CAPA CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Teaching patient ages 2-6 years - ✔✔- uses puppets and interactive play
✔✔Normal hemoglobin - ✔✔- pre-diabetic 5.8%-6.5%
- diabetics >6.5%
✔✔Extubation criteria - ✔✔- equal hand grasps
- ability to life head off the pillow for > 5 secs
- > 10 bpm
- ability to respond to commands
- open eyes, cough, swallow
✔✔Staffing ratios in Phase II - ✔✔1:2 when one is an intial admission to phase II
✔✔Assessment and documentation of chest tube - ✔✔- vital signs
- presence of air leaks and fluctuations
- suction level used
- dressing/ drainage
- presence of crepitus
- patient positioning
✔✔Interventions increased intracranial pressure - ✔✔- maintain HOB 30- 45 degrees
- head in neutral position
- NEVER put patient in prone or valsalva maneuvers
✔✔Local Anesthetic Toxicity Cascade Symptoms - ✔✔- hypertension then leading to
hypotension
- PVCs
- prolonged QRS
- then caridovascular collapse
, ✔✔1st indication - block has worn off - ✔✔- return of temperature sensation
✔✔Laprascopic shoulder pain treatment - ✔✔- oral analgesics
- sleeping with head and shoulders at 15 degrees
✔✔Site marking - ✔✔- must be consistent throughout the organization
- does not have to be done by licensed independent practioner
✔✔UAP competencies - ✔✔- BLS and basic airway management
✔✔family refers to - ✔✔whoever the patient says it is
✔✔Regular Insulin (Humulin R) - ✔✔> short acting
> onset 0.5-1hr
> peak 1-5-3hr
> duration 5-7hr
✔✔Stop taking kava when - ✔✔1 week prior to sx
✔✔What precautions to use with VRE and C. diff - ✔✔contact
✔✔Why do geriatric patients present a challnge - ✔✔potential for cardiovascular events
✔✔Post Blood Transfusion - pts should be tested for - ✔✔hemoglobin in the urine
✔✔Why take beta blockers prior to sx - ✔✔- aid in controlling the sympathetic reponses
to perioperative phase
✔✔What medication can cause akathisia? - ✔✔- prochlorperazine
✔✔Interventions for COPD - ✔✔maximize lung volume
✔✔after alarm sounds of monitor - ✔✔- always assess the patient for adverse
physiological changes first
✔✔ Glycopyrrolate - ✔✔- Induction and intubation medication
- Can cause photosensitivity
✔✔Craniotomy Treatment (triple H's) - ✔✔- hemodilution
- hypertension
- hypervolemia
(this forces constricted blood vessels to dilate and perfuse tissue)
✔✔Transverse Colostomy - ✔✔soft stool
SURE A+
✔✔Teaching patient ages 2-6 years - ✔✔- uses puppets and interactive play
✔✔Normal hemoglobin - ✔✔- pre-diabetic 5.8%-6.5%
- diabetics >6.5%
✔✔Extubation criteria - ✔✔- equal hand grasps
- ability to life head off the pillow for > 5 secs
- > 10 bpm
- ability to respond to commands
- open eyes, cough, swallow
✔✔Staffing ratios in Phase II - ✔✔1:2 when one is an intial admission to phase II
✔✔Assessment and documentation of chest tube - ✔✔- vital signs
- presence of air leaks and fluctuations
- suction level used
- dressing/ drainage
- presence of crepitus
- patient positioning
✔✔Interventions increased intracranial pressure - ✔✔- maintain HOB 30- 45 degrees
- head in neutral position
- NEVER put patient in prone or valsalva maneuvers
✔✔Local Anesthetic Toxicity Cascade Symptoms - ✔✔- hypertension then leading to
hypotension
- PVCs
- prolonged QRS
- then caridovascular collapse
, ✔✔1st indication - block has worn off - ✔✔- return of temperature sensation
✔✔Laprascopic shoulder pain treatment - ✔✔- oral analgesics
- sleeping with head and shoulders at 15 degrees
✔✔Site marking - ✔✔- must be consistent throughout the organization
- does not have to be done by licensed independent practioner
✔✔UAP competencies - ✔✔- BLS and basic airway management
✔✔family refers to - ✔✔whoever the patient says it is
✔✔Regular Insulin (Humulin R) - ✔✔> short acting
> onset 0.5-1hr
> peak 1-5-3hr
> duration 5-7hr
✔✔Stop taking kava when - ✔✔1 week prior to sx
✔✔What precautions to use with VRE and C. diff - ✔✔contact
✔✔Why do geriatric patients present a challnge - ✔✔potential for cardiovascular events
✔✔Post Blood Transfusion - pts should be tested for - ✔✔hemoglobin in the urine
✔✔Why take beta blockers prior to sx - ✔✔- aid in controlling the sympathetic reponses
to perioperative phase
✔✔What medication can cause akathisia? - ✔✔- prochlorperazine
✔✔Interventions for COPD - ✔✔maximize lung volume
✔✔after alarm sounds of monitor - ✔✔- always assess the patient for adverse
physiological changes first
✔✔ Glycopyrrolate - ✔✔- Induction and intubation medication
- Can cause photosensitivity
✔✔Craniotomy Treatment (triple H's) - ✔✔- hemodilution
- hypertension
- hypervolemia
(this forces constricted blood vessels to dilate and perfuse tissue)
✔✔Transverse Colostomy - ✔✔soft stool
