2.2 lb = 1 kg
To convert a child's weight you must know that:
ALT, AST, GGT
Which lab tests would be used to assess liver function before administering medications?
Objective data
What the nurse observes
Subjective data
What the patient says
70-110
Normal fasting glucose:
8-25
Normal BUN: (eight buns for a quarter) (blood urea nitrogen)
0.6-1.2
Normal creatinine:
1.010-1.030
Normal specific gravity:
Concentrated urine
Elevated specific gravity means:
Dehydration
Concentrated urines means:
Dilute urine
Low specific gravity means:
0.1-1.0
Normal bilirubin:
Liver function
Bilirubin checks:
4-6%
Normal HbA1c:
How well blood glucose has been controlled over last 3-4 months
HbA1c checks:
DM out of control
HbA1c >7% indicates:
Endocrine function
HbA1c & glucose check:
3.5-5
Normal potassium (K+):
ventricular arrhythmias
High or low potassium indicates:
135-145
Normal sodium (Na+):
Regulates and distributes fluid volume in the body
What does sodium do?
9-11
Normal calcium:
Parathyroid glands
Calcium is regulated by:
Potassium, sodium, calcium
Electrolytes:
5,000-10,000
Normal WBCs:
Infection
Elevated WBC count indicates:
Low WBC count
Leukemic patients have a:
12-15
Normal HGB for females:
14-17
Normal HGB for males:
36-46%
Normal HCT for females:
42-52%
Normal HCT for males:
150,000-450,000
Normal range of platelets:
bleeding
Low platelet count indicates:
clotting
High platelet count indicates:
Protamine sulfate
Antidote to Heparin:
25-35 seconds
Normal aPTT:
activated partial thromboplastin time
What does aPTT stand for?
Vitamin K
Antidote to Coumadin:
aquamephyton, phytonadoine
Examples of Vitamin K:
10-12 seconds
Normal PT:
prothrombin time
What does PT stand for?
15-30 seconds
Normal PT on Coumadin:
2-3
Normal INR on anticoagulant:
<2
Normal INR on no anticoagulant:
high risk of bleeding, initiate bleeding precautions
An INR 4 or higher indicates what?
0.1-0.2
Troponin T > than what is indicative of MI?
<0.6
Normal range of Troponin I:
1.5
Troponin I > than what is indicative of MI?
troponin
is only present in myocardial tissue, therefore is the gold standard for determining heart damage in the early stages of an MI
0-4%
Normal range of CK-MK:
creatine kinase isoenzyme in heart
What is CK-MK?
CK-MK
What assists in diagnosis of acute MI & evaluates cardiac ischemia?
7.35-7.45
Normal pH:
Acidosis
Low pH=
Alkalosis
High pH=
35-45
Normal range PCO2:
22-26
Normal range of HCO3:
80-100
Normal range of PO2:
95-100%
Normal range of O2 saturation:
metabolic acidosis
What should you suspect with severe diarrhea?
metabolic alkalosis
What should you suspect with excessive vomiting or GI suctioning?
pH up, HCO3 up
Metabolic alkalosis:
pH down, HCO3 down
Metabolic acidosis:
pH up, PCO2 down
Respiratory alkalosis:
pH down, PCO2 up
Respiratory acidosis:
respiratory opposite metabolic equal
ROME:
<200
Normal range of total cholesterol:
10-20
Therapeutic range of acetaminophen (Tylenol):
0.5-2
Therapeutic range of digoxin (Lanoxin):
0.5-1.2
Therapeutic range of lithium (Lithobid):
10-20
Therapeutic range of phenytoin (Dilantin):
10-20
Therapeutic range of theophylline:
>4000
Toxic range of acetaminophen:
>2.5
Toxic range of digoxin:
>30
Toxic range of phenytoin:
>20
Toxic range of theophylline:
30
How many mLs= 1 oz?
98.6-99.5
Normal body temp:
98.6
Normal oral temp:
97.6
Normal axillary temp (decreases a degree):
99.6
Normal rectal temp (increases a degree):
105.8
Danger temp:
109.4 and 77
Death temp:
12-20/min
Normal respirations:
>24/min
Tachypnea (fast respirations):
<10/min
Bradypnea (slow respirations):
120/80 (systolic/diastolic)
Normal BP:
60
How many mg = 1 gr?
60-100
Normal radial pulse:
140/90
Hypertension:
100
Hypotension= systolic below:
120-139
Normal systolic:
80-89
Normal diastolic: