SIMULATION 1 PATIENT NAME KYLE MILLER
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Blood digoxin level Answer: Increases cardiac contractility in
patients with CHF
Therapeutic: 0.9-2.0 ng/mL
Toxic: > 3.0 ng/mL
◉ BGL Answer: Normals: 20-30 (pre-term), > 30 (term), 80-120
(adults)
◉ - Blood magnesium level Answer: Normal 1.5-2.5
Present in chronic diarrhea
◉ Blood natriuretic peptide (BNP) Answer: Secreted when heart
failure develops
Dx CHF
,Helpful in determining if symptoms are from CHF
◉ Blood type crossmatch Answer: Helps in determining
compatibility of a donor's blood
◉ Blood urea nitroen (BUN) Answer: Normal: 8-25
Elevated may indicate presence of renal disease
◉ - Bone marrow transplant Answer: Indications: Aplastic anemia,
leukemia, or immune deficiency syndromes
◉ - Bowel sounds Answer: Used to determine presence of congenital
diaphragmatic hernia in newborns
◉ Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) Answer: Used to diagnose
nosocominal pneumonias and VAP
◉ Bronchogram Answer: X-ray of the bronchi
Dx bronchiectasis in the presence or lesions
, ◉ - Calcium choride Answer: Raise the calcium content of the blood
Iincompatible with epinephrine
◉ - Caloric stimulation Answer: Used to assess brain death
◉ Calorimetry Answer: Measurement of pateints daily energy
expenditure
Used to assess patients nutritional status
◉ Capillary blood gas Answer: Obtained from skin of the infant's
warmed heel
Used to evaluate infan't PCO2 and pH
Capillary PO2 isn't reliable
◉ Capillary refill Answer: Normal: < 2 seconds
◉ Carboxyhemoglobin level Answer: Normal: 0-1% (non-smokers),
2-12% (smokers), >20% (CO poisoning)
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Blood digoxin level Answer: Increases cardiac contractility in
patients with CHF
Therapeutic: 0.9-2.0 ng/mL
Toxic: > 3.0 ng/mL
◉ BGL Answer: Normals: 20-30 (pre-term), > 30 (term), 80-120
(adults)
◉ - Blood magnesium level Answer: Normal 1.5-2.5
Present in chronic diarrhea
◉ Blood natriuretic peptide (BNP) Answer: Secreted when heart
failure develops
Dx CHF
,Helpful in determining if symptoms are from CHF
◉ Blood type crossmatch Answer: Helps in determining
compatibility of a donor's blood
◉ Blood urea nitroen (BUN) Answer: Normal: 8-25
Elevated may indicate presence of renal disease
◉ - Bone marrow transplant Answer: Indications: Aplastic anemia,
leukemia, or immune deficiency syndromes
◉ - Bowel sounds Answer: Used to determine presence of congenital
diaphragmatic hernia in newborns
◉ Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) Answer: Used to diagnose
nosocominal pneumonias and VAP
◉ Bronchogram Answer: X-ray of the bronchi
Dx bronchiectasis in the presence or lesions
, ◉ - Calcium choride Answer: Raise the calcium content of the blood
Iincompatible with epinephrine
◉ - Caloric stimulation Answer: Used to assess brain death
◉ Calorimetry Answer: Measurement of pateints daily energy
expenditure
Used to assess patients nutritional status
◉ Capillary blood gas Answer: Obtained from skin of the infant's
warmed heel
Used to evaluate infan't PCO2 and pH
Capillary PO2 isn't reliable
◉ Capillary refill Answer: Normal: < 2 seconds
◉ Carboxyhemoglobin level Answer: Normal: 0-1% (non-smokers),
2-12% (smokers), >20% (CO poisoning)
