograms in 99lbs? (Rounded to the nearest Kg).
What is 45kgs?
This is what SOB stands for.
What is shortness of breath?
The provider orders a blood glucose level on a newly diagnosed diabetic patient. The nurse/tech will look for this piece of equipment.
What is a glucometer?
Name three routes for drug administration
Oral, topical, IV, IM, SQ, inhaled, parenteral
This is the most common term for "Arrector Pili" muscle.
What are goosebumps?
Heparin 7500 units subcutaneous every 12 hours is ordered. The pharmacy provides a heparin vial with a concentration of 5000 units/mL.
This is the number of mLs you will need to administer 7500 units.
What is 1.5 ml?
This is what SBAR stands for and what it is used for.
What is situation, background, assessment, and recommendations AND ease of clear conversation/communication between health professionals?
This tool is essential for assessing apical pulse and auscultating bowel sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
Anti-emetic medications treat this condition/s.
What is Nausea and vomiting?
This is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
This is the number of milliliters are in 3 teaspoons.
What is 15mLs?
Name two examples of an NSAID.
What is ibuprofen, naproxen, ketoralac (Toradol)?
Used for measuring blood pressure at the bedside.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Narcan is the antidote to reverse this medical emergency.
What is opioid/narcotic overdose?
This connects the two halves of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
A patient weighs 110lbs. The provider ordered a dose of 2mg/kg/day of a medication. This is the number of milligrams the patient will get per day. (Rounded to the nearest mg).
What is 100mg?
Decode this admission information: “72F from ED. PMH of COPD, CHF, HTN, DM, AFIB. PSH of CABGX4, R THR. Hx of VRE, MRSA. Obtain: PICC, CXR, T&C for 2U PRBC STAT”.
What is patient is a 72 year old female from the emergency department with a past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and atrial fibrillation. Past surgical history of coronary artery bypass graft times four and a right total hip replacement. History of vancomycin resistant enterococcus and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. Obtain a peripherally inserted central catheter, chest x-ray, and a type and cross for two units of packed blood red cells immediately?
The nurse/tech needs to perform a Weber test. This is the piece of equipment That will be needed.
What is a tuning fork?
This classification of medications, including amlodipine, is used to treat hypertension and angina.
What is calcium channel blockers?
These are the two components used to document edema.
What is 1, 2, or 3 + -and- pitting or non-pitting?