Medication administration and IV therapy: Proficient in administering medications and IV fluids as per physician orders, including complex IV therapy procedures in high-pressure environments. Patient assessment and monitoring: Strong ability to assess patient conditions and provide continuous monitoring, partic...
In report, the client has been prescribed IV fluids and an antibiotic. The oncoming RN asks why the antibiotic has been prescribed. This is an example of which consideration involved in the process of critical thinking? Purpose of thinking The nurse is caring for a client that presents with ...
Oxygen and IV (intravenous) fluids Treating the source of the infection Sepsis recovery time in elderly patients can range from weeks to months, depending on the severity and any lasting organ damage. Some people with sepsis may need to be put on a ventilator for breathing or receive kidney ...
IV Fluids and Solutions Guide & Cheat Sheet Managing Peripheral IV Therapy Complications Measuring Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Moving Patients from Bed to Chair or Wheelchair Nail Care and Hygiene Nasogastric Intubation Nursing Abbreviations and Acronyms: Guide to Medical Terminology Nursing Care of the...
Examples of hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic IV fluids, and when to use them An IV solution is isotonic, hypotonic, or hypertonic. Isotonic solutions have the same effective osmolality as body fluids. Sodium-containing isotonic solutions such as normal saline are indicated for ECV replacement to...
Avoid use of steel needles for administration of fluids and medications that might cause tissue necrosis if extravasation occurs. Use a midline catheter or peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), instead of a short peripheral catheter, when duration of IV therapy will exceed 6 days. During ...
(C) needs to drink more fluids. (D) having difficulty swallowing. 16. When a person is admitted to the nursing home, the nurse aide should expect that the resident will (A) have problems related to incontinence. (B) require a lot of assistance with personal care. (C) experience a ...
Discomfort can be caused or aggravated by the presence of non-patent indwelling catheters, NG tubes, and parenteral lines (bladderpain, gastric fluid and gas accumulation, andinfiltrationof IV fluids or medications). Provide information about the transitory nature of discomfort, as appropriate. ...
When aerosols are generated during the administration of drugs, either by direct IV push or by IV infusion When handling body fluids, clothing, dressings, linens, and other materials contaminated with body fluids by a hospital or home health personnel working with patients treated with hazardous dr...
Over the years I put on thousands of miles (like literally nurses walk thousands of miles), they have been covered in all of the different bodily fluids, they supported me on my tip toes as I did chest compressions in some of the most horrific codes, they stayed on my feet for 19-21...