Air embolus prevention - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Nurse plans to administer a dose of metoprolol at 0900 to a client with HTN. At 0800 nurse notes telemetry pattern shows second degree heart block with Ventricular rate of 50. Action Hold scheduled dose and notify HCP of telemetry pattern Nurse is reviewing client ECG and determines PR interval prolonged. Indicates Increased conduction time from the SA node to the AV junction When assessing a restless, intubated client on mechanical ventilation, nurse auscultates breath sounds on right s...

What medications are administered for PE patients? anticoagulants, direct factor Xa inhibitor, direct thrombin inhibitor, thrombolytic therapy What can a large embolus cause? hypoxia and impaired blood flow Expected findings for pneumo/hemothorax - anxiety/pleuritic pain - Manifestations of respiratory distress - Tracheal deviation (unaffected side) - reduced/absent breath sounds (affected side) -Asymmetrical chest wall movement -Dull percussion -Hyperresonance on percussion ...

Hesi Final Study Questions: Med Surg II Exam Questions and Answers A nurse is caring for a client who is learning how to take care of a newly created colostomy. When observing a return demonstration of the colostomy irrigation, the nurse evaluates that more teaching is required when the client: - Answer- Hangs the irrigation bag on the door clothes hook during fluid insertion Following surgery, a client asks the nurse if he or she can help measure intake and output. What is the best nursi...

PCCN Exam 200 Questions with Verified Answers Coronary artery perfusion is dependent upon: A. diastolic pressure B. systolic pressure C. afterload D. systemic vascular resistance (SVR) - CORRECT ANSWER A. diastolic pressure Diastolic pressure in the aortic root is higher than left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), the pressure exerted on the ventricular muscle at the end of diastole when the ventricle is full. This enables blood to flow from a higher pressure through open arter...

Hesi Final Study Questions: Med Surg II Questions And Answers 100% Verified. A nurse is caring for a client who is learning how to take care of a newly created colostomy. When observing a return demonstration of the colostomy irrigation, the nurse evaluates that more teaching is required when the client: - correct answer. Hangs the irrigation bag on the door clothes hook during fluid insertion Following surgery, a client asks the nurse if he or she can help measure intake and...

Hesi Final Study Questions: Med Surg II Exam Questions and Answers A nurse is caring for a client who is learning how to take care of a newly created colostomy. When observing a return demonstration of the colostomy irrigation, the nurse evaluates that more teaching is required when the client: - Answer- Hangs the irrigation bag on the door clothes hook during fluid insertion Following surgery, a client asks the nurse if he or she can help measure intake and output. What is the best nursi...

NURS 3320 Test Bank Intravenous Therapy Questions and Answers and Rationale 1. You are training nurses at your hospital to insert midline catheters. What would you teach the nurses about how many inches of the catheter should be inserted into the required site and for how long can it be used? A) 1 to 3 inches, used for up to 3 weeks B) 3 to 6 inches, used for up to 4 weeks C) 7 to 8 inches, used for up to 5 weeks D) 8 to 9 inches, used for up to 6 weeks Ans: B Feedback: A midline cathete...

ATI FUNDAMENTALS PROCTORED EXAM RETAKE GUIDE 1. CHAPTER 1: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS A. B. Components of Health care systems a. Participants 1. Consumers- clients 2. Providers a. Licensed providers: registered nurses, license practical (or vocational) nurses (LPN), advanced practice nurses (APN), medical doctors, pharmacists, dentists, dietitians, physical/respiratory/occupational therapists, etc b. Unlicensed providers: assistive personal b. Settings 1. Hospitals, homes...

NUR 265 Exam 2 Study Guide Lungs Physiology ● 2 Pleural, 1 attached to outside of lungs and 1 attached to inside of ribs. ● Space between the 2 pleural is negative to atmosphere ● When inhale becomes more positive and atmosphere more negative. Exhaling is passive ● Most of lower lobes are posterior, must listen to lungs posteriorly ● Breath sounds o Bronchial: High pitched & loud, normal in tracheal & larynx o Bronchovesicular: Moderate pitched & amplitude, normal ove...

arotid picture Point to neck Someone with wound vac how to make sure it is effective Check seal to make sure no leaks Magnesium antidote Calcium gluconate Patient having trouble swallowing when wife gives drink of water Assess gag reflex OR may have been thickening answer-there were two alike Chest tube becomes disconnected Get new saline bottle to stick end into until reconnect tube Patient in ventricular fibrillation Defib shock once Know calcium levels….there was a question with...