With Complete Solutions
3 Goals for admin of parenteral therapy Correct Answers
Maintenance therapy, replacement therapy, providing fluids &
electrolytes
5 moments for hand hygiene Correct Answers Before touching
patient, before clean/aseptic procedure, after body fluid
exposure, after touching patient, after touching patient's
surroundings.
76 y.o. patient receiving 0.9% NS for dehydration. Which
assessments? Correct Answers • Elimination
• Vitals
• Oxygenation
• IV site
Air embolism Correct Answers Turn patient on left lateral
Trendelenburg until you can get MD.
Airborne precautions Correct Answers wear respirator- patient
with TB, mask is donned before entering patient room or patient
before entering home setting
Alcohol should not be applied after application of iodine
Correct Answers because alcohol negates effects
Autonomy Correct Answers independence
, Beneficence Correct Answers doing good
Benefits of IV pump for patient Correct Answers • Patient can
move easily
• Give multiple meds at once with multi-channels
• Alarms when finished
• DRAWBACK: needs plugged in sometimes
Best practice for IVs Correct Answers Use alcohol caps
Best way to prevent an occlusion is to Correct Answers flush
cath as much as possible
Bigger number gauge Correct Answers = smaller needle size
Biopatch Correct Answers • Blue to the sky
• Absorbs bacteria
Blood circulatory overload Correct Answers Excessive
amounts of isotonic or hypertonic crystalloid solution too
rapidly- fail to monitor IV solution, or too rapid of any fluid to
patient with cardiac pulmonary or renal disease
Blood culture tubes Correct Answers yellow top
BUN Correct Answers 10-20
Bundle for a central line bundle Correct Answers Hand
hygiene, maximal sterile barrier, cap, mask, sterile gloves,
gown, sterile drape placed over patient.