NCLEX-RN IV Fluid Therapy Cheat Sheet (Free Printable)
Free NCLEX-RN iv fluid therapy cheat sheet — printable study guide for nursing students. Every fact verified against authoritative sources.
IV fluid therapy shows up on the NCLEX-RN because it is a decision you make under pressure: which patient needs urgent resuscitation, which needs routine maintenance, and which needs something else. This cheat sheet distills that decision into four color-coded blocks and a handful of pearls. The green block gives you the 5 Rs of prescribing - resuscitation, maintenance, replacement, redistribution, reassessment - plus the rules that IV fluids are a last resort when oral or enteral routes cannot meet needs, stopped as soon as possible, with every prescription naming fluid type, rate and volume. The red block lists resuscitation triggers, including systolic blood pressure below 100 mmHg. Blue covers routine maintenance under Algorithm 3, counting every source of intake; amber covers replacement and redistribution under Algorithm 4, where malnourished patients risk refeeding syndrome. Pearls add the passive leg raising bedside test, a needs assessment spanning history, exam, medications, monitoring and labs, and what to teach the patient. Use it actively: read a block, picture a patient, and ask the sheet's own question - which R applies to this patient now? The values come from NICE CG174 for adults in hospital, so follow your facility protocol.
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Values from NICE CG174 for adults in hospital - follow your facility protocol.
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