Intravenous fluid therapy

A 74-year-old woman is on day 4 after an open right hemicolectomy. Sodium chloride 0.9% 1 L eight-hourly, charted in the emergency department before her operati…

Pre-internship · common

A 71-year-old man is on day 2 after a Hartmann procedure for perforated diverticulitis. He remains nil by mouth and his nasogastric tube has drained 1400 mL in…

Pre-internship · niche

A 58-year-old man was admitted 36 hours ago with severe acute pancreatitis and has been given 7 litres of sodium chloride 0.9%. He is alert and normotensive, is…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man is receiving intravenous vancomycin for a prosthetic joint infection through a 20 gauge cannula in the dorsum of the left hand. Six hours into…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 78-year-old woman is admitted overnight for observation after a mechanical fall. She is eating and drinking, takes only oral medications, and no intravenous t…

Pre-internship · common

A registered nurse is preparing to administer flucloxacillin 1 g in 100 mL of sodium chloride 0.9% intravenously over 30 minutes. No infusion pump is available,…

Clinical rotations · common