Capa Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers Comprehensive Study Guide.pdf

CAPA UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE

●● Craniotomy Treatment (triple H's)
Answer: - hemodilution
- hypertension
- hypervolemia
(this forces constricted blood vessels to dilate and perfuse tissue)


●● Transverse Colostomy
Answer: soft stool
typical stool odor
stool damages the skin
empties several times per day
may or may not be at risk for fluid/electrolytes imbalances
may irrigate


●● sigmoid colostomy
Answer: - formed stool

,●● ileosotomy
Answer: - high up
- liquid pasty stool


●● Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Answer: Small pouch created from stomach
Part of small intestine (DUODENUM) bypassed
Restriction and malabsorption


●● Post-op Stroke symptoms
Answer: - double vision
- headache
- sudden dizziness


●● Metoclopramide (Reglan)
Answer: - controls post-op NV
- can have extrapyrmidal side effects like tardive dyskinesia


●● Gastrectomy Interventions
Answer: - encourage deep breaths
- and position shifts

, ●● clonic seizure
Answer: repetitive jerking movements


●● petit mal seizure
Answer: Also called absence attack. A seizure that is characterized by a
spike-and-wave EEG and often involves a loss of awareness and
inability to recall events surrounding the seizure.


●● Tonic seizure
Answer: sustained muscle contraction


●● Emergence excitement safety interventions
Answer: ok to use wrist restraints


●● Shivering first interventions A
nswer: - anticipate order for demerol
(over warm blankets)


●● Septic Shock/ Early Respiratory Distress
Answer: - Hyperventilation
- Respiratory Alkalosis
- Elevated Lactate Levels