CRITICAL CARE NURSING 9TH EDITION FINAL
PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ best way to administer benzo intermittently is?
Answer: titrate to a predefined endpoint using a standard sedation
scale
◉ pt remains npo from abdominal surgery complication; ET tube
feeding not possible; therefore need parenteral feeding. major
complication for this therapy?
Answer: fluid and electrolyte imblances and sepsis
◉ a patient's feeding tube has been successfully placed in small
intestine with continuous flow tube feeding. the nurse knows that
this approach was chosen because:
Answer: intestinal mucosa normally rc'd nutrient from stomach in
peristaltic waves
◉ which patient at greatest risk for malabsorption of protein?
Answer: patient with ileitis
, ◉ patient on tube feeding require xray for cough eval; to reduce risk
of aspiration, the nurse:
Answer: stops feeding 10-15 minutes before placing flat to obtain
the radiograph
◉ normal rates of the SA node when the patient is at rest is
Answer: 60-100 beats per minute
◉ nurse is examining the patient's cardiac rhythm strip in lead II
and notice all P waves are upright and look the same except one that
has a different shape and is inverted. the nurse realizes that P wave
with abnormal shape is probably:
Answer: from some area in the atria other than SA node
◉ 20 small boxes between each p wave and 20 boxes between each r
waves; what's the ventricular rate?
Answer: 75
0.04x20 = .08
60/.08 = 75
◉ patient's heart rhythm shows an inverted p wave with PR interval
of 0.06 seconds. the heart rate is 54 beats per minute. The nurse
recognize the rhythm as a junctional escape rhythm, and
understands that the rhythm is due to the
PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ best way to administer benzo intermittently is?
Answer: titrate to a predefined endpoint using a standard sedation
scale
◉ pt remains npo from abdominal surgery complication; ET tube
feeding not possible; therefore need parenteral feeding. major
complication for this therapy?
Answer: fluid and electrolyte imblances and sepsis
◉ a patient's feeding tube has been successfully placed in small
intestine with continuous flow tube feeding. the nurse knows that
this approach was chosen because:
Answer: intestinal mucosa normally rc'd nutrient from stomach in
peristaltic waves
◉ which patient at greatest risk for malabsorption of protein?
Answer: patient with ileitis
, ◉ patient on tube feeding require xray for cough eval; to reduce risk
of aspiration, the nurse:
Answer: stops feeding 10-15 minutes before placing flat to obtain
the radiograph
◉ normal rates of the SA node when the patient is at rest is
Answer: 60-100 beats per minute
◉ nurse is examining the patient's cardiac rhythm strip in lead II
and notice all P waves are upright and look the same except one that
has a different shape and is inverted. the nurse realizes that P wave
with abnormal shape is probably:
Answer: from some area in the atria other than SA node
◉ 20 small boxes between each p wave and 20 boxes between each r
waves; what's the ventricular rate?
Answer: 75
0.04x20 = .08
60/.08 = 75
◉ patient's heart rhythm shows an inverted p wave with PR interval
of 0.06 seconds. the heart rate is 54 beats per minute. The nurse
recognize the rhythm as a junctional escape rhythm, and
understands that the rhythm is due to the
