NUR 172 exam 1(LATEST 2025/2026) Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct Always be concerned with the decreased urine output (less than 75 mL within 3 hours) - ANSWER Normal output is 30 mL per hour What do you document about an IV? - ANSWER IV site, the IV size, description of the site, call light in reach, how patient responded and fluid infused You have a patient who received a bolus of 500 mL/hr and now they are short of breath, what would your nursing intervention be? - ANSWER Raise the head of the bed, notify the physician Which labs would be the most concerning, that you would report right away? - ANSWER BUN of 40 Potassium of 4.9 Creatinine of 4.1 You have an IV of NS going at 50 mL/hr for 8 hours and the patient drank several glasses of water during the shift, the patient only received 100 mL of the IV fluid, what would you do? - ANSWER Report I's and O's to the doctor 1 / 3
What replacement fluid would you give to a patient who has come into the hospital for burns? - ANSWER Lactated Ringers What patient would you give IV fluids to? - ANSWER - DKA = regular insulin (LPNs cannot administer)
- Vomiting and Diarrhea
- NPO **ALWAYS PRIORITY**
You have a patient who has lung disease receiving NS at 150 mL/hr and they are short of breath with a pulse oximeter of 90%, what would you do? - ANSWER Slow down IV to KVO (keep veins open) 0.45% of NS going 100 mL/hr, the alarm is ringing because the bag is empty and the patient's pulse is 110, respiratory rate of 22 and the blood pressure is 80/40, and the O2 sat is 95. What would you do? - ANSWER DO NOT
ADMINISTER ANY MORE HYPOTONIC SOLUTION, RECOMMEND
HYPERTONIC
What does isotonic solutions do to the body? - ANSWER It will not cause fluid shift when infused A 17 year old comes into the ER needing an IV started, what would we do? - ANSWER LPN's cannot do anything IV wise for a patient younger than 18, contact the RN A 19 year old patient needs gentamicin, what would you do? - ANSWER You can administer to patient 2 / 3
You are working with an RN, and she is teaching you about IV insertion, what are you allowed to do? - ANSWER The LPN can place IV catheter in the forearm, antecubital space and hand. NOT THE BICEP.Can LPN's hang the 2nd, 3rd, 4th bag of NS with multivitamins? - ANSWER yes Can LPNs hang NS for adults? - ANSWER yes they can Can LPNs hang the second bag of IV antibiotic, not the first? - ANSWER No, you can hang the first bag of antibiotics for the adult Can LPNs hang IV antibiotics of vancomycin for an adult? - ANSWER yes LPNs can 0.9% NaCl needs to infuse over 7 hours, you have 100 mL, the drop factor is 15 drops per minute, what would you set the pump at? (if it's a pump always mL/hr) - ANSWER 100/7 = 14 mL/hr 1.5 liters of NS, infused over 14 hours, the drop factor is 20 drops/mL, what is the mL per hour? - ANSWER 1500/14 = 107 mL/hr
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