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Our goal in health care is to make sure patients are __________ - Answer Safe ________________ are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes - Answer Adolescents How many hours do PCA's check an NPO pt's blood sugar? How many hours do PCA's check a regular diet pt? - Answer Every 6h and Every 4h If a blood sugar is less than 70 or more than 100, what should the PCA's next action be? - Answer Report to the nurse If a blood sugar is inconsistent with the patients symptoms and it is showing blood sugar is below 50 and over 400, or if a pt is asymptomatic, what is the PCA's next action? - Answer Repeating the test If blood sugar is 10 and under, what should the PCA do? What will the screen say? - Answer Repeat the teat. Screen will say "LO" If blood sugar is 600 and over, what should the PCA do? What will the screen say? - Answer Run controls on the system and repeat test. Screen will say "HI" If pt's blood sugar is high or low; after the nurse uses therapeutic measures to make sure sugar levels are stabilized, when should the PCA repeat the test? - Answer Every 15 mins until blood sugar stabilizes at 70. Where on the body should the PCA take blood? - Answer On the forearm or back of hand What does the PCA/RN do before taking blood from a patient? - Answer Three patient Identifiers. most impotantly, Ask for permission from the patient When performing a Type&Cross blood screening, what color tube will the PCA use? - Answer Pink When doing a Type&Cross screening, the PCA will make sure that they will have the following: - Answer 1. Orange bracelet w/small barcode strips 2. Two pt. Labels (singed by initials, date,time) 3. Requisition slip (filled with date,time, initals, ) 4. Pink top tube, rest of barcode strips from orange band + mini biohazard bag A second Type&Cross blood screening from the same patient requires the following: - Answer 1. A different PCA taking the blood 2. Using a Lavendar top tube NOT PINK! 3. 5x7 pink card w/barcode from orange band and pt. Label What should the PCA do before blood is given to a pt? - Answer Vital signs are taken 5-10min before recieving blood When antibiotic is given to a pt, a trough level blood work should be given ______ at the beginning of administration - Answer 1/2 hour When a PCA is performing a blood culture on a pt, what does the PCA want to remember to have? - Answer Two bottles (1 aerobic and 1 anaerobic bottle) What needle is used for a blood culture? - Answer Butterfly When antibiotic is given to a pt, a peak level blood work should be given ________ after medication is administered - Answer 1/2 hour How much blood does the PCA want to get when drawing from a blood culture bottle? - Answer 10 mL