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Nur 172 Exam 2 Hondros Latest Update - 100 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor
a newly admitted 60 year old has sever bacterial pneumonia, a pulse ox of 85%, and right side mastectomy 1 year prior. What orders/interventions with eh LPN carry out? -
CORRECT ANSWER: - Monitor pulse of continuously
- hang IVPB with broad spectrum antibiotic until culture and sensitivity tests come back
- Apply O2/ nebulizer treatment as ordered
A nurse has difficulty withdrawing blood from a central tunneled catheter but is able to infuse fluids through the line. The nurse should anticipate that this difficulty is most likely
due to - CORRECT ANSWER: formation of a fibrin sheath
A nurse is assessing a pts peripheral IV site and notices redness, warm to touch, swelling and the infusion rate has slowed what is the first action taken by the nurse? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Remove the IV catheter
A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving an isotonic solution in a plastic container, what statement by the LPN would indicate a need for further teaching? - CORRECT
ANSWER: A plastic container is not easily punctured
active immunity - CORRECT ANSWER: immunity produced by exposure to an antigen,
as a result of the immune response
antidote for warfarin - CORRECT ANSWER: Vitamin K
bacterial phlebitis is caused by - CORRECT ANSWER: Poor hand hygiene, lack of
aseptic technique, failure to check equipment, or recognize early signs of phlebitis Often occurs during insertion 1 / 2
BUN - CORRECT ANSWER: 10-20 mg/dL
Causes of hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER: poor venipuncture technique, flow clamp
left open, tourniquet left on to long, cannula to large, digging into vein
central line site has purulent drainage, pt also has fever and elevated WBC, what can
the LPN legally do? - CORRECT ANSWER: change dressing
hang ivpb to newly inserted peripheral iv
Circulatory overload is a concern for which patient - CORRECT ANSWER: Patients with elevated BUN and creatinine level
Creatinine - CORRECT ANSWER: 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
CVAD - CORRECT ANSWER: central vascular access device or indwelling line
during initial venipuncture the nurse has difficulty advancing the cannual into clients vein, observes eccmoysis over insterion area, the area is raised and hard, what can be
concluded? - CORRECT ANSWER: hematoma has formed
electronic infusion devices - CORRECT ANSWER: administer exact amounts, have an
alarm when IV bag is low, when there is air in tubing or when flow is impeded by an occlusion
erythema - CORRECT ANSWER: redness of the skin
Extravasation - CORRECT ANSWER: admission of a vesicant into surrounding tissue
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