PROPHECY GENERAL ICU A V3 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Contraindicated for Lorazepam - ✔✔Pt with acute angle-closure glaucoma
✔✔ Common complications of massive transfusions are - ✔✔Dilutional Coagulopathy,
DIC, hypothermia, and fibrinolysis
✔✔ABG pH 7.25, pCO2 40, pO2 90, HCO3 20mEq/L - ✔✔Metabolic Acidosis
✔✔Long term use of TPN may lead to: - ✔✔Liver Failure
✔✔Which of the following is a potential complication of high PEEP - ✔✔Pneumothorax
✔✔What is a common assessment finding for a patient returning from a small bowel
resection? - ✔✔Hypoactive bowel sounds
✔✔Your patient suddenly becomes diaphoretic, anxious, tachycardic, and has clammy
skin. Which of the following would you suspect. - ✔✔A)*WRONG* Hypoxemia
B) Acute MI
C) Panic Attack
D) Hypoglycemia
✔✔The staff nurse asks the nursing assistant to check on a patient. The nursing
assistant reports back that the patient is experiencing chest pain and is diaphorectic.
Which of the following can the staff nurse delegate to the assistant? - ✔✔A) *WRONG*
Calling the physician
B) Gathering vitals and assessing the cause for the change in status
C) Informing the charge nurse that a patient needs attention
D) Obtaining a medication for the nurse to administer to the patient
✔✔Your patient returned from PACU after surgery and is very drowsy. She attempts to
eat a candy bar and begins to choke. The physician is unable to clear the airway. You
would expect to prepare for which of the following. emergency procedures? - ✔✔A)
*WRONG* Endotracheal Intubation
B) Chest tube insertion
C) Tracheostomy
D) Bronchoscopy
✔✔The initial insulin therapy for a patient with acute DKA is usually administered by
which route - ✔✔Intravenous bolus followed by a continuous infusion
✔✔Screening tests for DIC include: - ✔✔D-Dimer and FDPs
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Contraindicated for Lorazepam - ✔✔Pt with acute angle-closure glaucoma
✔✔ Common complications of massive transfusions are - ✔✔Dilutional Coagulopathy,
DIC, hypothermia, and fibrinolysis
✔✔ABG pH 7.25, pCO2 40, pO2 90, HCO3 20mEq/L - ✔✔Metabolic Acidosis
✔✔Long term use of TPN may lead to: - ✔✔Liver Failure
✔✔Which of the following is a potential complication of high PEEP - ✔✔Pneumothorax
✔✔What is a common assessment finding for a patient returning from a small bowel
resection? - ✔✔Hypoactive bowel sounds
✔✔Your patient suddenly becomes diaphoretic, anxious, tachycardic, and has clammy
skin. Which of the following would you suspect. - ✔✔A)*WRONG* Hypoxemia
B) Acute MI
C) Panic Attack
D) Hypoglycemia
✔✔The staff nurse asks the nursing assistant to check on a patient. The nursing
assistant reports back that the patient is experiencing chest pain and is diaphorectic.
Which of the following can the staff nurse delegate to the assistant? - ✔✔A) *WRONG*
Calling the physician
B) Gathering vitals and assessing the cause for the change in status
C) Informing the charge nurse that a patient needs attention
D) Obtaining a medication for the nurse to administer to the patient
✔✔Your patient returned from PACU after surgery and is very drowsy. She attempts to
eat a candy bar and begins to choke. The physician is unable to clear the airway. You
would expect to prepare for which of the following. emergency procedures? - ✔✔A)
*WRONG* Endotracheal Intubation
B) Chest tube insertion
C) Tracheostomy
D) Bronchoscopy
✔✔The initial insulin therapy for a patient with acute DKA is usually administered by
which route - ✔✔Intravenous bolus followed by a continuous infusion
✔✔Screening tests for DIC include: - ✔✔D-Dimer and FDPs
