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Tanya Hughes, RN, BSN
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Motor response
6. Obeys request
5. Localizes
4. Withdraws from painful stimuli
3. Abnormal flexion - decorticate posture (toward
spine)
2. Abnormal extension - decerebrate posture (away
from spine)
1. None
Verbal response
5. Oriented
4. Confused
3. Inappropriate words
2. Incomprehensible
1. None
Pressure-controlled/inverse-ratio ventilation
(PC/IRV)
Provides inspiratory time greater than expiratory
time, thereby improving distribution of ventilation
and preventing collapse of stiffer alveolar units (auto-
PEEP). Patient is unable to initiate an inspiration.
Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
Positive pressure applied during machine breathing
and maintained at end-expiration; decreases
intrapulmonary shunting.
Myocardial Infarctions
Anterior MI
elevation in V1, V2, V3, V4; depression may be
present in II, III, aVF (left anterior descending branch
of left coronary artery, aka LAD)
Inferior MI
elevation in II, III, aVF; depression may be present in
I, aVL, V2-V4 (right coronary artery, aka RCA)
Lateral MI
elevation in I, aVL, V5, V6 (circumflex branch of left
coronary artery, aka Circ)
Posterior MI
depression in V1, V2, V3 (could be RCA branch or
Circ branch)
Classification of Cardiac Murmurs by
Degree of Intensity
I - Barely audible
II - Audible after a few seconds of auscultation, low
intensity
III - Immediately audible, moderate intensity
IV - Loud intensity without a precordial thrill
V - Loud intensity with a precordial thrill
VI - Loudest intensity, precordial thrill, audible with
stethoscope slightly away from thoracic wall
Hemodynamic Data
PAP (Pulmonary Artery Pressure)
PAP is the systolic and mean pressure of the
pulmonary artery.
Normal: Systolic 20-30 Diastolic 8-12
High values - Overload, Pericarditis, Pulmonary
HTN/Embolus, Ventricular Septal Defect, LV Failure,
PEEP, Cardiac Tamponade/Effusion
Low values - Hypovolemia, RV Failure, Pulmonary
Stenosis, Shock
CO (Cardiac Output)
Cardiac Output is the amount of blood ejected by the
Left Ventricle into the Aorta in one minute.
(SV x HR = CO) CO/BSA= CI
Normal Cardiac Output: 4-8 L/min
Normal Cardiac Index : 2.5-4.0 L/min/m2
High values - Sepsis
Low values - Shock, LV Failure, Pulmonary
Embolus, Cardiac Tamponade
CVP (Central Venous Pressure)
CVP is the measurement of the Right Atrial pressure
or pressure of the great veins within the thorax.
Normal: 2-6
High values - Ascites, Pericarditis, ARDS, COPP,
Pulmonary Embolus, Cardiac Tamponade/Effusion,
LV Failure, Mitral Stenosis, PEEP, Pneumothorax,
Pulmonary HTV, RV Infarct, Sepsis, Volume
Overload
Low values - Hypovolemia, Shock
Reduction of Hyperglycemia
-Use of low-dose insulin infusion
-Intravenous insulin
-Intramuscular insulin
Bolus doses
1. To calculate bolus doses, take the remaining 50%
of insulin and divide it by four doses according to the
patient's meal plan for the day. For example the
remaining 50% could be divided thus: 20% at
breakfast, 10% at lunch, 15% at dinner, and 5% with
a bedtime snack.
2. To calculate the units for each of these four daily
bolus doses, multiply the percent of each meal bolus
times the total daily insulin pump dose. For example,
for 44 units for a total daily dose:
a. Breakfast dose is 20% (or 0.2) x 44 units = 9 units.
b. Lunch dose is 10% (or 0.1) x 44 = 4 units
c. Dinner dose is 15% (or 0.15) x 44 = 7 units
d. Bedtime snack dose is 5% (or 0.05) x 44 = 2 units.
RENAL
TRAUMA
Systolic BP
4. SBP >89
3. SBP 76-89
2. SBP 50-75
1. SBP 1-49
0. No pulse
[Lefort Fractures]
[Rules of Nine]
SURGICAL
FLACC Scale
Face
2. Frequent to constant quivering chin, clenched jaw
1. Occasional grimace or frown, withdrawn,
disinterested
0. No particular expression or smile
Legs
2. Kicking or legs drawn up
1. Uneasy, restless, tense
0. Normal position or relaxed
Activity
2. Arched, rigid or jerking
1. Squirming, shifting back and forth, tense
0. Lying quietly, normal position, moves easily
Cry
2. Crying steadily, screams or sobs, frequent
complaints
1. Moans or whimpers; occasional complaint
0. No cry (awake or asleep)
Consolability
2. Difficult to console or comfort
1. Reassured by occasional touching, hugging or
being talked to
0. Content, relaxed
Central Venous Catheter Protocol,
Adult
Peripheral
Dressing Change: q72 hrs transparent, q48 hrs
(gauze/tape dressing)
Flush for used ports: 3ml NS q12 hrs
Groshong (tunneled)
Dressing Change: 24 hrs post-insertion, then q7 days
(transparent dressing), q48 hrs (gauze/tape dressing)
Flush for used ports: 10 ml NS per week
Flush after blood draw: 10-20 ml NS
Hickman/Broviac (tunneled)
Dressing Change: 24 hrs post-insertion, then q7 days
(transparent dressing), q48 hrs (gauze/tape dressing)
Flush for used ports: 3ml Heparin (100 units/ml), q24
hrs
Flush after blood draw: 10ml NS, 3ml Heparin (100
units/ml), if not accessed and in use
Hohn (tunneled)
Dressing Change: 24 hrs post-insertion, then q7 days
(transparent dressing), q48 hrs (gauze/tape dressing)
Flush for used ports: 3ml Heparin (100 units/ml), q24
hrs
Flush after blood draw: 10ml NS, 3ml Heparin (100
units/ml), if not accessed and in use
Diazepam (Valium)
1-5min/ 1-5 min
Duration: 15-60 min
Dose: 2-5 mg IV over 5 min; may repeat every 5 min
with 2 mg increments to a maximum of 10 mg total
Lorazepam (Ativan)
5 min/10-15 min
Duration: 6-8 hr
Dose: 0.5-2 mg slow IV to a maximum of 4 mg total
Opiods
Morphine
2-5 min/20 min
Duration: 4-5 hr
Dose: 2-5 mg IV over 5 min; may repeat every 5 min
with 2-5 mg increments
Meperidine (Demerol)
1 min/5-7 min
Duration: 2-4 hr
Dose: 25-50 mg IV over 2 min; may repeat every 5
min with 10-15 mg increments to a maximum of 150
mg total
Fentanyl (Sublimaze)
1-2 min/6-10 min
Duration: 45-90 min, but can vary
Dose: 25-50 mcg IV over 2 min; may repeat every 5
min with 25 mcg increments to a maximum of 500
mcg in 4 hr
Naloxone (Narcan)
2 min/5-15 min
Duration: 1-4 hr, but can vary
Reversal dose: 0.02-0.04 mg over 30 sec; may repeat
at 1 min intervals to a maximum of 10 mg. (Dilute
0.4 mg in 10 ml to make 0.04 mg/ml.) For overdose:
0.4-2 mg SC/IV q 2-3 min.
Aldrette Scoring System for
Conscious Sedation
Activity
2. Voluntary movement of all limbs to command
1. Voluntary movement of two extremities to
command
0. Unable to move
Respiration
2. Breathe deeply and cough
1. Dyspnea, hypoventilation
0. Apneic
Circulation
2. BP +/- 20 mmHg of pre-anesthesia level
1. BP >20-50 mmHg of pre-anesthesia level
0. BP >50 mmHg of pre-anesthesia level
Consciousness
2. Fully awake
1. Arousable
0. Unresponsive
Color
2. Pink
1. Pale, blotch
0. Cyanotic
Age: 1 Year
Resting Respiratory Rate: 20-40
Resting Heart Rate: 80-160
Blood Pressure: 65-115/42-80
Age: 3 Years
Resting Respiratory Rate: 20-30
Resting Heart Rate: 80-120
Blood Pressure: 76-122/46-84
Age: 6 Years
Resting Respiratory Rate: 16-22
Resting Heart Rate: 70-115
Blood Pressure: 85-115/48-64
Age: 10 Years
Resting Respiratory Rate: 16-20
Resting Heart Rate: 70-115
Blood Pressure: 93-125/46-68
Age: 14 Years
Resting Respiratory Rate: 14-20
Resting Heart Rate: 60-110
Blood Pressure: 99-137/51-71
Age: Adult
Resting Respiratory Rate: 14-20
Resting Heart Rate: 60-100
Blood Pressure: 100-140/60-90
MISC
NANDA Nursing Diagnoses
Activity/Rest
- Activity intolerance
- Activity intolerance, risk for
- Disuse Syndrome, risk for
- Diversional Activity Deficit
- Fatigue
- Sleep Deprivation
- Sleep Pattern Disturbance
Circulation
- Adaptive capacity: intercranial, decreased
- Autonomic dysreflexia
- Autonomic dysreflexia, risk for
- Cardiac Output, decreased
- Tissue Perfusion, altered (specify): renal,
cerebral, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal,
peripheral
Ego integrity
- Adjustment, impaired
- Anxiety, death
- Anxiety (specify level)
- Body Image Disturbance
- Coping, defensive
- Coping, individual, ineffective
- Decisional Conflict (specify)
- Energy Field Disturbance
- Fear
- Grieving, anticipatory
- Grieving, dysfunctional
- Hopelessness
- Personal Identity Disturbance
- Post-Trauma Syndrome
- Post-Trauma Syndrome, risk for
- Powerlessness
- Rape-Trauma Syndrome
- Rape-Trauma Syndrome: compound reaction
- Rape-Trauma Syndrome: silent reaction
- Relocation Stress Syndrome
- Relocation Stress Syndrome, risk for
- Self-Esteem, chronic low
- Self-Esteem Disturbance
- Self-Esteem, situational low
- Self-Esteem, situational low, risk for
- Sorrow, chronic
- Spiritual distress
- Spiritual distress, risk for
- Spiritual well-being, enhanced, potential for
Elimination
- Bowel incontinence
- Constipation
- Constipation, perceived
- Constipation, risk for
- Diarrhea
- Urinary incontinence, functional
- Urinary incontinence, reflex
- Urinary incontinence, stress
- Urinary incontinence, total
- Urinary incontinence, urge
- Urinary incontinence, urge, risk for
- Urinary elimination, altered
- Urinary retention (acute/chronic)
Food/Fluid
- Breastfeeding, effective
- Breastfeeding, ineffective
- Breastfeeding, interrupted
- Dentition, altered
- Failure to thrive, adult
- Fluid volume deficit (active loss)
- Fluid volume deficit (regulatory failure)
- Fluid volume deficit, risk for
- Fluid volume excess
- Infant feeding pattern, ineffective
- Nutrition: altered, less than body requirements
- Nutrition: altered, risk for more than body
requirements
- Oral mucous membrane, altered
- Swallowing, impaired
- Health Maintenance, altered
Hygiene
- Self care deficit (specify level): feeding,
bathing/hygiene, dressing/grooming, toileting
Neurosensory
- Confusion, acute
- Confusion, chronic
- Infant behavior, disorganized
- Infant behavior, disorganized, risk for
- Infant behavior, organized, potential for
enhanced
- Memory, impaired
- Peripheral neurovascular dysfunction, risk for
- Sensory perception alterations (specify):
visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory, tactile,
olfactory
- Thought processes, altered
- Unilateral neglect
Pain/Comfort
- Nausea
- Pain, acute
- Pain, chronic
Respiration
- Airway Clearance, ineffective
- Aspiration, risk for
- Breathing Pattern, ineffective
- Gas Exchange, impaired
- Ventilation, spontaneous, inability to sustain
- Ventilatory Weaning Response, dysfunctional
(DVWR)
Safety
- Body Temperature, altered, risk for
- Environmental interpretation syndrome,
impaired
- Falls, risk for
- Home Maintenance Management, impaired
- Hyperthermia
- Hypothermia
- Infection, risk for
- Injury, risk for
- Latex Allergy Response
- Latex Allergy Response, risk for
- Mobility, impaired bed
- Mobility, impaired physical
- Mobility, impaired wheelchair
- Perioperative Positioning Injury, risk for
- Poisoning, risk for
- Protection, altered
- Self-Mutilation
- Self-Mutilation, risk for
- Skin Integrity, impaired
- Skin Integrity, impaired, risk for
- Suffocation, risk for
- Suicide, risk for
- Surgical recovery, delayed
- Thermoregulation, ineffective
- Tissue integrity, impaired
- Transfer ability, impaired wheelchair
- Trauma, risk for
- Violence, risk for, directed at self/others
- Walking, impaired
- Wandering (specify): sporadic, continual
Sexuality
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sexuality Patterns, altered
Social Interaction
- Caregiver Role Strain
- Caregiver Role Strain, risk for
- Communication, impaired, verbal
- Community Coping, enhanced, potential for
- Community Coping, ineffective
- Family Coping, ineffective: compromised
- Family Coping, ineffective: disabling
- Family Coping, potential for growth
- Family Process, altered: alcoholism
- Family Processes, altered
- Loneliness, risk for
- Parent-Infant Attachment, insecure, risk for
- Parent-Infant Attachment, altered, risk for
- Parental Role Conflict
- Parenting, altered
- Parenting, altered, risk for
- Relocation Stress syndrome
- Role performance, altered
- Social interaction, impaired
- Social isolation
Teaching/Learning
- Development, altered, risk for
- Growth and Development, altered
- Health – Seeking Behaviors (specify)
- Knowledge Deficit (specify)
- Noncompliance (specify)
- Therapeutic Regimen: Community, ineffective
management
- Therapeutic Regimen: Families, ineffective
management
- Therapeutic Regimen: Individual, effective
management
- Therapeutic Regimen: Individual, ineffective
management
MEDICATIONS
Lispro (NovoLog)
Onset: 5-15 min
Peak: 0.75-2.0 hrs
Duration: 4-5 hrs
Route of Administration: SubQ
Glargine (Lantus)
Onset: 2-4 hrs
Peak: None
Duration: ~24 hrs
Route of Administration: SubQ
Angiotensin - Converting Enzyme
Inhibitors
Captopril (Capoten)
Initial dose: 6.125 mg tid
Goal dose: 50 mg bid
Side effects: dry cough, dizziness, rash, high
potassium levels, low blood pressure, angioedema
(swelling of hand, face, throat)
Monitoring: potassium, BUN, Creatine levels
Enalapril (Vasotec)
Initial dose: 2.5 mg/d or bid
Goal dose: 20 mg/d or bid
Side effects: dry cough, dizziness, rash, high
potassium levels, low blood pressure, angioedema
(swelling of hand, face, throat)
Monitoring: potassium, BUN, Creatine levels
Benazepril (Lotensin)
Initial dose: 10 mg/d or bid
Goal dose: 40 mg/d or bid
Side effects: dry cough, dizziness, rash, high
potassium levels, low blood pressure, angioedema
(swelling of hand, face, throat)
Monitoring: potassium, BUN, Creatine levels
Quinapril (Accupril)
Initial dose: 5 mg bid
Goal dose: 20 mg bid
Side effects: dry cough, dizziness, rash, high
potassium levels, low blood pressure, angioedema
(swelling of hand, face, throat)
Monitoring: potassium, BUN, Creatine levels
Ramipril (Altace)
Initial dose: 2.5 mg/d
Goal dose: 20 mg/d in single or divided dose
Side effects: dry cough, dizziness, rash, high
potassium levels, low blood pressure, angioedema
(swelling of hand, face, throat)
Monitoring: potassium, BUN, Creatine levels
Metoprolol (Lopressor)
Initial dose: 12.5 mg po bid
Goal dose: 50-100 mg po bid
Side effects: dizziness, nightmares, depression,
fatigue, wheezing, decreased sex drive, itching,
memory loss, fluid retention, worsening diabetes,
diarrhea
Monitoring: pulse, blood pressure
Bisoprolol (Zebeta)
Initial dose: 1.25 mg/d
Goal dose: 10 mg/d
Side effects: dizziness, nightmares, depression,
fatigue, wheezing, decreased sex drive, itching,
memory loss, fluid retention, worsening diabetes,
diarrhea
Monitoring: pulse, blood pressure