CAPA Certification Exam With Questions and 100% Correct Answers
Glycopyrrolate - Answer-- Induction and intubation medication
- Can cause photosensitivity
Craniotomy Treatment (triple H's) - Answer-- hemodilution
- hypertension
- hypervolemia
(this forces constricted blood vessels to dilate and perfuse tissue)
Transverse Colostomy - Answer-soft stool
typical stool odor
stool damages the skin
empties several times per day
may or may not be at risk for fluid/electrolytes imbalances
may irrigate
sigmoid colostomy - Answer-- formed stool
ileosotomy - Answer-- high up
- liquid pasty stool
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - Answer-Small pouch created from stomach
Part of small intestine (DUODENUM) bypassed
Restriction and malabsorption
Post-op Stroke symptoms - Answer-- double vision
- headache
, - sudden dizziness
Metoclopramide (Reglan) - Answer-- controls post-op NV
- can have extrapyrmidal side effects like tardive dyskinesia
Gastrectomy Interventions - Answer-- encourage deep breaths
- and position shifts
clonic seizure - Answer-repetitive jerking movements
petit mal seizure - Answer-Also called absence attack. A seizure that is characterized by a
spike-and-wave EEG and often involves a loss of awareness and inability to recall events
surrounding the seizure.
Tonic seizure - Answer-sustained muscle contraction
Emergence excitement safety interventions - Answer-ok to use wrist restraints
Shivering first interventions♀️
- Answer-- anticipate order for demerol
(over warm blankets)
Septic Shock/ Early Respiratory Distress - Answer-- Hyperventilation
- Respiratory Alkalosis
- Elevated Lactate Levels
Interscalene nerve block - Answer-anesthetizes the brachial plexus as it passes through the
scalene triangle. It is used to provide anethesia for the shoulder and upper arm. Nearly all
patients will devleop transeint ipsilateral diaphragmatic parylasis due to involvment of the
phrenic nerve roots as tehy pass through the interscalene sheath.
Glycopyrrolate - Answer-- Induction and intubation medication
- Can cause photosensitivity
Craniotomy Treatment (triple H's) - Answer-- hemodilution
- hypertension
- hypervolemia
(this forces constricted blood vessels to dilate and perfuse tissue)
Transverse Colostomy - Answer-soft stool
typical stool odor
stool damages the skin
empties several times per day
may or may not be at risk for fluid/electrolytes imbalances
may irrigate
sigmoid colostomy - Answer-- formed stool
ileosotomy - Answer-- high up
- liquid pasty stool
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - Answer-Small pouch created from stomach
Part of small intestine (DUODENUM) bypassed
Restriction and malabsorption
Post-op Stroke symptoms - Answer-- double vision
- headache
, - sudden dizziness
Metoclopramide (Reglan) - Answer-- controls post-op NV
- can have extrapyrmidal side effects like tardive dyskinesia
Gastrectomy Interventions - Answer-- encourage deep breaths
- and position shifts
clonic seizure - Answer-repetitive jerking movements
petit mal seizure - Answer-Also called absence attack. A seizure that is characterized by a
spike-and-wave EEG and often involves a loss of awareness and inability to recall events
surrounding the seizure.
Tonic seizure - Answer-sustained muscle contraction
Emergence excitement safety interventions - Answer-ok to use wrist restraints
Shivering first interventions♀️
- Answer-- anticipate order for demerol
(over warm blankets)
Septic Shock/ Early Respiratory Distress - Answer-- Hyperventilation
- Respiratory Alkalosis
- Elevated Lactate Levels
Interscalene nerve block - Answer-anesthetizes the brachial plexus as it passes through the
scalene triangle. It is used to provide anethesia for the shoulder and upper arm. Nearly all
patients will devleop transeint ipsilateral diaphragmatic parylasis due to involvment of the
phrenic nerve roots as tehy pass through the interscalene sheath.
