TNCC 8th Edition 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+

Describe the measurement of an NPA - ANSWER Measure from the tip of the patient's nose to the tip of the patients earlobe. Measurement of an OPA - ANSWER Place the proximal end or flange of the airway adjunct at the corner of the mouth to the tip of the mandibular angle. True or false: NPAs and OPAs are definitive airways. - ANSWER False. When placing one of these? One should consider the potential need for a definitive airway. Name the three ways to confirm ETT placement - ANSWER Placement of a CO2 monitoring device, Assessing for equal chest rise and fall, and listening at the epigastrium and four lung fields for equal breath sounds. When capnography measurement reads greater than 45MMHG, the nurse should consider increasing or decreasing the ventilation rate? - ANSWER Increasing the ventilation rate. Doing so would allow the patient to blow off retained CO2. When capnography measurement reads less than 35MMHG, the nurse should consider increasing or decreasing the ventilation rate? - ANSWER Decreasing the ventilation rate. By doing so, the nurse allows the patient to retain CO2. What are the three stages of shock - ANSWER Compensated, decompensated or progressive, and irreversible. What are the signs of compensated shock? - ANSWER Anxiety, confusion, restlessness, increased respiratory rate, narrowing pulse pressure were diastolic increases yet systolic remains unchanged, tachycardia with bounding pulses, and decreased urinary output