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TESTBANK
Critical Care &
Renal Nursing
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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1. The primary goal of critical care nursing is to:
A. Only prolong life at all costs without regard to goals of care
B. Support vital functions, treat underlying conditions, and prevent complications in acutely/critically ill patients
C. Only provide comfort without monitoring
D. Avoid family involvement
Answer: B
2. ABC assessment prioritizes:
A. Circulation before airway
B. Airway, Breathing, Circulation
C. Only laboratory results first
D. Disability before airway
Answer: B
3. A patent airway is threatened by:
A. Clear speech and normal breathing only
B. Decreased consciousness, secretions, foreign body, or swelling
C. Only mild rhinitis
D. No risk in any patient
Answer: B
4. The head-tilt chin-lift is used to open the airway unless:
A. The patient is fully conscious always
B. Cervical spine injury is suspected (then jaw thrust is preferred)
C. Never used in adults
D. Only used in children without adult application
Answer: B
5. Bag-valve-mask ventilation requires:
A. No seal on the face
B. Proper mask seal, airway opening, and appropriate rate/volume
C. Only one-handed technique always without help
D. No oxygen source ever
Answer: B
6. Endotracheal intubation provides:
A. Only temporary oral airway without cuff
B. A definitive airway with cuff protection from aspiration when correctly placed
C. No need to confirm placement
D. Only nasal route always
Answer: B
7. Confirmation of ET tube placement includes:
A. Only looking at the chest once
B. Visualization, auscultation, ETCO2, and clinical signs (and imaging when available)
C. No objective methods needed
D. Only the intubator’s opinion
Answer: B
8. Waveform capnography is valuable for:
A. Only measuring oxygen saturation
B. Confirming ventilation and monitoring CO2 elimination
C. Only blood pressure
D. No role in airway management
Answer: B
9. Hypoxemia is low:
A. Carbon dioxide in blood
B. Oxygen in blood (low PaO2 or SpO2)
C. Only pH
D. Only bicarbonate
Answer: B
10. Hypercapnia is elevated:
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TESTBANK
Critical Care &
Renal Nursing
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Answers shown after each question
© MOh T
Original Educational Practice Questions
For Nursing Students
© MOh T | @moht | Educational Use Only
, Testbank | Critical Care & Renal Nursing | © MOh T @moht
1. The primary goal of critical care nursing is to:
A. Only prolong life at all costs without regard to goals of care
B. Support vital functions, treat underlying conditions, and prevent complications in acutely/critically ill patients
C. Only provide comfort without monitoring
D. Avoid family involvement
Answer: B
2. ABC assessment prioritizes:
A. Circulation before airway
B. Airway, Breathing, Circulation
C. Only laboratory results first
D. Disability before airway
Answer: B
3. A patent airway is threatened by:
A. Clear speech and normal breathing only
B. Decreased consciousness, secretions, foreign body, or swelling
C. Only mild rhinitis
D. No risk in any patient
Answer: B
4. The head-tilt chin-lift is used to open the airway unless:
A. The patient is fully conscious always
B. Cervical spine injury is suspected (then jaw thrust is preferred)
C. Never used in adults
D. Only used in children without adult application
Answer: B
5. Bag-valve-mask ventilation requires:
A. No seal on the face
B. Proper mask seal, airway opening, and appropriate rate/volume
C. Only one-handed technique always without help
D. No oxygen source ever
Answer: B
6. Endotracheal intubation provides:
A. Only temporary oral airway without cuff
B. A definitive airway with cuff protection from aspiration when correctly placed
C. No need to confirm placement
D. Only nasal route always
Answer: B
7. Confirmation of ET tube placement includes:
A. Only looking at the chest once
B. Visualization, auscultation, ETCO2, and clinical signs (and imaging when available)
C. No objective methods needed
D. Only the intubator’s opinion
Answer: B
8. Waveform capnography is valuable for:
A. Only measuring oxygen saturation
B. Confirming ventilation and monitoring CO2 elimination
C. Only blood pressure
D. No role in airway management
Answer: B
9. Hypoxemia is low:
A. Carbon dioxide in blood
B. Oxygen in blood (low PaO2 or SpO2)
C. Only pH
D. Only bicarbonate
Answer: B
10. Hypercapnia is elevated:
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