*NURSING > EXAM > Prophecy Surgical ICU Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct ( UPDATED 2024 ) (All)
1. What is the nurse to patient ratio in the ICU? Answer: 1:2, with nursing care neededevery hour on the hour 2. Who isthe primary care provider when the patient enters a closed ICU? Answer: theICU... staff 3. What procedures can occur bedside in the ICU? Answer: most all, bronch, central lines 4. Where can central lines be placed? Answer:subclavian, internal jugular, and femoral 5. Of the these sites, which is more prone to infections and why? Answer: the femoralsite bc the groin is dark moist and grows stuff so typically don't leave it more than 24 hours 6. What are central lines made of and what size and type are mostly used? Answer: -polyurethane, 7 french, triple lumen 7. What does PIC stand for and what is it made of? Answer: peripheral inserted catheter,made of silicone 8. Why is heparin preferred for anticoagulation? Answer: bc it is short acting and reversible 9. What is the MOA of heparin?? Answer: inhibition of platelets, binds to antithrombin II which then inactivatesthrombin and other proteasesinvolved in blood clotting, mostnotably factor Xa. 10. What reverses heparin? Answer: Protamine Sulfate 11. What is the route and dose typically administered of heparin? Answer:subQ injections 5000 units every 8 hours for prophylaxis 12. What lab would you use to guide treatment with heparin? Answer: PTT- not thePT/INR!! 13. What is not typically given as an anticoagulant to patients that have a riskfor bleeding or renal failure, even though it is easier than heparin? Answer: Lovenox [Show More]
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