CPAN Exam Questions and Answers Verified Solutions Latest Update 5

CPAN Exam Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update


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3 -✓✓After extubation of a patient, which of the following would be considered most
serious?


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Sore throat


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Impaired swallowing ability


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Inspiratory stridor


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Hoarseness


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1 -✓✓Which of the following interventions would be used first to maintain adequate
perfusion and oxygen supply to cardiac muscles following hepatic surgery in a patient
with a history of coronary artery disease


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Ensure a hemoglobin concentration ≥ 10 g.


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Treat tachydysrhythmias and hypotension.


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Monitor oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry.

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Administer appropriate medications.


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4 -✓✓The use of the pulse oximeter has become a routine part of PACU care. The post
anesthesia nurse may decide that oximetry monitoring is indicated when the patient


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has had minor surgery.


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has normal vital signs.


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has had regional anesthesia.


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is severely hypothermic.


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3 -✓✓The perianesthesia nurse is aware that a dramatic decrease in the calcium may
be cause by removal of the


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pituitary gland.


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thyroid gland.


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parathyroid gland.


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adrenal glands.

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2 -✓✓Tidal volume is most precisely defined as the amount of


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air exchange in one minute.


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gas passing into or out of the lungs in each respiratory cycle.


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gas remaining within the chest after maximal expiration.


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air exchange with full inspiration and expiration.


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4 -✓✓In caring for a preschool-aged child, the perianesthesia nurse is aware that the
child's primary cause of anxiety prior to surgery is


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fear of the medical equipment.


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striving for approval.


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loss of privacy.


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separation from parents.


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1 -✓✓One of the most frequent side effects of ketamine anesthesia is


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hallucination.

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respiratory depression.


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hypotension.


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bradycardia.


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1 -✓✓In providing preoperative teaching to a patient requesting spinal anesthesia, the
perianesthesia nurse is aware that an absolute contraindication for spinal anesthesia is


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patient refusal.


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chronic back pain.


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multiple sclerosis.


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sickle cell anemia.


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1 -✓✓In administering flumazenil, the perianesthesia nurse is aware that it inhibits the
central effects of benzodiazepines by


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competing for the receptor sites.


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stimulating the cerebral cortex.