Progressive Care RN A 2024/2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE VERIFIEDANSWERS (ACCURATE SOLUTIONS) A+
PASSED
1. Your patient is on anticoagulant medication. You are discharging them and provide
patient education. Which statement by your patient indicates an understanding of the
education?
ANS I will not take ibuprofen (Motrin®) every day.
2. Your non-verbal patient is alert. What type of pain assessment would be appropriate?
ANS Behavioral pain scale.
3. Your patient has returned from the cath lab post angioplasty. Upon assessment you
note a large hematoma at the sheath site. What would be your immediate action?
ANS Apply manual pressure to the site and call for help.
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,4. Your patient has new onset seizures. They ask you what they should know about
taking levetiracetam (Keppra®). What would be your BEST response?
ANS Common side effects are fatigue and depression.
5. Your patient with cardiac bypass surgery is post-op day 2. The nursing assistant reports
that your patient has a temp of 101.3°F and blood pressure of 82/56. Their urine output
has decreased to less than 30 mL in the past 4 hours. You suspect a post-surgery
complication. After calling the physician you receive orders for STAT CBC, CMP, and
coagulation test. What results would you expect to see after these labs are completed?
ANS WBC greater than 19,000.
6. What is an adequate amount of urine output?
ANS 30 mL/hr.
7. Your patient has left ventricular failure. What clinical manifestations would you expect
to see?
ANS Dyspnea, distant heart sounds, bilateral crackles.
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, 8. You are caring for your patient with an order for furosemide (Lasix®) 80 mg BID.
What would be your MOST appropriate action?
ANS Call provider to clarify the order.
9. Your patient is in cardiac arrest. Chest compressions are being performed.
Capnography indicates the end-tidal CO2 is 18 mmHg. What do the capnography results
indicate about the chest compressions?
ANS No changes. These are high quality compressions.
10. What is required before making a report of elder abuse?
ANS Suspicion of abuse.
11. You receive your patient with pneumonia from the ED. Antibiotics and steroids have
been initiated by the provider. The patient reports abdominal pain and has a large loose
bowel movement. They inform you this is their third bowel movement in the last two
hours. What would you do FIRST?
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ACCURATE VERIFIEDANSWERS (ACCURATE SOLUTIONS) A+
PASSED
1. Your patient is on anticoagulant medication. You are discharging them and provide
patient education. Which statement by your patient indicates an understanding of the
education?
ANS I will not take ibuprofen (Motrin®) every day.
2. Your non-verbal patient is alert. What type of pain assessment would be appropriate?
ANS Behavioral pain scale.
3. Your patient has returned from the cath lab post angioplasty. Upon assessment you
note a large hematoma at the sheath site. What would be your immediate action?
ANS Apply manual pressure to the site and call for help.
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,4. Your patient has new onset seizures. They ask you what they should know about
taking levetiracetam (Keppra®). What would be your BEST response?
ANS Common side effects are fatigue and depression.
5. Your patient with cardiac bypass surgery is post-op day 2. The nursing assistant reports
that your patient has a temp of 101.3°F and blood pressure of 82/56. Their urine output
has decreased to less than 30 mL in the past 4 hours. You suspect a post-surgery
complication. After calling the physician you receive orders for STAT CBC, CMP, and
coagulation test. What results would you expect to see after these labs are completed?
ANS WBC greater than 19,000.
6. What is an adequate amount of urine output?
ANS 30 mL/hr.
7. Your patient has left ventricular failure. What clinical manifestations would you expect
to see?
ANS Dyspnea, distant heart sounds, bilateral crackles.
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, 8. You are caring for your patient with an order for furosemide (Lasix®) 80 mg BID.
What would be your MOST appropriate action?
ANS Call provider to clarify the order.
9. Your patient is in cardiac arrest. Chest compressions are being performed.
Capnography indicates the end-tidal CO2 is 18 mmHg. What do the capnography results
indicate about the chest compressions?
ANS No changes. These are high quality compressions.
10. What is required before making a report of elder abuse?
ANS Suspicion of abuse.
11. You receive your patient with pneumonia from the ED. Antibiotics and steroids have
been initiated by the provider. The patient reports abdominal pain and has a large loose
bowel movement. They inform you this is their third bowel movement in the last two
hours. What would you do FIRST?
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