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Acid Base chapter - Answer info card acid-base balance w/ associated conditions - Answer severe pneumonia- respiratory acidosis drug OD- resp acidosis pulm embolism- resp acidosis Emphysema- resp. acidosis Hyperventilating- respiratory alkalosis Rapid, shallow breathing at a rate of 32 breaths/minute- respiratory alkalosis fever- resp alkalosis fear/anxiety- resp alkalosis Suctioning- metab. alkalosis Diarrhea-metabolic acidosis

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What is ICP?(intracranial pressure) - Answer Pressure exerted by the volume of the intracranial contents due to cerebral edema resulting in impaired cerebral perfusion What are intracranial contents? - Answer *CSF *Blood *Brain matter What are the causes of ICP? - Answer *Head injury *Infection *Stroke *Brain tumor *Hemorrhage *Viral encephalopathy What is CPP? - Answer cerebral perfusion pressure (MAP-ICP) What is normal CPP? - Answer *Normal CPP 70-100mm <50 in...

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The expectoration of blood from respiratory tract. - Answer Hemoptysis Aspiration of air and fluid from pleural space Performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes - Answer thoracentesis Decrease in arterial oxygen tension in blood. Manifested by changes in mental status, dyspnea, increase in BP, changes in HR, dysrhythmias, central cyanosis, diaphoresis, cool extremities usually leads to hypoxia - Answer hypoxemia Decrease in O2 supply to tissues and cells. - Answer hy...

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what happens in fluid overload? - Answer increased HR and blood pressure, decreased hematocrit If your patients central venous pressure decreased what might the condition of your patient be? - Answer Hypovolemia the icu nurse uses a pulmonary artery line (Swan-Ganz) to assess the patients response to fluid & drug administration. Where is the line located? - Answer Right side of heart into branch of pulmonary artery & measures Left ventricular cardiac output fast muffled heart soun...

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P wave - Answer Usually round & upright 0.06 to 0.12 seconds QRS complex - Answer normal duration 0.4 to 0.10 (one small box to 2.5 small boxes) PR interval - Answer normal duration 0.12 to 0.20 ST segment - Answer should be isoelectric the "J point" should come back to baseline 10 times method - Answer count the number of R waves in a 6 second strip and multiply by 10 Big block method - Answer Divide the number of big boxes between 2 consecutive R waves into 300 ...

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When to call IDN - Answer vented patient with GCS of 5 or less, regardless of sedation, call within 1 hr, at first mention of any end-of-life discussions, before any terminal wean and/or withdrawal of support, within 1 hr of cardiac time of death, if family mentions donation Dobutamine - Answer agents strengthen cardiac contraction, increase cardiac output, inotropic drug Vasopressors - Answer they cause vasoconstriction, increase MAP, dopamine is most common, norepinephrine (levofed...

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Beta blockers - Answer Lower HR by reducing blood pressure and opening blood flow to improve blood flow. Calcium channel blockers - Answer Lower B/P and HR by preventing calcium from entering the heart and blood vessel walls. Atropine - Answer Increases HR Dopamine - Answer Increases HR by improving blood flow Dobutamine - Answer Increases HR by helping the heart pump blood. What medications will the nurse use to treat decreased after load? - Answer Dopamine, epinephri...

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Serves as guidelines for critical care nurses, establishes goals for patient care. - Answer AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice What makes delirium different from dementia? - Answer Delirium is fast onset, acute in nature, and there is usually a cause to it. True or False: Delirium is associated with low rates of mortality and morbidity? - Answer False- it is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. 3 Types of Delirium and characteristics - An...

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