Iv Therapy Exam 1

Front 1

Blood sampling for diagnostic tests, donor phlebotomy for transfusion, fluid volume maintenance, fluid volume replacement, medication administration, blood/blood product administration, nutritional supplementation, and to KVO are some reasons for?

Back 1

IV therapy

Front 2

provides a route for emergency access, provides a route for an unconscious pt, and it saves time for the nurse

Back 2

advantages of IV therapy

Front 3

possibility of fluid overload, infiltration, and thrombosis

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disadvantages

Front 4

Infections are either _______ or ________.

Back 4

local; systematic

Front 5

Right pt, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation, and right technique

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7 rights of medication administration

Front 6

A medication is considered to be given "on time" if it is given when?

Back 6

30 minutes before the scheduled time or 30 minutes after the scheduled time

Front 7

Documentation of the IV procedure should include what?

Back 7

the solution ordered, the time it was started, the type of catheter used including length and gauge

Front 8

What are the most often causes of sepsis which can lead to death?

Back 8

E. Coli, pseudomonas, and klebsiella

Front 9

What is most common microbe found on the skin and is greatest threat to the pt

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coagulase-negative staphylococci

Front 10

Blood is the greatest reservoir for?

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Hep A Virus (HAV), Hep B Virus (HBV), Hep C Virus (HCV), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Front 11

When a person develops an infection in the hospital, the infection is referred to as?

Back 11

nosocomial infection

Front 12

The major organism that causes IV cannula-related infections is

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Staphylococus epidermidis

Front 13

Most important way to prevent the spread of a nosocomial infection is?

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proper hand hygiene

Front 14

Who are considered to have potentially harmful blood and body fluids by the CDC?

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All persons

Front 15

2% aqueous chlorhexidine gluconate, 70% isopropyl alcohol, 10% providone-iodine, and 2% tincture of iodine are the...?

Back 15

CDC recommended precannulation antiseptic agent to use for IVs

Front 16

When does the CDC recommend changing IV site dressings?

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damp, loose, soiled, or when the IV is changed and that the IV cannula device for peripheral IVs be changed at 72 to 96 hours intervals

Front 17

The use of needless systems, care and precaution in handling and disposing needles in approved sharps containers, and NOT.....?

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recapping used needles are the only way to prevent needle sticks.

Front 18

What helps with the distribution and movement of H2O, maintenance of acid-base balance, and provide chemicals needed to carry out cellular reactions

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Electrolytes

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The main component of the body fluids and accounts for ____ to ____ of the adult body weight is _____.

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50 - 70%; H2O

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intracellular

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fluid inside the cell

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extracellular

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fluid outside the cell; mainly responsible for transport of nutrients and wastes throughout the body (serves as vehicle of movement for substances to move to and from body areas), maintain cell primability and membrane potential for good use

Front 22

What is usually caused by too much O2 and too little CO2 and is seen most often in hyperventilating pts?

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Respiratory alkalosis

Front 23

An electrolyte, that works with calcium, is responsible for?

Back 23

maintenance of bones and teeth.

Front 24

Normal pH level?

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7.35-7.45