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PICC LINE INSERTION
BASILIC, CEPHALIC, OR AXILLARY VEINS ON DOMINANT ARM
TIP OF PICC LINE INSERTION
SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN
POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS A/W PICC LINE
MALPOSITION
PNEUMOTHORAX
DYSRHYTHMIAS
NERVE OR TENDON DAMAGE
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
CATHETER EMBOLISM
THROMBOPHLEBITIS
PICC LINE AND BP CUFF
TAKE BP ON OPPOSITE ARM
FREQUENCY OF PICC LINE DRESSING CHANGES
2-3 X PER WEEK
WET
NON-OCCLUSIVE
WHICH CATHETER INCREASES IN SIZE 2H AFTER IT IS INSERTED
MIDLINE CATHETER (MLC)
POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS A/W MLC
THROMBOSIS
PHLEBITIS
AIR EMBOLISM
INFECTION
BLEEDING
VASCULAR PERFORATION
FREQUENCY OF MLC DRESSING CHANGES
2-3 X PER WEEK
WET
NON-OCCLUSIVE
VENOUS PLACEMENT OF PERCUTANEOUS CENTRAL CATHETERS
SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
DESCRIBE EACH LUMEN OF A PERCUTANEOUS CENTRAL CATHETER
PROXIMAL - INFUSE OR DRAW BLOOD, ADMINISTER MEDS
MIDDLE - TPN
DISTAL - INFUSE OR DRAW BLOOD
TYPES OF PERCUTANEOUS CENTRAL CATHETERS
HICKMAN/ BROVIAC
SUBQ PORT-A-CATHETER
LEUR-LOK CAP
SECURE EACH LUMEN AND LABELED TO INDICATE LOCATION (PROXIMAL, MIDDLE, DISTAL)
PATIENT POSITION WHEN PLACING PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER
HEAD DOWN TO PREVENT AIR EMBOLISM
FREQUENCY OF FLUSHING PERCUTANEOUS CATHETERS
NS, NS + HEPARINIZED SALINE
AFTER INSERTION
AFTER INFUSIONS
AFTER SPECIMEN WITHDRAWAL
WHEN DISCONNECTED
DESCRIBE FREQUENCY, PATIENT POSITION AND STERLITY CONSIDERATIONS DURING DRESSING CHANGES OF A PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER
2-3 X PER WEEK, PRN
LOW-FOWLER'S
NURSE AND PATIENT WEAR MASK
BLOOD TYPE -- ACT AS DONOR -- RECEIVE BLOOD FROM
O -- O, A, B, AB -- O
A -- A, AB -- O, A
B - B, AB - O, B
AB -- AB -- O, A, B, AB
BLOOD AND FLUID COMPATIBILITY
0.9% NaCl
GENERAL RATE FOR RUNNING BLOOD
1 UNIT Q 2H
ELDERLY, 1 UNIT Q 3-4H
VS REGIMEN DURING BLOOD TRANSFUSION
BASELINE PRIOR TO STARTING TRANSFUSION
VS @ 15 MIN
VS Q 1 HR UNTIL TRANSFUSION COMPLETE
NURSING INTERVENTIONS IF TRANSFUSION REACTION SUSPECTED
STOP INFUSION
ADMINISTER NS
SAVE TUBING, BAG FOR BLOOD BANK
DRAW BLOOD FOR LAB - CULTURE, TYPING, HGB, PLASMA
COLLECT URINE SAMPLE FOR LAB - HGB
MONITOR FOR HEMATURIA
WHEN IS BLOOD DONATION FOR AN AUTOLOGOUS TRANSFUSION COLLECTED
4-6 WEEKS PRIOR TO SURGERY
CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSION
ACUTE INFECTION
CHRONIC DISEASE
HGB < 11
HCT < 33%
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
TYPES OF TRANSFUSION REACTIONS
ALLERGIC
FEBRILE
HEMOLYTIC
BACTERIA INFECTION
CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD
CAUSE: ALLERGIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
HYPERSENSITIVITY TO ANTIBODIES IN DONOR BLOOD
CAUSE: FEBRILE TRANSFUSION REACTION
ANTIBODIES TO DONOR PLATELETS OR LEUKOCYTES
CAUSE: HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
INCOMPATIBILITY
SXS'S: ALLERGIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
MILD-UTICARIA, FLUSHING, ITCHING

ANAPHYLAXIS: HYPOTENSION, DECREASED O2-SAT, DYSPNEA, FLUSHING
SXS'S: FEBRILE TRANSFUSION REACTION
FEVER, CHILLS, NAUSEA, HA, TACHYCARDIA, PALPITATIONS
SXS'S: HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
LOW BACK PAIN, N/V, TACHYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION, DECREASED URINE OUTPUT, HEMATURIA
SXS'S: BACTERIAL INFECTION TRANSFUSION REACTION
FEVER, CHILLS, HYPOTENSION, TACHYCARDIA, SHOCK
SXS'S: CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD
INCREASED RR, DYSPNEA, CRACKLES, TACHYCARDIA
PHARMACOLOGICAL TX FOR FEBRILE TRANSFUSION REACTION
ASA
PHARMACOLOGICAL TX FOR ALLERGIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
BENADRYL
O2
CORTICOSTEROIDS
PHARMACOLOGICAL TX FOR BACTERIAL INFECTION TRANDFUSION REACTION
ANTIBIOTICS
VASOPRESSORS
STEROIDS
PHARMALOGICAL TX FOR HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
BENADRYL
O2
BEST WAY TO STABILIZE VEIN FOR CATHETER INSERTION
HOLD SKIN TAUGHT
ANGLE USED FOR CATHETER INSERTION
BEVEL UP @ 15-20 DEGREES
DECREASE ANGLE AND ADVANCE UNTIL FLASHBACK
SKIN TEMP A/W INFILITRATION
COOLNESS AROUND IV SITE
NURSING CARE W/X IV INFILTRATION
WARM SOAKS
ELEVATE ARM
ASSESSMENT: PHLEBITIS AND THROMBOPHLEBITIS; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
SIMILARITIES: REDDENED AND WARM AROUND IV SITE OR ALONG PATH OF THE VEIN; TENDERNESS; SWELLING

THROMBOPHELBITIS: FEVER + LEUKOCYTOSIS
NURSING CARE A/W PHLEBITIS AND THROMBOPHLEBITIS
WARM SOAKS
ELEVATE ARM
ASSESSMENT: IV HEMATOMA
ECCHYMOSIS
IMMEDIATE SWELLING
LEAKAGE OF BLOOD AT IV SITE
NURSING CARE FOR IV HEMATOMA
APPLY PRESSURE WITH STERILE DRESSING
APPLY COOL COMPRESS/ ICE BAG FOR 24H
FOLLOW UP WITH WARM SOAK
ASSESMENT: IV CLOT
DECREASED FLOW RATE
BACKFLOW OF BLOOD INTO TUBING
ISO/HYPO/HYPER-TONIC SOLUTIONS
EQUAL CONCENTRATION AS BODY FLUIDS
LESS CONCENTRATED THAN BODY FLUIDS
MORE CONCENTRATED THAN BODY FLUIDS
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IV ACCESS
MAINTAIN OR RESTORE FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE
EXAMPLES: ISOTONIC SOLUTION
0.9% NACL
LACTATED RINGERS
EXAMPLES: HYPOTONIC SOLUTION
0.33% NACL
0.45% NACL
D5W
EXAMPLES: HYPERTONIC SOLUTION
D50.45%NS
3%, 5% NS (EMERGENCY)
ACTION/USE: ISOTONIC FLUIDS

AND THEREFORE, WHAT ARE SOME NURSING CONSIDERATIONS?
VASCULAR EXPANSION, ELECTROLYTE REPLACEMENT

FVE, EDEMA, HEMO-DILUTION
ACTION/USE: HYPOTONIC FLUIDS

AND THEREFORE, WHAT ARE SOME NURSING CONSIDERATIONS?
HYDRATES CELLS

EDEMA, HYPOTENSION, HYPONATREMIA
ACTION/USE: HYPERTONIC FLUIDS

AND THEREFORE, WHAT ARE SOME NURSING CONSIDERATIONS?
VASCULAR EXPANSION

FVE, HYPERNATREMIA, IRRITATES VEINS
INDICATIONS FOR THIS GROUP OF MEDS: NEED LOTSA EFFORT AND DETERMINATION IF DUMB BLONDE IS PASSING NCLEX: DO DRUGS, MUCH PRACTICE, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
SHOCK
CARDIAC ARREST
ANAPHYLAXIS
MEDS USED TO TREAT SHOCK, CARDIAC ARREST, AND ANAPHYLAXIS
NE (LOVEPHED)
EPI (ADRENALINE)
DOPAMINE (INOTROPIN)
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HCL (BENADRYL)
ISOPROTERENOL (ISUPREL)
PHENYLEPHRINE (NEO-SYNEPHRINE)
DOBUTAMINE HCL (DOBUTREX)
MILRINONE (PRIMACOR)
SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE (NITROPRESS)
NE & FLUID COMPATIBILITY
DEXTROSE SOLUTION
DOPAMINE, MOA: LOW DOSE VERSUS HIGH DOSE
DILATES CORONARY & RENAL ARTERIES

VASOCONSTRICTION
EPINEPHRINE: ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
INADVERTENT IV ADMINISTRATION CAN BE HARMFUL
ISUPREL ALSO TREATS
ASTHMA AND BRONCHOSPASM
DOBUTAMINE HCL & IV FLUIDS
HIGHLY INCOMPATIBLE
BLOCKS EFFECT OF HISTAMINE ON BRONCHIOLES, GI TRACT AND BLOOD VESSELS
BENADRYL
BENZODIAZEPINES "ENDING" RECOGNITION
'AM'S
EXAMPLES: BENZODIAZEPINES
LIBRIUM
VALIUM
XANAX
KLONOPIN
ATIVAN
SERAX
VERSED
BENZODIAZEPINES & CNS
CNS DEPRESSANT
BENZODIAZEPINES THAT ARE NOT SAFE FOR USE WITH ELDERLY
LIBRIUM
VALIUM
WHEN IS VERSED PRIMARILY USED?
PREOPERATIVE SEDATION
CONSCIOUS SEDATION FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
CLASS: BUSPAR, VISTARILL
NON-BENZO ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION WHEN TAKING ANTACIDS AND OTHER MEDICATIONS
ABSORPTION OF OTHER DRUGS MAY BE DECREASED AND HAVE DECREASED EFFECTIVENESS
ASSESSMENT: EXTRAVASATION
PAIN
BURNING
EDEMA
COOLNESS
BLANCHING/ WHITENESS
PNEUMONIC: MEDS THAT CAN CAUSE EXTRAVASATION IF INFILTRATED
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE DRUGS AND GOOD NURSES CHECK VENOUS EXTRAVASATION
EXAMPLES: MEDS THAT CAN CAUSE EXTRAVASATION IF INFILTRATED
POTASSIUM
PENICILLIN
DILANTIN
ANTI-NEOPLASTICS
GENTOMYCIN
NITROPRESS
CALCIUM
VANCOMYCIN
EPI
WARM OR COOL COMPRESS WHEN TREATING EXTRAVASATION?
COOL COMPRESS
*WARM IF VANCO
CLASS: DIGOXIN (LANOXIN)
POSITIVE INOTROPE
DIGITALIZE OR "LOADING DOSE"
0.75 MG - 1 MG / 3 DOSES Q 8H
MOA: DIGOXIN
INCREASES FORCE OF MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION
THERAPEUTIC LEVEL: DIGOXIN
0.5-2.0
ELECTROLYTES R/T DIGOXIN
LOW K+ AT RISK FOR DIG-TOXICITY
ASSESSMENT: DIG-TOXICITY
N/V
CONFUSION
BLURRED VISION
BRADYCARDIA
PVC'S
TX: DIG-TOXICITY
STOP THE DIG
TX SYMPTOMATICALLY: KCL, ANTI-ARRHYTHMICS, ATROPINE, DIGIBIND
PARAMETERS: DIGOXIN
HOLD IF APICAL HR < 60 BPM
MOA: NA-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
BLOCKS THE MOVEMENT OF NA INTO CARDIAC CELLS AND SLOWS CONDUCTION
EXAMPLES: NA-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
QUINIDINE
LIDOCAINE (XYLOCAINE)
FLECANIDE (TAMBOR)
MOA: BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS
BLOCKS THE SNS, SLOWS CONDUCTION
RECOGNITION: BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS
'LOL'S
MOA: K-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
SLOWS REPOLARIZATION AND PROLONGS REFRACTORY PERIOD
EXAMPLES: K-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
AMIODARONE (CARDARONE)
MOA: CA-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
SLOWS DEPOLARIZATION
RECOGNITION: CA-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
PROTOTYPE: CA-CHANNEL BLOCKERS
'DIPINE'S
VERAPAMIL (CALAN)
MOA: NITRATES
RELAX SMOOTH MUSCLES AND CAUSES VASODILATION
EXAMPLES: NITRATES
NITROGLYCERINE (NITROSTAT)
PARAMETERS: NITRATES
HOLD IF SYSTOLIC BP < 90 MMHG
MOA: ACE INHIBITORS
BLOCKS ENZYME THAT CONVERTS ANGIOTENSION I TO ANGIOTENSION II THEREBY, PREVENTING VASOCONSTRICTION
DESCRIBE RENIN-ANGIOTENSION SYSTEM
KIDNEYS AND BARORECEPTORS DETECT LOW BP AND SIGNAL TO SNS

SNS RELEASES RENIN
- RELEASES ANGIOTENSION I
- RELEASES ALDOSTERONE

ANGIOTENSION I IS CONVERTED TO ANGIOTENSION II
- POWERFUL VASOCONSTRICTOR

ALDOSTERONE SIGNALS NA AND H2O RETENTION
RECOGNITION: ACE INHIBITORS
'PRIL'S
MOA: ARB'S
ANGIOTENSION II IS RELEASED BUT RECEPTORS ARE BLOCKED
RECOGNITION: ARB'S
'SARTAN'S
ADE: BETA-BLOCKERS
BRONCHOSPASM
BENZODIAZEPINES R/T SEIZURE USE
EMERGENCY TO BREAK CONVULSIONS, NOT USED FOR DAILY TX
PHARMACOLOGICAL TX FOR ALCOHOL W/D
BENZODIAZEPINES
ANTEDOTE: BENZODIAZEPINES
FLUMAZENIL (ROMAZICON)
MOA: DIURETICS
INHIBITS RESORPTION OF NA AND H2O
BLOCKS EFFECTS OF ALDOSTERONE
TYPES: DIURETICS
THIAZIDES
LOOP
K+ SPARING
OSMOTIC
PROTOTYPE: THIAZIDE DIURETICS
CHLOROTHIAZIDE (DIURIL)
PROTOTYPE: LOOP
FUROSEMIDE (LASIX)
PROTOTYPE: K+ SPARING
SPIRONOLACTONE (ALDACTONE)
PROTOTYPE: OSMOTIC
MANNITOL (OSMITROL)
ADMINISTRATION: ANTACIDS
WITH MEALS, BEST ONCE DIGESTION HAS STARTER, BEFORE GASTRIC EMPTYING
ANTACID: ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE AKA...
AMPHOGEL
ANTACID: MAGNESIUM AKA...
MILK OF MAGNESIA
ANTACID: ALUMINUM + MAGNESIUM AKA...
MAALOX
MYLANTA
GELUSEL
DI-GEL
ANYACID: SODIUM BICARBONATE AKA...
ALKA-SELTZER
BROMO-SELTZER
ANTACID: CALCIUM CARBONATE
TUMS
CLASS: SUCRALAFATE (CARAFATE)
ULCER ADHERENT
ADMINISTRATION REGIMEN: SUCRALAFATE (CARAFATE)
EMPTY STOMACH
1-2H AC AND HS
CLASS: CIMETIDINE (TAGAMET)
H2 RECEPTOR BLOCKER
ACTION: H2
INCREASES GASTRIC ACID SECRETION
ACTION: CIMETIDINE (TAGAMET)
INHIBITS GASTRIC ACID SECRETION
RECOGNITION: H2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENTS
'DINE'S
CLASS: OMEPRAZOLE (PRILOSEC)
PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
MOA: PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
INHIBITS "PUMPING" ACTION OF GASTRIC ACID SECRETION
DIET: BRAT
BULK FORMING DIET FOR DIARRHEA

BANANAS, RICE, APPLES, TEA
CLASS: COLACE
STOOL SOFTENER
CLASS: VISTARIL, DRAMAMINE, ODANSETRON (ZOFRAN), KYTRIL
ANTIEMETICS
ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE A/W ANTI-DIARRHEALS
HYPOMAGNESIA
HYPOKALEMIA
STORAGE: NITRATES (NITROGLYCERINE)
AMBER BOTTLE
TYPES: AUTONOMIC DRUGS
ADRENERGIC
ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS
CHOLINERGIC
CHOLINERGIC BLOCKERS
ADRENERGICS: SYNONOMOUS TERMS & EFFECTS ON ANS
SYMPATHOMIMETICS
ALPHA-ADRENERGIC AGONISTS
BETA-ADRENERGIC AGONISTS

STIMULATE SNS
ANTIADRENERGICS: SYNONOMOUS TERMS & EFFECTS ON ANS
SYMPATHOLYTICS
ALPHA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS
BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS

INHIBITS SNS
CHOLINERGICS: SYNONOMOUS TERMS & EFFECTS ON ANS
PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS
CHOLINOMIMETIC

STIMULATES PNS
ANTICHOLINERGICS: SYNONOMOUS TERMS & EFFECTS ON ANS
PARASYMPATHLYTICS
CHOLINERGIC BLOCKERS

INHIBITS PNS
EXAMPLES: ADRENERGICS
EPI (ADRENALINE)
NE (LOVEPHED)
DOPAMINE (INOTROPIN)
ISOPROTENEROL (ISUPREL)
ADRENERGICS/ ANTI-ADRENERGICS: ALPHA, BETA-1, BETA-2
ALPHA - ARMS AND LEGS
BETA (1 HEART)
BETA (2 LUNGS)
CLASS: MINIPRESS & ITS EFFECTS
ALPHA-ANTIADRENERGIC; VASODILATES ARMS AND LEGS
EXAMPLES: BETA-ANTIADRENERGICS & ITS EFFECTS
BETA-BLOCKERS = 'LOL'S
CLASS: NEOSTIGMINE (PROSTIGMINE), TENSILON, MESTINON, ARICEPT
CHOLINERGICS
DEFINE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
CLIENT HAS DECREASED ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS AND THEREFORE LESS STIMULUS FOR MUSCULAR CONTRACTION; THIS RESULTS IN MUSCULAR WEAKNESS
CHOLINERGIC CRISIS
CHOLINERGIC RESPONSE TO Nth DEGREE
MIMICS ACETYLCHOLINE
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS VERSUS CHOLINERGIC CRISIS
PRESENTS THE SAME
ADMINISTER TENSILON
RESOLVES? THEN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
WORSENS? THEN CHOLINERGIC CRISIS
ANTEDOTE: CHOLINERGIC CRISIS
ANTICHOLINERGIC
MOA: TENSILON
INHIBITS DESTRUCTION OF ACETYLCHOLINE
CLASS: ATROPINE, ROBINUL, BELLADONNA, BANTHINE, SCOPALAMINE, ARTANE, ATROVENT
ANTI-CHOLINERGICS
RECOGNITION: CHOLINERGICS VERSUS ANTI-CHOLINERGICS
"WET" VERSUS "DRY"
CHOLINERGICS: HR, BRONCHUS, PUPILS, GI, BS, SWEAT, UA, CNS
DECREASED HR, VASODILATION
BRONCHOCONSTRICTION, INCREASED SECRETIONS, INCREASED SALIVATION
CONSTRICTION, DECREASE IOP
INCREASED MOTILITY, INCREASED SECRETIONS
NO AFFECT
INCREASED
INCREASED
NO AFFECT
ADRENERGICS: HR, BRONCHUS, PUPILS, GI, BS, SWEAT, UA, CNS
INCREASED HR, PERIPHERAL VASOCONSTRICTION
BRONCHODILATOR
DILATE
DECREASED ACTIVITY
INCREASED BS, INCREASED FA'S
INCREASED
NO AFFECT
TENSION, ANXIETY
RECOGNITION: ADRENERGICS VERSUS ANTI-ADRENERGICS
"WIRED" VERSUS "RELAXED, RESTORATIVE"