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change in mental status [ Ans: ] while receiving tpa, what would warrant for you to stop the medication aortic stenosis [ Ans: ] systolic murmur that is ausculatated at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border is ? 8-10 minutes [ Ans: ] removing a line hold pressure for? right atrium [ Ans: ] CVP reading directly reflects presue in the right heart failure [ Ans: ] elevated CVP may indicate? left ventricle [ Ans: ] pulmonary artery occlusive wedge pressure reflects pressure where? 10-20/0-4 mean 5-10 [ Ans: ] normal pulmonary artery pressure is 6-12 [ Ans: ] mmhg normal PAOP Left ventricle failure [ Ans: ] elevated PAOP indicates diltizepam [ Ans: ] 68 year old complains of feeling a little funny in his chest and ecg shows afib/flutter. what medication should be used to treat? bundle branch block [ Ans: ] qrs complex longer that .12 indicates infiltration leads to tissue necrosis [ Ans: ] care should be excercised when administering IV dopamine becuase? t wave [ Ans: ] strong ventricular stimulus is potentially dangerous when it lands where symptomatic complete heart block [ Ans: ] indication for use of external cardiac pacemaker includes amiodarone 150mgIV bolus over 10 minutes [ Ans: ] initial durg treatment for sustained ventricular tachycardia when a pulse is present epineprhine [ Ans: ] patient become apneic and pulseless . the monitor shows asytole. the drug used initially? protamine sulfate [ Ans: ] antidote for heparin thorough handwashing [ Ans: ] most improatnt step in preventing central venous related sepsis is 150 [ Ans: ] excessive amount of chest tube drainage during the first few hours following surgery is how many ml/hr normal values (22-28 HCO3, 35-45 PCO2 normal) [ Ans: ] ph 7.4, pO2 98, pco2 38, HCO3 25 --? what is this 120mmHg of __ pressure [ Ans: ] before sucitioning a patient, you should adjust the vacuum pressure so that it is atelectasis [ Ans: ] your post op patient has left anterior chest tube. Whn you ausculatate the lung fields bilaterally you hear dminshed breath sounds in the right posterior base. THis is most likely due to? disconnected tubing [ Ans: ] patient on ventilator and low volume alarm sounds. THis is due to? leaking cuff [ Ans: ] high pressure alarm on respirator will NOT be triggered by what? development of pneumothorax [ Ans: ] most important reason for diminshing breath sounds in motor vechile crash victim with closed chest trauma is fat embolus [ Ans: ] trauma patient 4 days post fracture suddenly develops SOB, most likely cause is? handwashing and gloves when suctioing [ Ans: ] preventing Ventilator pna, most important action is immbolize head [ Ans: ] most imporant nursing acticity for patient with dx of cervical spinal cord injury is change in LOC [ An