CPAN PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS.
▶ ____ ____ is how easily the elastic forces in the lung accept a volume
of air
a) elastic recoil
b) pulmonary compliance
c) tidal volume. Answer: B- Pulmonary Compliance
▶ A PACU education/research committee should have three
commitments, which must include all of the following except
a) development of innovative thinking
b) freedom of inquiry
c) individual progress of each nurse
d) excellence in practice. Answer: C- individual progress of each nurse
▶ A standard of practice for post anesthesia nursing is established by
which acceptable levels of nursing action?
a) Promoting independent nursing judgement
, b) Specifying the nursing goal while defining appropriate nursing
measures
c) Identifying the nursing actions that meet JCAHO criteria
d) Prescribing the nursing intervention relative to standing orders.
Answer: B- specifying the nurse goal while defining appropriate nursing
measures
▶ A staff nurse denied a merit increase expresses vigorous support for
management and its policies instead of showing anger. The nurse's
behavior is characterized as:
A. identification.
B. reaction formation.
C. sublimation.
D. rationalization. Answer: B- reaction formation
▶ The dissociative state attributed to ketamine anesthesia can be
modified by the administration of a/an:
A. antiarrhythmic.
B. benzodiazepine.
C. narcotic.
D. anticonvulsant. Answer: B- benzodiazepine
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS.
▶ ____ ____ is how easily the elastic forces in the lung accept a volume
of air
a) elastic recoil
b) pulmonary compliance
c) tidal volume. Answer: B- Pulmonary Compliance
▶ A PACU education/research committee should have three
commitments, which must include all of the following except
a) development of innovative thinking
b) freedom of inquiry
c) individual progress of each nurse
d) excellence in practice. Answer: C- individual progress of each nurse
▶ A standard of practice for post anesthesia nursing is established by
which acceptable levels of nursing action?
a) Promoting independent nursing judgement
, b) Specifying the nursing goal while defining appropriate nursing
measures
c) Identifying the nursing actions that meet JCAHO criteria
d) Prescribing the nursing intervention relative to standing orders.
Answer: B- specifying the nurse goal while defining appropriate nursing
measures
▶ A staff nurse denied a merit increase expresses vigorous support for
management and its policies instead of showing anger. The nurse's
behavior is characterized as:
A. identification.
B. reaction formation.
C. sublimation.
D. rationalization. Answer: B- reaction formation
▶ The dissociative state attributed to ketamine anesthesia can be
modified by the administration of a/an:
A. antiarrhythmic.
B. benzodiazepine.
C. narcotic.
D. anticonvulsant. Answer: B- benzodiazepine
