Vitamin K is the antidote for warfarin (Coumadin). Atropine sulfate is the antidote for cholinergic crisis. Protamine sulfate is the antidote for heparin. A client admitted with hypertensive crisis has an intravenous (IV) infusion of 1000 mL of normal saline with 20 mEq of potassium chloride added.
Premature ventricular contractions can be caused by cardiac disorders, states of hypoxemia, or by any number of physiological stressors, such as infection, illness, surgery, or trauma, and by intake of caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol. The nurse is evaluating a client's response to cardioversion.
Stable angina is induced by exercise and relieved by rest or nitroglycerin tablets. Unstable angina occurs at lower levels of activity or at rest, is less predictable, and is often a precursor of myocardial infarction. The nurse is monitoring a client with acute pericarditis for signs of cardiac tamponade.
Ventricular tachycardia is treated with antidysrhythmic medications, cardioversion (if client is awake), or defibrillation (loss of consciousness). Ventricular tachycardia can deteriorate into ventricular fibrillation at any time. A client has developed atrial fibrillation, with a ventricular rate of 150 beats/minute.
Thrombolytic agents are used to dissolve existing thrombi, and the nurse should monitor the client for obvious or occult signs of bleeding. This includes assessment for obvious bleeding within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, urinary system, and skin. It also includes Hematest testing of secretions for occult blood.
The most common symptoms of myocarditis are flulike. Chest pain, edema, and changes in LOC are not characteristic of myocarditis. 36. The nurse on the hospital's infection control committee is looking into two cases of hospital-acquired infective endocarditis among a specific classification of patients.
Tobacco smoke also impairs transport and cellular use of oxygen and increases blood viscosity. A home health nurse is seeing an elderly female client for the first time. During the physical assessment of the client's feet, the nurse notes several circular ulcers around the tips of the toes on both feet.
Aortic dissection is not mistaken for stroke, pneumothorax, or angina. When administering heparin anticoagulant therapy, the nurse needs to make certain that the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) is within the therapeutic range of: a) 2.5 to 3.0 times the baseline control.
Plavix or Ticlid is given to patients who are allergic to aspirin or given in addition to aspirin to patients at high risk for MI. Norvasc, Cardizem, and Plendil are calcium channel blockers. A patient's elevated cholesterol levels are being managed with Lipitor, 40 mg daily.
In Saudi Arabia the men wear what is called a thobe. Which is typically a white cotton or wool dress. Their purpose for being white is to keep the men cooler in the heat in Saudi Arabia. However, in the winter they tend to wear darker colors to trap the heat and keep them warmer.
An abaya is like a big, long cloak that women wear over their original dress to hide every part of their legs and arms. They are usually made of silk. The women have four choices for their headdresses. The majority of them are made out of silk, cotton, wool, and polyester. 1.
Not all men wear thobes; and the ones that don't, their typical outfit is casual pants and a t-shirt. On some special occasions, for example a wedding, the men wear a gold-edged cloak over their thobes to look more elegant. Some men wear headdresses too and their are three parts to it. 1.