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Suppose you had a patient, and you walked into the room during your shift and they were standing about, brushing their teeth or something, with their chest tube still in their chest but totally disconnected from the pleurovac system? You just hook it back into the pleurovac (given that is was still sterile?) I would call the physician, but what would your immediate interventions be? This was a critical thinking question in my textbook, but the teacher never goes over them and now I'm curious. Thanks so much everyone:)

I am pretty sure it is apush now too, once I reviewed last year's notes of similiar problems. So you would give 4ml/min because that would be 40mg/min.That is the most you could give in a minute. thanks!

that helped alot, thanks!

Here is what they said in the book: a. DA: ml= 1ml X 120mg / 10 mg X 1 = 12 ml of Lasix b. Known drug: known minutes :: desired drug : desired minutes 40 mg : 1 min :: 120 mg : x 40x= 120 x = 3 min ~That's all they said, so I didn't know how to interpret those two answers together into a real life scenario of how much you'd run per minute, etc. *edit: Then I guess you'd take 12/3 and get 4 ml/minute? as what'd you'd actually do

How would you set up and solve this problem? problem: Order: Lasix 120 mg, IV, STAT Drug Available: Lasix 10 mg/ml. IV infusion not to exceed 40 mg/min. The way my book set it up really confuses me. Someone please show me how they would set it up and maybe it will make more sense. Thanks so much :)

Hello everyone! I have just started to take some actualy nursing courses January 10th, and already I have questions! If anyone could help me, I'd really appreciate it. I think our teacher is going to go over these things during Tuesday's class, but beng confused all weekend will be sure to bother me, I know. So I thought I'd come here for some help. Alrighy, this is concerning the correlation between blood pressure and pulse rate. From my understanding, if blood pressure is too low, the heart will beat faster (thus an increase in pulse rate) in an attempt to compensate for the lower BP and raise the BP. However, I then read something that seemed to be the opposite of this concept-- that tachycardia (heart rate over 100 BPM) would actually lower blood pressure (because the beats are so quick that there is not enough time for the ventricles to fill up sufficently). Any input at all is very much appreciated! Thanks everyone. -Sasha

I understand much better now! Have a great day :)

Hey everyone: I am new to this forum, so I hope I am posting this question in the right place. I'm just starting to take actual nursing classes this spring, and I'm a little unsure of the basics of some things. I'd like to get it cleared up now so I don't feel like I'm asking dumb questions later. Alright, here it goes. I know about the ABS'c of CPR, but I'm confused on how you know to progress to the next step. I know I'll have to take a CPR class anyway, and I have a few summers ago, but Ifelt like they just pushed everyone through and didn't explain it too well. I know that when you find an unresponsive victim, you need to open their airway by tilting their head back and then you need to then assess their breathing. Then breathing is absent, you breathe into their mouth two times. My question is, if you find someone unconscious BUT they are breathing, (after activiating the EMS), do you just put them into the recovery position? Do you not need to check for circulation (carotid pulse)as long as they are breathing? In other words, do you only check for the pulse/signs of circulation if they are NOT breathing (to see if you have to initiate chest compressions if the pulse is absent)? Since I thibk breathing is one sign of circulation, I am guessing that as long as they are breeathing on their own, their heart is pumping? I know this might seem like an obvious answer to most of you, but I just really want to make sure I understand it. Thanks so much for any help!