How do you prepare the hub of a saline lock? - Answer✔️✔️-Flush with
normal saline
You have a patient on a PCA pump and their RR drop below 12, what
should you do? - Answer✔️✔️-Stop the pump
use ambu bag for oxygen
don't leave patient alone, call for help
What do you give if potassium levels are high? - Answer✔️✔️-Kayexalate
What do you give if potassium is low? - Answer✔️✔️-Foods rich in
potassium
potassium chloride
Nursing interventions when giving potassium - Answer✔️✔️-Monitor heart
rate
check apical pulse
put patient on cardiac monitor
You have a patient with a peripheral nerve catheter and it is time to take it
out. Should the patient come into the hospital? - Answer✔️✔️-No, it can be
removed from home.
Can a patient with a peripheral nerve catheter shower? - Answer✔️✔️-No
Should heat be applied to a peripheral nerve catheter? - Answer✔️✔️-No
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