2/10/06 The vital sign you should check first with high potassium is pulse (due to dysrhythmias). Give neostigmine to clients with Myesthenia Gravis about 45 min. before eating, so it will help with...
2/9 Random Tips: No milk (as well as fresh fruit or veggies) on neutropenic precautions. Tylenol poisoning - liver failure possible for about 4 days. Close observation required during this...
Pediatric Tips: What is an intraosseous infusion? In pediatric life-threatening emergencies, when iv access cannot be obtained, an osseous (bone) needle is hand-drilled into a bone (usually the...
Which anti-coagulant is safe in pregnancy? Heparin is! It does not cross the placenta, so when it is ordered, give it, and when you do it is sub-q. What is a t-tube? I'd never heard of one. It...
Some things to think about today: With portal hypertension or cirrhosis think "bleeder" because of esophageal varices, and also reduced or no clotting factors being produced by the sick liver. While...
I just jot my own notes down by hand as I'm studying, and have been posting some of them here. Glad they're helping. I'd just cut 'n paste them if you want to save them. Good luck as you
Here are a few of my memory joggers Agnosia - I don't know what it is (when an object is placed in hand) Apraxia - My practiced skills are lost (can't carry out a purposeful activity) Procainamide...
The question was not exactly pick the high potassium food , it was which food would be most appropriate for a patient taking Lasix. You'd have to know hypo K is likely with a non-K sparing
I studied from the Kaplan book, and am doing the NCSBN now, and you're right, correct answers on NCSBN seem to conflict with Kaplan rationale sometimes. The NCSBN questions are really tricky....