PROGRESSIVE CARE RN (A NEW UPDATED
VERSIONS 2024/2025) WITH COMPLETE ACTUAL
TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+ (NEW!!)
You are caring for a patient complaining of chest pain.
Which of the following troponin I levels requires provider
notification? - Answer-0.5 ng/mL
A patient with new onset seizures is most likely to have
which of the following in their room? - Answer-Padded
side rails and suction at the bedside
You are transfusing PRBCs into a patient with a hgb of 7.7
g/dL. Fifteen minutes into the transfusion, the patient
complains of lower back pain, shortness of breath, and
chills. Which of the following would you do FIRST? -
Answer-Stop the transfusion
You receive a patient from the emergency department
with a fever, cough for 3 weeks, night chills, and fatigue.
During the admission assessment the patient reports
,recent travel out of the country. What should be your
FIRST action? - Answer-Notify the provider, apply a mask
to the patient, and transfer to a negative pressure room
Unstable angina is characterized by which of the
following? - Answer-Chest pain, usually while at rest
The patient's lab test results indicate a BNP of 2,000
upon arrival to the ED. The patient has been transferred
to PCU. What treatment plan would you anticipate from
the attending provider? - Answer-Furosemide 40 mg IV
BID
Which of the following has been found to be linked to a
diagnosis of endocarditis? - Answer-Recent invasive
dental procedures
Your patient is post-op day 3 after triple bypass surgery.
Chest tubes have been removed. The patient suddenly
complains of palpitations. His blood pressure is 130/76
and heart rate is 140 bpm. What would you do NEXT? -
Answer-Immediately perform a bedside EKG
, What abnormal heart sound would you expect to hear in
a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer-Diastolic
murmur
You are performing auscultation on your patient and
note an absence of breath sounds in the right lower lobe.
Which of the following would you suspect? - Answer-
Pneumothorax
You are assigned a patient who recently traveled outside
of the United States. He has a fever of 101.9 F and
excessive diarrhea. You suspect he may have been
exposed to Ebola. What type of PPE would you expect to
use? - Answer-High level PPE
Which of the following patients would you see FIRST? -
Answer-A 57 year old male complaining of worsening
chest tightness
You enter a patient's room and notice the telemetry box
on the bed and the IV on the floor connected to running
VERSIONS 2024/2025) WITH COMPLETE ACTUAL
TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+ (NEW!!)
You are caring for a patient complaining of chest pain.
Which of the following troponin I levels requires provider
notification? - Answer-0.5 ng/mL
A patient with new onset seizures is most likely to have
which of the following in their room? - Answer-Padded
side rails and suction at the bedside
You are transfusing PRBCs into a patient with a hgb of 7.7
g/dL. Fifteen minutes into the transfusion, the patient
complains of lower back pain, shortness of breath, and
chills. Which of the following would you do FIRST? -
Answer-Stop the transfusion
You receive a patient from the emergency department
with a fever, cough for 3 weeks, night chills, and fatigue.
During the admission assessment the patient reports
,recent travel out of the country. What should be your
FIRST action? - Answer-Notify the provider, apply a mask
to the patient, and transfer to a negative pressure room
Unstable angina is characterized by which of the
following? - Answer-Chest pain, usually while at rest
The patient's lab test results indicate a BNP of 2,000
upon arrival to the ED. The patient has been transferred
to PCU. What treatment plan would you anticipate from
the attending provider? - Answer-Furosemide 40 mg IV
BID
Which of the following has been found to be linked to a
diagnosis of endocarditis? - Answer-Recent invasive
dental procedures
Your patient is post-op day 3 after triple bypass surgery.
Chest tubes have been removed. The patient suddenly
complains of palpitations. His blood pressure is 130/76
and heart rate is 140 bpm. What would you do NEXT? -
Answer-Immediately perform a bedside EKG
, What abnormal heart sound would you expect to hear in
a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer-Diastolic
murmur
You are performing auscultation on your patient and
note an absence of breath sounds in the right lower lobe.
Which of the following would you suspect? - Answer-
Pneumothorax
You are assigned a patient who recently traveled outside
of the United States. He has a fever of 101.9 F and
excessive diarrhea. You suspect he may have been
exposed to Ebola. What type of PPE would you expect to
use? - Answer-High level PPE
Which of the following patients would you see FIRST? -
Answer-A 57 year old male complaining of worsening
chest tightness
You enter a patient's room and notice the telemetry box
on the bed and the IV on the floor connected to running
