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Determining the need for ventilatory support
What kind of intervention is mech...,
When should ventilator support be...,
When should a patient be placed o...
23
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Required Equipment for Mechanical Ventilation
What are the two types of artific...,
Which artificial airway is a spec...,
What is the purpose of a cuff on ...
18
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Types of Mechanical Ventilators
How are ventilators classified,
How in negative pressure ventilat...,
What is the amount of negative pr...
17
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Commonly Monitored Ventilator Settings
What is the goal tidal volume for...,
What increases as tidal volume or...,
What is plateau pressure
51
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Noninvasive Alternatives for Mechanical Ventilation
How can the combination of positi...,
In what conditions would noninvas...,
What are two noninvasive alternat...
10
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High-Acuity Nursing
What is the confusion assessment ...,
How many levels are there for icu...,
What is the benefit of having int...
34
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Blood Transfusions
Two reasons for a blood transfusion,
Number one cause of an upper gi b...,
Who is prone to esophageal varices
36
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Holistic Care of the Patient and Family
What are the 5 stages of loss acc...,
What is the benefit of the denial...,
What are the stages of bargaining...
39
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Critical Care
What does the american associatio...,
Who composes a rapid response team,
How long before cardiac arrest do...
15
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Mechanical Ventilation
What do crackles indicate in the ...,
What does atria stand for when ta...,
What are the late symptoms of hyp...
79
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Restraint Use in ICU
What are the 3 types of restraints,
When is a behavioral physical res...,
What is the most common type of r...
15
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Nutrition and Medication Administration in the Critically Ill
What kind of state are icu patien...,
What is the foundational building...,
Which critically ill patient is a...
21
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Central Venous Catheters
Where do most central lines termi...,
What should be monitored once a c...,
Where are early signs of central ...
50
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Central Line Dressing Changes
Is a hickman tunneled or non tunn...,
Which line are dvts most frequent...,
What is one of the main contraind...
4
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Chest Tubes
Does the pleural cavity have posi...,
Does the lung and atmosphere pres...,
What direction do the lungs recoil
45
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Tracheostomy Basics
What is ostomy,
Why would a patient need a trache...,
What are reasons that patients ma...
19
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EKG
What do open sodium channels cause,
What happens when calcium is rele...,
What happens when potassium chann...
53
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Perfusion
What does the pulmonary circuit i...,
Why can an increase in pressure i...,
Which layer of a blood vessel pre...
78
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Hemodynamic Monitoring
The measurement of pressure flow ...,
If preload is unchanged and the h...,
Which drugs will increase or impr...
19
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Cardiac Drugs
What kind of drugs are prils,
What are pril drugs used for,
What kind of drug is spironolactone
51
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Alterations in Cardiac Function
What are 3 reasons that mitral va...,
What are 4 reasons that aortic va...,
3 reasons that regurgitation may ...
83
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Essential Concepts in Oxygenation
What is the process of o2 leaving...,
What does ventilation depend on 5,
Where are the sensors chemorecept...
81
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A-line Basics
Can an a line be used for a trans...,
What is an a line used for,
Why does an a line work
23
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Anemia
What is anemia,
What is neutropenia,
What is thrombocytopenia
22
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Neurology
How would an obtundated patient p...,
What kind of patient would presen...,
What scale is used to assess chan...
47
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High Acuity Fluid and Electrolytes
What is the difference between se...,
What kind of solution will shift ...,
What kind of solutions can be use...
4
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Burn Care
What is included in the primary s...,
How is a patient s temperature ma...,
Why are pediatric patients more s...
38
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Sepsis
5 components of the inflammatory ...,
Temp to fit sirs criteria,
Heart rate to fit sirs criteria
13
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Cancer
Which cancers commonly metastasiz...,
Which cancers commonly will metas...,
Which cancers commonly metastasiz...
100
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Death and Dying
What is a large reason that palli...,
How is hospice delivered,
What is included in the five wishes
23
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Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplant
Where does hematopoiesis occur in...,
What types of blood cells are der...,
What is leukemia
46
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Organ transplant
What is a heterograft,
What is an isograft,
What is an allograft
33
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Shock/MODS
What are the objective parameters...,
What is the most common type of s...,
What are the 3 types of distribut...
9
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