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Nurse 172 quiz 3 Hondros with 100% Correct Answers
Sodium - Answer✔️✔️-135-145
Calcium - Answer✔️✔️-8.5-10.5
Potassium - Answer✔️✔️-3.5-5.0
Magnesium - Answer✔️✔️-1.5-2.5
Hemoglobin - Answer✔️✔️-12-18
Glucose - Answer✔️✔️-70-100
Platelets - Answer✔️✔️-150,000-400,000
White blood cell count (WBC) - Answer✔️✔️-5,000-10,000
BUN - Answer✔️✔️-10-20
Creatinine - Answer✔️✔️-0.6-1.2
What type of medication goes into PCA pump? - Answer✔️✔️-Analgesics
Examples of analgesics are - Answer✔️✔️-Morphine,
diluadid
What are we worried about when giving the patient analgesics? -
Answer✔️✔️-Their breathing
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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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