Emergency Nursing Orientation 3.0:
Management of the Critical Care Patient
in the Emergency Department - ENA-
ENO-C11
In a patient admitted with sepsis, the nurse should expect which laboratory
finding? - -Elevated liver enzyme levels
-A patient in the emergency department is started on permissive
hypercapnia. The physician orders arterial blood gas analysis on this patient.
Which arterial blood gas finding should you expect? - -pH of 7.25
-A patient on mechanical ventilation is being boarded in the emergency
department until a bed is available in the intensive care unit. This patient is
most likely to receive which common mode of mechanical ventilation? - -
Volume-controlled, pressure variable
-Which statement best defines bacteremia? - -Bacteremia is the presence of
bacteria in the bloodstream.
-For a mechanically ventilated patient, which nursing intervention decreases
the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia? - -Regular oral care
-The nurse is assessing a patient's ability to be weaned off mechanical
ventilation. Which ventilator setting recognizes the patient's spontaneous
respiratory effort? - -Sensitivity
-For a patient receiving a neuromuscular blocker, which mode of mechanical
ventilation is indicated? - -Assist Control
-A patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome is likely to need which
ventilatory adjunct? - -Inverse ratio ventilation
-A nurse is being oriented to the emergency department. Which statement
by the nurse demonstrates a correct understanding of the dicrotic notch on
an arterial waveform? - -A dicrotic notch separates the systolic and diastolic
phases on the arterial waveform.
-The nurse is calculating the patient's cerebral perfusion pressure. The
cerebral perfusion pressure should minimally be maintained at which target
level? - -60 to 70 mm Hg
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