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1. Sterile water to flush feeding tubes?

   nursesky replied to nursesky's topic in Medications

   On the unit I am on for clinical, the policy is to use sterile water. Tap water makes sense since the GI tract is not clean. But why do we use water (sterile or tap) to flush them? What happens if we use normal saline? That is my question.

2. Sterile water to flush feeding tubes?

   nursesky posted a topic in Medications

   Why do we use sterile water to flush feeding tubes such as the j-tube? What happens if we use normal saline instead? I understand that sterile water is hypotonic and fluid will shift into the cells. NS is isotonic. On another note, I learned to flush...

3. Post op complication question

   nursesky replied to nursesky's topic in General Students

   Is there one possible complication that can explain all the signs? The O2 sats is what worries me. It could possibly mean that the patient has some pulmonary disorder like COPD if the O2 sats decreased when oxygen administration was increased. Can a ...

4. Post op complication question

   nursesky replied to nursesky's topic in General Students

   Could this be septic shock?

5. Post op complication question

   nursesky replied to nursesky's topic in General Students

   So far I was thinking of hemorrhaging due to the low blood pressure, high heart rate and high respiration rate. But usually with hemorrhaging, there is a decrease in body temp. Perhaps, the patient has an infection too? Sepsis?

6. Post op complication question

   nursesky posted a topic in General Students

   So let's say the vital signs for an abdominal surgery post op patient are a high pulse rate, low blood pressure, increasing respiratory rate over 20, increasing temperature of 37.9, and O2 sat of 80% on 3L of oxygen. The patient also has a NG tube fo...