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N358: IV Therapy
0.45% NS
D5W - ✔✔Examples of hypotonic solutions?
0.9% NS
D5W
LR - ✔✔Examples of isotonic solutions
1 minute - ✔✔How long should you hold pressure to the site after removing an IV?
1,,ol/kg/day - ✔✔What is an adult's routine maintenance for potassium?
1/2 full - ✔✔How full does a drip chamber need to be to prevent air bubbles?
10-15 minutes - ✔✔How long can you leave a warm pack on for?
10-30 degrees - ✔✔What angle to insert an IV at?
14-16G - ✔✔What size gauge do you use for a trauma?
%
18, 20, 22 - ✔✔What are the most common gauges to use?
18G - ✔✔What size gauge do you use for a blood transfusion?
2 attempts - ✔✔How many attempts is one nurse given to get an IV?
20-24G - ✔✔What gauge do you use for surgical/medical pt?
22-26G - ✔✔What gauge of IV do you use for elderly/children?
25-30mg/kg/day - ✔✔What is the adult routine maintenance for water in a day?
3-5mL - ✔✔How many mL should you flush?
3-6 inches above site - ✔✔How far up should you place a tourniquet?
3% NaCl
D5NS
D51/2NS - ✔✔Examples of hypertonic solutions?
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30 seconds - ✔✔How long do you need to clean the skin for before insertion?
5 minutes - ✔✔How long should you hold pressure to the site after removing an IV if your patient is
on blood thinners?
50-100 g/day - ✔✔What is an adult's routine maintenance for glucose in a day?
a piece of catheter breaks off & travels in the vein until it lodges. - ✔✔Catheter embolus
A topical microbicide agent used for skin and wound infections - ✔✔What is betadine?
Allow cell to gain fluid/expand - ✔✔What is the purpose of administrating hypotonic solutions?
Assess allergies to latex or betadine
Can use local anesthesia --> lidocaine - ✔✔Before inserting an IV what should you do?
assess up close while flushing - ✔✔How do you assess if an IV is intact?
At least 2x a day - ✔✔How often should you flush an IV?
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Based on weight
First 10 kg: 100ml/kg/day
Second 10 kg: 50 ml/kg/day
Over 20 kg: 20ml/kg/day - ✔✔How do you calculate a child's routine Maintenace?
Big or Smal drops - ✔✔Macro vs Micro drip
blood clot - ✔✔Thrombus/air embolism
Blue - ✔✔What color is a 22 gauge IV?
burn, pain, swell, heat, edema
hardness in vein
Red line above IV site
Absent IV flow rate - ✔✔CM of thrombophlebitis
catheter size/location
site appearance
dressing type
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