Critical Care Exit HESI Exam with accurate detailed solutions

Critical Care Exit HESI Exam with |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!|




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Metoprolol - correct answer✔✔Beta-blocker used to treat hypertension
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Second degree heart block - correct answer✔✔Telemetry pattern with
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prolonged PR interval and decreased conduction time from SA node to AV
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junction



Restless, intubated client - correct answer✔✔Client on mechanical
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ventilation exhibiting restlessness and breath sounds on right side only
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Train derailment triage - correct answer✔✔Priority order: Middle-aged man
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wandering, Woman sitting with blanket, Crying child, Mother and father
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just arrived
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Pneumonia with severe SOB - correct answer✔✔Client with pneumonia
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admitted with pH 7.30, PaO2 60, PaCO2 62, HCO3 35; Immediate
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communication to HCP for drowsiness and difficulty in arousing |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!|




Burn patient with serum potassium of 4 - correct answer✔✔Patient with
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burn injuries and potassium level of 4; Medication choice for potassium not
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provided
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Bedridden patient for 2 weeks - correct answer✔✔Patient bedridden for 2
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weeks with pH 7.37, PO2 90, PCO2 40, HCO3 25; Priority action is turning
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patient side to side q2h |!| |!| |!| |!|

, Assess 40-year-old with sickle cell crisis - correct answer✔✔Priority
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assessment for a 40-year-old with sickle cell crisis |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!|




Major disaster triage - correct answer✔✔Priority order: Cut over eye, Move
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patient to medical surgical unit, Patient with abnormal liver levels
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Carotid picture - correct answer✔✔Pointing to the neck to indicate carotid
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artery



Wound vac effectiveness - correct answer✔✔Checking seal to ensure no
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leaks in wound vac
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Magnesium antidote - correct answer✔✔Calcium gluconate is the antidote
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for magnesium toxicity
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Trouble swallowing - correct answer✔✔Assess gag reflex or consider
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thickening of fluids |!| |!|




Disconnected chest tube - correct answer✔✔Get new saline bottle to stick
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end into until reconnecting tube
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Ventricular fibrillation - correct answer✔✔Defibrillate with a shock once;
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Consider calcium levels |!| |!|




Chest tube volume - correct answer✔✔Mark container between 100 and
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150



Heart sounds audio - correct answer✔✔S1S2 heart sounds audio
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