PROPHECY GENERAL ICU RN A V3 ACTUAL
100 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
◉ Your intubated and unresponsive patient is scheduled for surgery
in the morning. Who is the most appropriate person to make
decisions for your patient? Answer: The healthcare POA
◉ When administering a titratable infusion what information must
you check on the medication IV bag to confirm the correct dose is
being administered? Answer: Concentration
◉ Your patient has a known baseline heart rate of around 45. The
ECG monitor keeps alarming when the heart rate decreases below
50. Their vital signs are stable. What would you do? Answer: Adjust
the alarm parameters
◉ How is dopamine usually administered in the ICU when given
intravenously? Answer: Titratable continuous infusion
◉ Which of the following can be given through an enteral feeding
tube? Answer: Immediate release pills
,◉ When donning an N-95 mask, how should you secure the nose?
Answer: Fit the nose piece with both hands
◉ What type of medication is used in the critical care setting to help
manage the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal? Answer:
Benzodiazepines
◉ While admitting a patient with a history of IV drug use, what
precautions should you take? Answer: Carefully inspect items for
presence of sharps.
◉ Your patient is intubated and begins to cough up clear mucous
inside their ETT. What should you do NEXT? Answer: Provide 100%
oxygenation and prepare to suction
◉ What is a complication of long term TPN? Answer: Liver injury
◉ Which assessment establishes baseline hand perfusion before an
ABG puncture or arterial line placement? Answer: Allen Test
◉ You find the concentration of an IV medication bag that is hanging
and infusing into your patient does not match the concentration in
the order. What should you do NEXT? Answer: Stop the infusion
, ◉ Your patient has a right chest tube that was placed after
thoracotomy. They report that is very painful when they cough and
request cough medicine. What should you do? Answer: Teach them
to splint their right side when coughing and give pain medicine
◉ Your patient had an unplanned self-extubation. They are now
alert and sitting up. Their pulse oximetry is 98% on 4 liters face
mask. What action should you prioritize? Answer: Inspecting the
oral cavity
◉ Your are admitting a patient who is sedated and intubated directly
from the operating room after a major surgery. The anesthesia
provider connects the patient to the ventilator in the ICU room and
leaves before entering orders for the patient's ventilatory settings.
How should you proceed? Answer: Contact the ICU intensivist or
specialist assigned to the case
◉ For a patient with septic shock, What would you monitor to
objectively determine the effectiveness and need to titrate a
dobutamine infusion. Answer: ScVo2
◉ Which of the following actions complies with ventilator acquired
pneumonia (VAP) prevention protocols? Answer: Keep head of bed
30-45 degrees
100 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
◉ Your intubated and unresponsive patient is scheduled for surgery
in the morning. Who is the most appropriate person to make
decisions for your patient? Answer: The healthcare POA
◉ When administering a titratable infusion what information must
you check on the medication IV bag to confirm the correct dose is
being administered? Answer: Concentration
◉ Your patient has a known baseline heart rate of around 45. The
ECG monitor keeps alarming when the heart rate decreases below
50. Their vital signs are stable. What would you do? Answer: Adjust
the alarm parameters
◉ How is dopamine usually administered in the ICU when given
intravenously? Answer: Titratable continuous infusion
◉ Which of the following can be given through an enteral feeding
tube? Answer: Immediate release pills
,◉ When donning an N-95 mask, how should you secure the nose?
Answer: Fit the nose piece with both hands
◉ What type of medication is used in the critical care setting to help
manage the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal? Answer:
Benzodiazepines
◉ While admitting a patient with a history of IV drug use, what
precautions should you take? Answer: Carefully inspect items for
presence of sharps.
◉ Your patient is intubated and begins to cough up clear mucous
inside their ETT. What should you do NEXT? Answer: Provide 100%
oxygenation and prepare to suction
◉ What is a complication of long term TPN? Answer: Liver injury
◉ Which assessment establishes baseline hand perfusion before an
ABG puncture or arterial line placement? Answer: Allen Test
◉ You find the concentration of an IV medication bag that is hanging
and infusing into your patient does not match the concentration in
the order. What should you do NEXT? Answer: Stop the infusion
, ◉ Your patient has a right chest tube that was placed after
thoracotomy. They report that is very painful when they cough and
request cough medicine. What should you do? Answer: Teach them
to splint their right side when coughing and give pain medicine
◉ Your patient had an unplanned self-extubation. They are now
alert and sitting up. Their pulse oximetry is 98% on 4 liters face
mask. What action should you prioritize? Answer: Inspecting the
oral cavity
◉ Your are admitting a patient who is sedated and intubated directly
from the operating room after a major surgery. The anesthesia
provider connects the patient to the ventilator in the ICU room and
leaves before entering orders for the patient's ventilatory settings.
How should you proceed? Answer: Contact the ICU intensivist or
specialist assigned to the case
◉ For a patient with septic shock, What would you monitor to
objectively determine the effectiveness and need to titrate a
dobutamine infusion. Answer: ScVo2
◉ Which of the following actions complies with ventilator acquired
pneumonia (VAP) prevention protocols? Answer: Keep head of bed
30-45 degrees
