CCRN EXAM
A TEMPORARY PPM WAS APPLED TO A PT HR 42, NOW WITH TEMP PPM HR 70 IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THE THRESHOLD THE NURSE WILL - Answer-DECREASE THE OUTPUT UNTIL CAPTURE IS
LOST.
A PT W HF IS HYPOTN, TACHYCARDIA, DEC U O COOL CLAMMY SKIN AND DEC LOC. THE RN SHOULD
ADMIN WHAT MEDS - Answer-POSITIVE INOTROPIC AGENTS, DIURETICS, VASODILATORS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD THE RN ASSESS FOR COMPLICATIONS REALTED TO AN
ARTERIOGRAM - Answer-RENAL FUNCTION
THREE DAYS AFTER ADMISSION FROM THE PACUY A PT BECOMES RESTLESS AND ATTEMPTING TO
CLIMB OUT OF BED AND CHEW THE IV LINES. RN SHOULD ASSESS FOR - Answer-ABILITY TO CARRY ON A
COHERENT CONVERSATION
THE MAJOR EFFECT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI) ON THE LUNG TISSUE IS - Answer-DECRESEAD
COMPLIANCE
A PT W CONGINTIVE IMPAIREMENT FROM MEDICATIONS, FLUID & ELECTROLYTE IMBLANCE ANOXIA OR
SURGERY IS AT HIGH RISK FOR - Answer-ATTEMPTING SUICIDE
A PT IS ADMITTED WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. THE NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE WITH OF THE
FOLLOWING - Answer-AVOID HYPOVENTILATION
A MAJOR GOAL FOR A PT WHO IS 48 HOUR POST VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY IS TO - Answer-
PREVENT THROMBUS FORMATION
, WHICH NURSING ACTION MIGHT DECREASE A PT SELF ESTEEM - Answer-REQUIRING THE PT TO
PARTICIPATE IN ALL TREATMENTS
A PT W END STAGE LIVER & HEP C IS DELCARED BRAIN DEAD. THE PARENTS DECIDE TO DISCONTINUE
FEEDING AND DONATE THEIR DAUGHTERS ORGANS. RN MOST APPROPRIATE ACTION BY THE RN IS TO -
Answer-CONTACT THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING 12 LEAD ECG CHANGES SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN A PT W ACUTE CORNARY
SYNDROME INVOLVING THE INFERIOR WALL - Answer-Q WAVE, SEGMENT ELEVATION AND DEEPLY
INVERTED T WAVES IN LEAD II III AND aVF
A DIRECT EFFECT OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE (NIPRIDE) IS TO - Answer-DECREASE AFTERLOAD
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS INDICATES SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF RIGHT
VENTRICULARE FAILURE - Answer-DECREASED CVP (CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE).
A PT IS CONFUSED ABOUT THE TIME AND PLACE, DESPIRE FREQUENT REORIENTATION. FOR PT SAFTEY
THE RN SHOULD - Answer-INCREASE THE FREQ OF OBSERVATION OF THE PT.
A PT TRSF OUT OF THE ICU SAYS "WHY CAN'T I JUST STAY". I DON'T FEEL STRONG ENOUGH. WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWIN IS APPROP BY THE RN - Answer-"YOU SOUND CONCERNED ABOUT LEAVING THE ICU".
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ABG VALUES WOULD B MOST INDICATIVE OF A DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE
RESPIRATORY FAILURE. 7.18, 70, 26 - Answer-ACUTE RESP FAILURE
PT WITH BLUNT CHEST INJURY FROM MVC, PT CONFUSED, CYNAOTIC, PT BP FALL 2 HR JVD INCREASING,
MOST LIKELY PT HAS - Answer-CARDIAC TAMPONADE
A TEMPORARY PPM WAS APPLED TO A PT HR 42, NOW WITH TEMP PPM HR 70 IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THE THRESHOLD THE NURSE WILL - Answer-DECREASE THE OUTPUT UNTIL CAPTURE IS
LOST.
A PT W HF IS HYPOTN, TACHYCARDIA, DEC U O COOL CLAMMY SKIN AND DEC LOC. THE RN SHOULD
ADMIN WHAT MEDS - Answer-POSITIVE INOTROPIC AGENTS, DIURETICS, VASODILATORS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD THE RN ASSESS FOR COMPLICATIONS REALTED TO AN
ARTERIOGRAM - Answer-RENAL FUNCTION
THREE DAYS AFTER ADMISSION FROM THE PACUY A PT BECOMES RESTLESS AND ATTEMPTING TO
CLIMB OUT OF BED AND CHEW THE IV LINES. RN SHOULD ASSESS FOR - Answer-ABILITY TO CARRY ON A
COHERENT CONVERSATION
THE MAJOR EFFECT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI) ON THE LUNG TISSUE IS - Answer-DECRESEAD
COMPLIANCE
A PT W CONGINTIVE IMPAIREMENT FROM MEDICATIONS, FLUID & ELECTROLYTE IMBLANCE ANOXIA OR
SURGERY IS AT HIGH RISK FOR - Answer-ATTEMPTING SUICIDE
A PT IS ADMITTED WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. THE NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE WITH OF THE
FOLLOWING - Answer-AVOID HYPOVENTILATION
A MAJOR GOAL FOR A PT WHO IS 48 HOUR POST VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY IS TO - Answer-
PREVENT THROMBUS FORMATION
, WHICH NURSING ACTION MIGHT DECREASE A PT SELF ESTEEM - Answer-REQUIRING THE PT TO
PARTICIPATE IN ALL TREATMENTS
A PT W END STAGE LIVER & HEP C IS DELCARED BRAIN DEAD. THE PARENTS DECIDE TO DISCONTINUE
FEEDING AND DONATE THEIR DAUGHTERS ORGANS. RN MOST APPROPRIATE ACTION BY THE RN IS TO -
Answer-CONTACT THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING 12 LEAD ECG CHANGES SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN A PT W ACUTE CORNARY
SYNDROME INVOLVING THE INFERIOR WALL - Answer-Q WAVE, SEGMENT ELEVATION AND DEEPLY
INVERTED T WAVES IN LEAD II III AND aVF
A DIRECT EFFECT OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE (NIPRIDE) IS TO - Answer-DECREASE AFTERLOAD
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS INDICATES SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF RIGHT
VENTRICULARE FAILURE - Answer-DECREASED CVP (CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE).
A PT IS CONFUSED ABOUT THE TIME AND PLACE, DESPIRE FREQUENT REORIENTATION. FOR PT SAFTEY
THE RN SHOULD - Answer-INCREASE THE FREQ OF OBSERVATION OF THE PT.
A PT TRSF OUT OF THE ICU SAYS "WHY CAN'T I JUST STAY". I DON'T FEEL STRONG ENOUGH. WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWIN IS APPROP BY THE RN - Answer-"YOU SOUND CONCERNED ABOUT LEAVING THE ICU".
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ABG VALUES WOULD B MOST INDICATIVE OF A DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE
RESPIRATORY FAILURE. 7.18, 70, 26 - Answer-ACUTE RESP FAILURE
PT WITH BLUNT CHEST INJURY FROM MVC, PT CONFUSED, CYNAOTIC, PT BP FALL 2 HR JVD INCREASING,
MOST LIKELY PT HAS - Answer-CARDIAC TAMPONADE
