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100
Heparin and Coumadin therapy warrant these lab values to determine therapeutic ranges.
What are PTT and PT values?
100
Your client desires "cold foods" in order to heal his ailment. You do this.
What is give him what he desires if not contraindicated.
100
These interventions are essential for post op patients.
What is cough and deep breathe?
100
You question the calculation for a medication dose from the pharmacist. You would do this next.
What is check with a colleague?
100
An accurate measurement is required when determining fluid loss, excess, and nutritional status.
What is weight?
200
This data is included in a fall assessment.
What is age, medications, and balance.
200
This type of fat is recommended to aid in a low cholesterol diet.
What is unsaturated fat?
200
Poor positioning and malalignment can lead to these complications.
What is contractures, fluid in lungs, and pressure sores?
200
You have been called away from the med pass due to an emergency. You have just poured medications for Pt. X. Who is allowed to administer these medications?
What is the nurse who poured the medications?
200
An indication that the patient is experiencing excess fluid in the lungs.
What are rales?
300
Normal lab values for potassium.
What is 3.5 - 5.0?
300
Foods that are high in sodium.
What are soups and cheese?
300
An increase in this VS is an early indication of shock.
What is tachycardia?
300
Insulin teaching includes this for the patient who is being discharged regarding injections.
What is rotate sites?
300
The nurse would recommend this for a patient that is experiencing respiratory alkalosis.
What is breathe in a paper bag?
400
Indicates an infectious process.
What are lymphocytes and neutrophils?
400
When deficient in this mineral, cardiac disturbances can result.
What is potassium?
400
Upon evisceration of a wound, the nurse would do this.
What is apply sterile saline dressing over the wound and notify the surgeon.
400
MDI teaching technique includes this.
What is sit up, inhale/exhale, upon next inhalation activate the inhaler and hold breath?
400
Your patient is hypo-ventilating as a result of heavy sedation/anesthesia post-operatively. ABGs reveal this acid-base imbalance.
What is respiratory acidosis?
500
The good nurse would recommend this for a patient who only has a long acting analgesic ordered for chronic pain.
What is is a short acting analgesic for break through pain?
500
Due to a decreased sensation in thirst, this places the elderly at risk for this.
What is dehydration?
500
Post op discharge instructions would include these.
What is medications, S & S to report to the surgeon, when to operate a vehicle, and wound care.
500
A Fentanyl patch would take this long to take effect.
What is 6 hours?
500
Your patient has been receiving IV therapy and has had an adequate amount of fluids po this shift. However, at the end of the shift, only 50ml of urinary output is noted from the foley drainage bag. Your initial intervention would be this.
What is check the foley tubing for kinking?