CORRECT ANSWERS
Pediatric vital signs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Infant: 100-180, 75-160, 30-60,
<70
Toddler: 100-150, 65-150, 24-40, <70 +2A
Preschool: 60-150, 60-90, 22-34, <70 + 2A
School-age: 60-110, 60-90, 18-30, <70 +2A
Pre-teen: 50-110, 50-90, 12-16, <90
Rule of nines for adults - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Head: 9%
Chest front and back: 36%
Arms: 9% ea.
Legs: 18% ea.
Groin: 1%
Rule of nines for children - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Head: 18%
Chest front and back: 36%
Arms: 9% ea.
Legs: 14% ea.
What is crepitus (chest tubes)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bubbling/crackling
felt near chest tube insertion site
,What would NOT be a good sign in a chest tube container? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Continuous bubbling
What is a pneumothorax? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Air leaking into the
space between the lungs and chest wall
What is a hemothorax? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Blood leaking into the
space between the lungs and the chest wall
What is the role of the nurse in preparing for blood transfusions? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Know what is ordered
Labs
Consent
Know how to administer
Know transfusion reactions
What does a type and screen investigate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Patient
blood type and RH antigens
How long are type and screen results good for? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔72
hours
What reduces the possibility of a blood transfusion reaction? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Type and screen
, What does a type and crossmatch ensure and how? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Compatibility by mixing patient serum with donor RH
What kind of blood products will be cross-matched? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Those containing RBCs
Supplies needed for a blood draw - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lab tubes
Labels
Clean gloves
Alcohol
Vacutainer
Saline
5ml syringes
Tourniquet
Steps for a PIV lab draw - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stop IVF / disconnect
tubing
Apply tourniquet
Clean IV site
Flush with saline
Clean IV site
Connect 5 ml syringe
Pull back 3ml