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Studying for NCLEX Using UWorld + other books Does anyone know the correct steps in order for suctioning a tracheotomy? 1. Preoxygenate 2. Suction I found different answers. What I am looking for is the steps in order. Thank you.

Platelets are tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it sends out signals that are picked up by platelets. The platelets then rush to the site of damage and form a plug, or clot, to repair the damage. So, if your platelett levels were low you would add plateletts, for example thay are 50,000 you would add plateletts to bring them up to acceptable level. If they were high, for example 550,000 you would add heparin for clotting factors?

Heparin Level is supposed to be 150,000 - 400,000. When would you hold heparin? So if the patient's platelet level's were 50,000, what should you do. Administer heparin or hold?

I am a first semester nursing student at HCC in Florida and on Monday we are taking a HESI exam from the entire semester. Does anyone have any suggestions how to prepare for the test?

Having a problem trying to solve dosage calculation. I know I am wording it wrong, just want to know how to do the math. Start with 400 ml D5W with KCL 8 mEq/100ml infuse over 8 hours. You have KCL of 20mEq 10 ml. How many ml of KCL do you add. THe answer is 16, but I don't know how the math was done. Thank you.