Still considering the patient from the previous question: A 44 year old patient is admitted with fever and altered LOC.  Her blood pressure on admission is 74/30.  The patient is tachycardic and tachypneic and has a history of pneumonia for one week at the long-term care facility.. Temp 102.1 F, HR 114, RR 24. The RN anticipates the following orders, knowing these to be the foundation of treatment for septic shock:

SIRS leads to a series of events known as “cytokine storm”. Which of the following statements is most accurate about SIRS and cytokine storm?

When treating patients with a COVID-19 infection, use of steroids has specific recommendations including:  

Malignant hyperthermia is treated as a code situation.  Surgical areas keep a special MH crash cart stocked and personnel are trained to respond to this emergency.  Some of the standard interventions that are performed during a malignant hyperthermia crisis include…

Fibrinolytic agents such as TPA/Alteplase used to treat stroke:

The most common cause of hypertensive crisis is: 

A 44 year old patient is admitted with fever and an altered level of consciousness (LOC).  Her blood pressure on admission is 74/30.  The patient is tachycardic and tachypneic and has a history of pneumonia for one week at the long-term care facility. Temp 102.1 F, HR 114, RR 24. Septic shock is suspected. Which of the following would be your priority for this patient upon receiving them to the ED bed? Choose the BEST answer

Which statement below best describes a classic presentation of TB?

It is vital that RNs understand the functional class of commonly given medications, in other words “what do they do for the patient?” For each med, choose the best dropdown answer.  There are many points available here. Don’t worry about them. Just work your way methodically through the questions.    1. Beta Blockers are recognizable because the generic names end with the suffix [BBsuffix]. They have two main therapeutic actions: [BBlower] and [BBdecrease]. An important potential side effect of Beta Blockers that we must be aware of is the potential for [BBSE].   2. Norepinephrine (Levophed) is a/an [levo] used to [levopurpose].   3. Dopamine is an interesting drug. At low doses (generally

A patient is in increasing respiratory distress which is beginning to look like mid-stage ARDS.  She is sitting up at 30 degrees in the bed in on a 40% venti mask, but her SpO2 is only 92%.  While you are at the bedside, the patient begins gasping for air and her O2 sats drop from 92% to the low 70’s%, she looks dusky.  What do you do next?