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1/30/25, 9:21 PM PCCN EXAM PROGRESSIVE CARE CERTIFIED NURSE EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 2025 | QUESTIONS AND CORRECT A…




PCCN EXAM PROGRESSIVE CARE CERTIFIED
NURSE EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 2025 |
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES | GRADED A+ | PROFESSOR
VERIFIED

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There are _____ layer of the B. 5 layers
heart.
A. 6 layers The 5 layers of the heart from the outside in are the
B. 5 layers pericardium, epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
C. 4 layers and the cardiac skeleton.
D. 3 layers

Mr. Key has a regular heart D. SA node
rate of 80 beats per
minute. The pacemaker of The SA node generates impulses of 60-100 bpm. The
the heart is likely the: AV node generates impulses of 40-60 bpm. The HIS
A. AV node bundle and Purkinje system generates impulses of 20-
B. Bundle of HIS 40 bpm. The endocardium supports blood flow, not
C. endocardium conduction
D. SA node




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On Mr. Key's ECG, the T D. Ventricular repolarization
wave represents:
A. Atrial depolarization P wave represents atrial depolarization
B. Atrial repolarization QRS represents ventricular depolarization
C. Ventricular T wave represents ventricular repolarization
depolarization
D. Ventricular
repolarization

A 65 year old male patient B. Stable angina
is admitted to your step
down unit from his Stable angina is the result of a myocardial ischemia
physician's office where he supply and demand mismatch. The defining factors of
experienced transient stable angina are chest pain lasting less than 15
chest pain (less than 10 minutes, relieved by NTG and rest, with atypical
minutes) at a pain level symptoms
6/10. He was provided
with nitroglycerin and
transferred by ambulance
to your hospital with an
oxygen saturation of 95%.
What type of acute
coronary syndrome (ACS)
is he demonstrating?


A. NSTEMI
B. Stable angina
C. STEMI
D. Unstable angina




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A 48 year old make is C. STEMI
admitted to your unit with
shortness of breath and An ST segment elevation MI (STEMI) is a severe
chest pain relieved by 3 occlusion or complete occlusion of a coronary artery
sublingual nitroglycerin leading to infarction of cardiac tissue. This results in ST
tabs and 2 mg IV segment elevation, a new left bundle branch block
morphine. The ECG has ST (LBBB), elevated cardiac markers, and often cardiac
segment elevation in leads arrhythmias
2, 3, and AVF. The patient
has elevated troponin and
creatine phosphate kinase
myocardial bands (CPK-
MB). This patient is most
likely experiencing a(n)?


A. NSTEMI
B. Stable angina
C. STEMI
D. Unstable angina

Patients with variant or C. ST segment depression of 2 mm or more
Printzmetal's angina
experience which of the Variant or Printzmetal's angina is caused by coronary
following? vasoaspasm and resents with transient ST segment
A. a warning sensation of elevation, ST segment depression or 2 mm or more,
impending doom and T wave inversion in 2 or more leads
B. Prolongation of the QT
interval
C. ST segment depression
on 2 mm or more
D. T wave elevation of 3
mm or more




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Initial management of a D. 12 lead EEG
patient with acute
coronary syndrome (ACS) Management of ACS includes stopping all patient
includes all of the activity, chewing aspirin 162-325 mg, supplemental
following except: oxygen, preliminary history and physical, 12 lead ECG,
A. aspirin 162-325 mg telemetry, and IV access
B. 12 lead EEG
C. Obtaining IV access
D. Oxygen therapy

A 55 year old woman one B. Cardiogenic shock
week post myocardial
infarction (MI) is suddenly Cardiogenic shock can result from an MI with 50%
experiencing hypotension, damage to the left ventricle. The symptoms include
tachycardia, weakened hypotension, tachycardia, weak peripheral pulses,
peripheral pulses, anxiety, rales in the bases of the lungs, jugular vein distention,
restlessness, low urine elevated central venous pressure, low urine output,
output, and jugular vein and anxiety and restlessness.
distention (JVD). Your
concerns include which The other types of shock do not result in jugular vein
possibilities? distention or elevated central venous pressure


A. Anaphylactic shock
B. Cardiogenic shock
C. Distributive shock
D. Hypovolemic shock

When a patient is in a B. 40-60 bpm
junctional rhythm, the
heart rate will be: junctional rhythm is a HR of 40-60 bpm with P waves
located in one of three positions. QRS is normal
A. 20-40 bpm
B. 40-60 bpm
C. 60-80 bpm
D. 60-100 bpm




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