DO NOT delegate (E.A.T.) - ✔✔ E- evaluate
A- assess
T- teach
Addisons - ✔✔ down, down, down, up, down
hyponatremia, hypotension, decreased
... [Show More] blood volume, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia
Cushings - ✔✔ up, up, up, down, up
hypernatremia, hypertension, increased blood volume, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia
No Pee, No ___ - ✔✔ K - No potassium without adequate urine output
Transmisson of Airborne - ✔✔ My- Measles
Chicken- chicken pox/ varicella
Hez- Herpez Zoster/shingles
TB
Give Private room, negative pressure with 6-12 air exchange/hr, mask, N95 for TB
Droplet - Spiderman - ✔✔ S- sepsis
S- scarlet fever
S- streptococcal pharyngitis
P-parvovirus B 19
P - pneumonia
P- pertussis
I- influenza
D- diptheria (pharyngeal)
E- epiglottitis
R- rubella
M- mumps
M- meningitis
M- mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia
An- adenovirus
Give - Private room or cohort, mask
Contact precautions - Mrs. WEE - ✔✔ M- multidrug resistant organism
R- respirotary infection
S- skin infections
W- wound infections
E- eteric infection- clostridium difficile
E- eye infection- conjunctivitis
Skin infections - VCHIPS - ✔✔ V- varicella zoster
C- cutaneous diphtheria
H- herpez simplex
I - impetigo
P- pediculosis
S- scabies
From the a** (diarrhea) - ✔✔ metabolic acidosis
from the mouth (vomitus) - ✔✔ metabolic alkalosis
Myxedema/ hypothyroidism - ✔✔ slowed physical and mental function, sensitivity to cold, dry skin and hair
Graves' disease/ hyperthyroidism - ✔✔ accelerated physical and mental function, sensitivity to heat, fine/soft hair
Thyroid storm - ✔✔ increased temperature, pulse, and HTN
Post-thyroidectomy - ✔✔ semi-fowlers, prevent neck flextion/hyperextension, trach at bedside
measles dangerous to get when pregnant - ✔✔ Never get pregnant with a German (rubella)
Order with drawing up insulin - ✔✔ RN (regular comes before NPH)
MAOI's (PANAMA) - ✔✔ PA- parnate
NA- nardil
MA- marplan
Digoxin - ✔✔ check pulse, less than 60 hold, check dig levels and potassium levels
Amphojel - ✔✔ tx of GERD and kidney stones, watch our for constipation
Vistaril - ✔✔ tx of anxiety and also itching, watch out for dry mouth, given preop commonly
Versed - ✔✔ given for conscious sedation- watch for resp. depression and hypotension
PTU and Tapazole - ✔✔ prevention of thyroid storm
Sinemet - ✔✔ tx of parkinson... sweat, saliva, urine may turn reddish brown occassionally.. causes drowsiness
Artane - ✔✔ tx of parkinson... sedative
Tigan - ✔✔ tx of postop n/v and for nausea associated with gastroenteritis
Timolol (Timoptic) - ✔✔ tx of gluacoma
Bactrim - ✔✔ antibiotic.. dont take if allergic to sulfa drugs... diarrhea common side effect.. drink plenty of fluids
Hypokalemia - ✔✔ muscle weakness, dysrhythmias, increase K by giving raisins, bananas, apricots, oranges, beans, potatoes, carrots, celery
Hyperkalemia - M.U.R.D.E.R - ✔✔ M - muscle weakness
U - urine (oliguria/anuria
R- respiratory depression
D- decreased cardiac contractility
E- ECG changes
R- reflexes
Calan (verapamil) - ✔✔ calcium channel blocker, tx of HTN, angina, assess for constipation
Carafate - ✔✔ 1.tx of duodenal ulcers
2. coats the ulcer
3. give before meals
Synthroid - ✔✔ 1. tx of hypothyroidism
2. notify doctor of chest pain
3. take in the AM on empty stomach
ICP - ✔✔ increased BP, decreased pulse, decrease respirations
Shock - ✔✔ decreased BP, increased pulse, increased respirations
Jews - ✔✔ no meat and milk together
Lower amputations - ✔✔ prone position
Cold products - ✔✔ for acute pain (sprain ankle)
Heat products - ✔✔ chronic pain (rheumatoid arthritis)
Reverse agents
heparin - ✔✔ protamine sulfate [Show Less]