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Prophecy General ICU A V3
2026|Complete Exam Questions With
Answers
Your patient is intubated and begins to cough up clear mucous inside their ETT.
What should you do NEXT? - correct-answer - Provide 100% oxygenation and
prepare to suction
What is a complication of long term TPN? - correct-answer - Liver injury
Which assessment establishes baseline hand perfusion before an ABG puncture or
arterial line placement? - correct-answer - Allen Test
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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? - correct-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 medicing. What
should you do? - correct-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? - correct-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
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patient's ventilatory settings. How should you proceed? - correct-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. - correct-answer -
ScVo2
Which of the following actions complies with ventilator acquired pneumonia
(VAP) prevention protocols? - correct-answer - Keep head of bed 30-45 degrees
What assessment tool is needed for a patient who has uncomplicated retrosternal
hemorrhage? - correct-answer - Follow up imaging test
Which condition may cause increased effects from a medication that is mostly
metabolized by the liver? - correct-answer - Hepatitis C
Prophecy General ICU A V3
2026|Complete Exam Questions With
Answers
Your patient is intubated and begins to cough up clear mucous inside their ETT.
What should you do NEXT? - correct-answer - Provide 100% oxygenation and
prepare to suction
What is a complication of long term TPN? - correct-answer - Liver injury
Which assessment establishes baseline hand perfusion before an ABG puncture or
arterial line placement? - correct-answer - Allen Test
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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? - correct-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 medicing. What
should you do? - correct-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? - correct-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
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patient's ventilatory settings. How should you proceed? - correct-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. - correct-answer -
ScVo2
Which of the following actions complies with ventilator acquired pneumonia
(VAP) prevention protocols? - correct-answer - Keep head of bed 30-45 degrees
What assessment tool is needed for a patient who has uncomplicated retrosternal
hemorrhage? - correct-answer - Follow up imaging test
Which condition may cause increased effects from a medication that is mostly
metabolized by the liver? - correct-answer - Hepatitis C
