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What would delay your patients discharge from the hospital?
A. Pain of 4/10 with ambulation
B. Inability to void since surgery
C. Hemoglobin of 8
D. Heart rate of 100 -ANSWERS-B. Inability to void since surgery
Your patient comes in with a temperature of 101, heart rate of 100, respiratory rate of
30. He appears to be using accessory muscles to breath. Lungs sounds crackles at the
bases. What would be your first thing to do?
A. Obtain a sputum sample and blood cultures
B. Give him oxygen so his O2 sat is >95%
C. Give him a liter of normal saline
D. Start him on IV antibiotics -ANSWERS-B. Give him oxygen so his O2 sat is >95%
You are checking your patients labs and notice they have a potassium level of 6, would
be expected findings.
A. Heart palpitations
B. Muscle spasms
C. Dark amber urine
D. Drowsiness -ANSWERS-A. Heart palpitations
,You are discharging your patient who just received chemotherapy for AML. What
findings does your patient need to report immediately?
A. Nausea and vomiting
B. Muscle twitching and cramping ( indicates hyperkalemia, pt may go into renal failure)
C. Fatigue
D. Vertigo with position changes -ANSWERS-B Muscle twitching and cramping (
indicates hyperkalemia, pt may go into renal failure)
You have a 80 year old male come in with pneumonia what would be the first symptoms
he would present?
A. Temperature elevation and chills
B. Altered mental status
C. A cough and SOB
D. Increase sputum -ANSWERS-B. Altered mental status
You have a patient with uncontrolled asthma, you have just given him an albuterol
nebulizer but he is still short of breath what would you do next?
A. Do stat Pulmonary function tests
B. Give IV Steroids
C. Put him on continuous oxygen
D. Given IV antibiotics -ANSWERS-B Give IV Steroids
A patient comes in after a severe motor vehicle accident his heart rate is 150, BP is
90/50, and respiratory rate is 18 what would you want to do first?
, A. Take blood for electrolytes
B. Give potassium stat
C. Administer opioids
D. Document vital signs stat -ANSWERS-A.Take blood for electrolytes
Your patient is post-op day one what would we do to prevent complications? (Select all
that apply)
A. Having them use IS
B. Giving them pain meds when their pain is 8/10
C. Ambulating every hour
D. Giving them sub-q enoxaparin -ANSWERS-A, D. Having them use IS
Giving them sub-q enoxaparin
Your 24 year old patient comes in for knee surgery. He informs you that his dad spiked
a fever of 104 when he had the same surgery. Why is this information relevant to you?
A. He is at a risk for post op infection
B. He is at a risk for malignant hyperthermia
C. He is at a risk for DVT's
D. This information is not relevant -ANSWERS-B He is at a risk for malignant
hyperthermia
A patient scheduled for a cholecystectomy is undergoing routine pre-admission testing.
Which lab values would warrant concern from the nurse?
A. Calcium 10.5 mg/dL
B. WBC 14,000
C. PTT 35 seconds
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What would delay your patients discharge from the hospital?
A. Pain of 4/10 with ambulation
B. Inability to void since surgery
C. Hemoglobin of 8
D. Heart rate of 100 -ANSWERS-B. Inability to void since surgery
Your patient comes in with a temperature of 101, heart rate of 100, respiratory rate of
30. He appears to be using accessory muscles to breath. Lungs sounds crackles at the
bases. What would be your first thing to do?
A. Obtain a sputum sample and blood cultures
B. Give him oxygen so his O2 sat is >95%
C. Give him a liter of normal saline
D. Start him on IV antibiotics -ANSWERS-B. Give him oxygen so his O2 sat is >95%
You are checking your patients labs and notice they have a potassium level of 6, would
be expected findings.
A. Heart palpitations
B. Muscle spasms
C. Dark amber urine
D. Drowsiness -ANSWERS-A. Heart palpitations
,You are discharging your patient who just received chemotherapy for AML. What
findings does your patient need to report immediately?
A. Nausea and vomiting
B. Muscle twitching and cramping ( indicates hyperkalemia, pt may go into renal failure)
C. Fatigue
D. Vertigo with position changes -ANSWERS-B Muscle twitching and cramping (
indicates hyperkalemia, pt may go into renal failure)
You have a 80 year old male come in with pneumonia what would be the first symptoms
he would present?
A. Temperature elevation and chills
B. Altered mental status
C. A cough and SOB
D. Increase sputum -ANSWERS-B. Altered mental status
You have a patient with uncontrolled asthma, you have just given him an albuterol
nebulizer but he is still short of breath what would you do next?
A. Do stat Pulmonary function tests
B. Give IV Steroids
C. Put him on continuous oxygen
D. Given IV antibiotics -ANSWERS-B Give IV Steroids
A patient comes in after a severe motor vehicle accident his heart rate is 150, BP is
90/50, and respiratory rate is 18 what would you want to do first?
, A. Take blood for electrolytes
B. Give potassium stat
C. Administer opioids
D. Document vital signs stat -ANSWERS-A.Take blood for electrolytes
Your patient is post-op day one what would we do to prevent complications? (Select all
that apply)
A. Having them use IS
B. Giving them pain meds when their pain is 8/10
C. Ambulating every hour
D. Giving them sub-q enoxaparin -ANSWERS-A, D. Having them use IS
Giving them sub-q enoxaparin
Your 24 year old patient comes in for knee surgery. He informs you that his dad spiked
a fever of 104 when he had the same surgery. Why is this information relevant to you?
A. He is at a risk for post op infection
B. He is at a risk for malignant hyperthermia
C. He is at a risk for DVT's
D. This information is not relevant -ANSWERS-B He is at a risk for malignant
hyperthermia
A patient scheduled for a cholecystectomy is undergoing routine pre-admission testing.
Which lab values would warrant concern from the nurse?
A. Calcium 10.5 mg/dL
B. WBC 14,000
C. PTT 35 seconds
