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This document contains comprehensive CAPA/CPAN nursing exam preparation material covering the nursing process, ethics and legal principles, anesthesia, perioperative care, pharmacology, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, neurological assessment, pediatrics, pregnancy complications, fluids and electrolytes, transfusions, and critical care concepts. It includes extensive practice-style questions with identified answers, clinical considerations, medication summaries, and exam-focused mnemonics.

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CAPA-CPAN Exam with Accurate Solutions-77


Child/Family Health Nurs Lab (Eastern Michigan University)

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CAPA/CPAN Exam with Accurate
Solutions

Nursing Process - correct answer-Assessment-gathering info/data; asking questions to
gather this info/data
Diagnosis
Identification of Outcomes
Planning-future tense; patient is subject, achieve overall goal
Implementation- nurse is subject, present tense.
Evaluation

DNR vs AND - correct answer-DNR can WITHHOLD Palliative care
AND includes it

Ethical Principles - correct answer-Autonomy-freedom of action chosen by individual
Beneficence- doing good
Nonmaleficence- do no harm
Justice- duty to be fair to all people
Veracity- truthfullness or accuracy
Fidelity- loyal or faithful

Biot's respirations - correct answer-rapid gasps followed by apnea
Usually brain insults (ex. traumas)
=Increase ICP

Cheyne-Stokes respiration - correct answer-gradual increase and then decrease in
breathing followed by apnea
Increase ICP
usually Cardiac problems

Kussmaul's breathing pattern - correct answer-tachypnea and hyperpnea
ex. DKA, metabolic acidosis patients

Statutory Law - correct answer-legislative acts declaring, commanding, or prohibiting
something
written laws where you can go and reference it
ex. driving over the speed limit

Common Law - correct answer-patient bill of rights
derived from principles rather than rules and regulations

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Civil Law - correct answer-Based on rules and regulations
Court action lawsuits (most common)
Wrong doing

Tort Law - correct answer-wrongful doing
involves compensation to those wrongfully injured
assault/battery/negligence; alarm silencing

Criminal Law - correct answer-Harmful or offensive to society as a whole
ex. practicing nursing/medicine without a license; harming patients on purpose

Informed consent** - correct answer-Consent obtained after the patient has been fully
informed by the physician about the risks and benefits of the treatment, alternatives,
and consequences of no treatment
*can be withdrawn at any time; even at the last second
*If signing after narcotic/benzo given-must wait at least 1/2 the half-life of the drug
*Is the patient knowledgeable, willing, competent

Informed Consent (cont)** - correct answer-Competent to Sign: legal adult, minors with
parent/guardian, emancipated minor (married or in armed forces).
Exceptions: pt is unable to give consent and is a threat to life/emergent (IMPLIED
CONSENT)
**Must have documentation of emergency in staff notes

**Malpractice - correct answer-Elements needed to claim medical malpractice:
Duty owed patient
Breach of duty owed patient
Causation - most difficult to prove
Injury/Damages

Intentional Torts - correct answer-Violating patient rights; No actual harm necessary.
3 most common:
Assault-place person in fear of being touched
Battery-Touch without permission
False imprisonment-unjustified detention

Intentional Quasi Torts - correct answer-No intent to injure or cause distress to another
person.
Ex: Patient abandonment, defamation of character, invasion of privacy, breach of
confidentiality

**Staffing Ratios - correct answer-Staffing ratios see pg. 864
ISO patients 1:1
Peds <8 yo unconscious = 1:1 regardless of parent.
( if they have parent and stable you can have another patient)

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1:1 New phase 1 admission (fresh out of OR), unstable hemodynamically, unstable
airway

PreAdmission - correct answer--usually phone call is done 2 weeks prior to surgery
-written instructions should be at 5th grade level
-Med Rec starts at 1st PAT visit when MD decided pt needs surgery

Med History (AntiCoags) - correct answer-*AntiCoag therapy, NSAIDs, Aspirin should
be stopped

Aspirin-stopped up to 7 days prior

Coumadin-stopped 5 days prior (coags taken immediately before surgery)

Dipyridamole (Persantine)- stopped 2 days prior

*Interfere with plt function: Indomethacin, tricyclic antidepressants, phenothiazines,
furosemide, steroids

Med Rec (Held vs. Taken Day of Surgery) - correct answer-Held Day of:
Diuretics, insulin, oral hypoglycemic, MAOI antidepressants

Taken Day of:
Cardiac, antihypertensives
Beta Blockers
Ca Channel Blockers
Anticonvulsants
Chronic Pain Meds

Herbals/Supplements - correct answer-Decreases BP: Black Cohosh
Increases BP: ginseg, ephedra, licorice

Steroids: echinacea, licorice may decrease effect

Increase AntiCoag(More Bleeding):
-Ginko*, feverfew, garlic, ginger, ginseng, Vit E, fish oil, saw palmetto

Decreases AntiCoag (more clotting)
-St John's wort*, ginseng, green tea
(more risk for DVT, PE, MI, Strokes)

Barbituates and benzos
Increases Effect: St johns wart (prolongs emergence)
Decreases Effect: sarsaparillae

Diagnostic Tests: CBC Labs - correct answer-Indications for this test:

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