Nursing Math
Nursing Potpourri
Nursing Equipment
Nursing Pharmacology
100

You are teaching your patient's parent to give Tylenol. You need to give 15 ml of medication. You are going to tell the mother to give ______ teaspoons.

What is 3 teaspoons or 1 tablespoon?

100

GCS is short for what term and what behaviors/items does it measure.

What is Glasgow coma scale, eye-opening, verbal, motor?


100

You are taking vital signs and need to determine the client's oxygen level.

What is a pulse oximeter?

100

What is a side effect of large doses of lasix? 

Hypokalemia (low K) 

200

How many Kg are in 99lbs?

45kg

200

Your patient reports to urge to void but is unable to pass any urine after several attempts. What piece of equipment should the nurse look for? (Think non-invasive)

What is a bladder scanner?

200

Name 7 medication rights. 

What are:

Right medication, Right patient, Right dose, Right time, Right route, Right documentation, Right response (evaluation), Right education, Right assessment, Right to refuse

(Don't forget allergies and education)

300

There is a weight-based fragmin dose ordered for your patient. Your patient weight is 95kg. The order is 200units/kg max dose is for 90kg. The vial contains 25000 units/ml. How much does our patient get?

0.72ml. 

300

What does SBAR stand for and what is it used for?

Situation, background, assessment, and recommendations. Used for ease of conversation between health professionals.

300
Your patient is post-surgery and you want to decrease the chance of developing atelectasis.

What is an incentive spirometer?

300
What do anti-emetics treat?

Nausea/vomiting

400

The physician orders Tylenol for a child weighing 20kg. The order reads: Tylenol 15mg/kg q4-6hr PRN. The bottle contains 160mg/5ml. 

How much Tylenol do we give?

9.4ml.

400

Name an example of an NSAID

Ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, ketoralac (Toradol)

400

A 3-way Foley catheter is used for _______________

What is (CBI) continuous bladder irrigation for hematuria?

400

This class of medications can cause dry cough and angioedema. Give me the suffix of the medication and what it treats?

What is -pril and angiotensin converting enzymes (ACE) inhibitors?

500

A patient weighs 110lbs. The provider ordered a dose of 2mg/kg/day of a drug. How many mg will the patient get per day?

100mg

500
List 2 symptoms that can be seen in patients with Parkinson's disease. 

What are muscle rigidity, involuntary tremors, bradykinesia, impaired posture and balance, speech changes?

500

Spell the medical term for a manual blood pressure cuff.

What is s-p-h-y-g-m-o-m-a-n-o-m-e-t-e-r (sphygmomanometer)

500

Patient is receiving carbidopa-levodopa for parkinsonism. This condition is a contraindication for this medication.

What is glaucoma?