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TESTING STRATEGYS (CORE CONTENT)

  1. FLUID RETENTION THINK?
    HEART PROBLEMS FIRST
  2. NEVER LEAVE A _______________PATIENT?
    UNSTABLE
  3. *I*SOTONIC SOLUTIONS
    STAY WHERE *I* PUT IT
  4. HYP*O*TONIC SOLUTIONS
    GO *O*UT OF THE VESSEL
  5. HYP*E*TONIC SOLUTIONS
    *E*NTER THE VESSEL
  6. NEURO CHANGES
    THE BRAIN DOES NOT LIKE IT WHEN WHAT IS MESSED UP?
    • Na
    • THIS SIGN & SYMPTOM IS COMMON IN A PATIENT WITH HYPERNATREMIA OR HYPONATREMIA
  7. WITH PRIORITY QUESTIONS, LOOK FOR WHAT KIND OF ANSWER?
    THE KILLER ANSWER
  8. RESTLESSNESS THINK?
    HYPOXIA FIRST
  9. METABOLIC ACIDOSIS EQUALS
    HYPERKALEMIA
  10. METABOLIC ALKALOSIS EQUALS
    HYPOKALEMIA
  11. TOTAL BODY SURFACE. (BURN)
    • HEAD & NECK = 9%
    • TRUNK-FRONT = 18% / BACK = 18%
    • ARM = 9% EACH
    • LEGS = 18% EACH
    • GENITAL = 1%
  12. CIRCULATORY CHECK
    • 1-PULSE
    • 2-SKIN COLOR
    • 3-SKIN TEMP.
    • 4-CAP REFILL
  13. "PAN" MEANS
    EVERYTHING
  14. CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT ARE ALWAYS?
    IMMUNOSUPRESSED
  15. NEVER MANUALLY IRRIGATE A CATHETER WITH A FRESH SURGERY PATIENT WITHOUT?
    A DR'S ORDER
  16. PRIOR TO SELECTING AN IMPLEMENTATION ANSWER, DO WHAT FIRST?
    • ASSESS.
    • ALWAYS ASSES THE PATIENT FIRST
  17. DO NOT GIVE ______TO ASTHMATIES OR DIABETICS.
    BETA BLOCKERS
  18. ADDISONIAN (ADDISONS) CRISIS THINK?
    SEVERE HYPOTENSION & VASCULAR COLLAPSE.

    NO STEROID = ADDISONS.
  19. POLYURIA THINK?
    SHOCK FIRST
  20. HYPERGLYCEMIA EQUALS
    THE 3 P'S

    • 1-POLYURIA-FREQUENT URINE
    • 2-POLYDIPSIA-EXCESSIVE THIRST
    • 3-POLYPHAGIA-EXCESSIVE HUNGER
  21. EXTREME BLOOD SUGAR EQUALS
    VASCULAR DAMAGE
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