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What are some things that assisting patient to dining room, emptying a foley and
you can delegate to a charting the amount, administer over the counter
UAP? eyedrops
What are some things that pulse check on foot for procedure, abdominal incision
you cannot delegate to a sterile dressing, medication passes, assessments,
UAP? patient teaching
You have a patient with change diet to high iron (red meats, spinach, legumes,
severe anemia. What kinds eggs, poultry); alternate between activities; report
of interventions would you blood in urine or stool
put in place?
weakness, fatigue, pallor, dyspnea, tachycardia, chest
pain, muscle pain/cramping, monitor for bleeding
Anemia s/s
(bloody vomit/coffee ground emesis, bloody urine,
etc), low Hgb levels
Bruising, pallor, prolonged bleeding; bleeding into
joint space spontaneously which causes blood to
Hemophilia S/S build up and causes arthritic disorder; pain in joints;
longer to stop bleeding after injury- may require
plasma or platelets to help clot
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potassium sparing diuretic; given to help retain
spironolactone is a
potassium
You have a patient that is chronic renal failure
complaining of itching and
they have gray
pigmentation on their skin,
what might you suspect is
going on with them?
extreme fatigue, dark/dusky skin (could be
yellow/tan), elevated BUN and creatinine, confusion
Chronic renal failure s/s metabolic acidosis, dry/itchy skin, hypertension due to
electrolyte imbalance, cardiovascular disturbances
due to elevated K+
blood that supplies R side comes from extremities; if R
Right sided heart failure
ventricle isn't working correctly, backs up into right
s/s
atrium; edema, JVD, abdominal fluid (ascites)
BUN normal level 10-20mg/dL
creatinine normal level 0.6-1.2
hemoglobin normal range 12-18
WBC normal range 5,000-10,000
specific gravity normal 1.001-1.035
range
loop diuretic; potassium wasting; draws out
Lasix (furosemide) potassium; DO NOT ADMINISTER to patients with low
K+ level
the fluid/blood backs up into the lungs;
left sided heart failure s/s resting/activity SOB, orthopnea, crackles in the lungs,
pulmonary edema
accumulation of fluid in the lungs; increased SOB, wet
pulmonary edema cough, pink frothy sputum; treatment with diuretics to
draw off fluids
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