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This document contains BKAT Critical Care Review exam questions and verified answers focused on critical care nursing concepts, hemodynamic monitoring, cardiac emergencies, ventilator management, neurological assessment, renal function, and ACLS medications. It covers essential ICU topics including preload and afterload, pulmonary artery pressures, ECG interpretation, shock management, ventilator alarms, stroke care, diabetes emergencies, and emergency pharmacology. The material is designed to help nursing students and critical care nurses prepare for BKAT and ICU-related examinations through concise review questions and detailed answer explanations. The document also reviews advanced cardiovascular monitoring, neurological complications, electrolyte imbalances, and emergency interventions commonly tested in critical care nursing assessments. Keywords BKAT review critical care nursing ICU nursing hemodynamic monitoring ACLS medications ventilator management cardiac output pulmonary artery pressure CVP monitoring ECG interpretation shock management critical care exam neurological assessment ventilator alarms DKA treatment stroke management cardiac medications critical care pharmacology renal failure nursing ICU review questions

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BKAT Critical Care Review
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Normal Central Venous Pressure (CVP) range - ANSWER ✔✔2-8

mmHg

Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range -

ANSWER ✔✔6-12 mmHg


Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range - ANSWER ✔✔20-30

mmHg

, Normal Pulmonary Artery Diastolic (PAD) range - ANSWER ✔✔5-15

mmHg


Normal Pulmonary Artery Mean (PAM) - ANSWER ✔✔11-20 mmHg


Normal Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) range - ANSWER

✔✔800-1200 mmHg


Preload - ANSWER ✔✔volume left in the left ventricle at the end of

diastole


What is preload affected by? - ANSWER ✔✔venous return to the

heart, atrial kick, total volume, and ventricular compliance


What drugs can affect preload? - ANSWER ✔✔Furosemide and

nitroglycerin


Afterload - ANSWER ✔✔Amount of pressure heart has to overcome

to pump blood out


What drugs may affect afterload? - ANSWER ✔✔Vasoconstricters

and vasodilators


Contractility - ANSWER ✔✔the contractile force of the heart, how

much will it take to move the preload out against the afterload

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