HEALTHSTREAM TEST EXAM WITH QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 2024 UPDATE

HEALTHSTREAM TEST EXAM WITH QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 2024 UPDATE A patient assessment reveals distended neck veins, pulsus paradoxus, and decreased systolic pressure. This assessment is most consistent with: - ANSWER cardiac tamponade. The nurse is caring for a patient with severe sepsis and third-degree heart block. The patient is hypotensive. The treatment for this lifethreatening rhythm change includes: - ANSWER transcutaneous pacing. A patient is admitted to the ICU with suspected cervical spinal cord injury following a motor vehicle accident. The most important nursing intervention for this patient is to: - ANSWER immobilize his head. The nurse assesses a patient's chest tube drainage 2 hours following thoracic surgery. The total drainage in the system is 200 mL. The nurse knows that: - ANSWER this is an excessive amount of drainage