NBRC RRT Exam Study Guide Questions with
Correct Answers
Signs - Answer Things you can see or measure
symptoms - Answer Subjective information (The patient must tell you)
Pack years - Answer Packs per day multiplied by the number of years.
Advanced directives are? - Answer documents that provide instructions in case the patient is unable to.
These instructions should be notarized and copies given to the family and physician.
If a patient has a DNI order you can still? - Answer Provide noninvasive ventilation ( BiPAP)
A durable power of attorney allows? - Answer A person to make decisions for the patient.
What is normal urine output? - Answer 40mL per hour or 1 Liter per day.
Where does sensible water loss occur? - Answer Through the urine or vomiting, Diarrhea.
Where does insensible water loss occur? - Answer Through the skin or exhalation.
What is normal Central venous pressure? - Answer 2 to 6 mmHg
What should you recommend for patients with an elevated CVP? - Answer Diuretics
What should you recommend for a patient with a low CVP? - Answer Fluids.
The abbreviation ADL stands for? - Answer Activities of daily living.
, What is Orthopnea? - Answer Difficulty breathing while laying flat. Often seen in CHF patients.
What is general malaise? - Answer A generalized run down feeling, nauseas, weak, fatigued, headache.
Think electrolyte imbalance.
What does Dysphagia mean? - Answer Difficulty swallowing.
Why does peripheral edema most commonly occur? - Answer edema is most likely caused by CHF or
renal failure.
What is Acites? - Answer Acites is fluid in the abdomen. Typically caused by liver failure.
What causes clubbing of the fingers? - Answer Chronic hypoxemia.
How fast should color return to a finger during a capillary refill test? - Answer Blood should return in less
than 3 seconds.
What is Diaphoresis? - Answer A state of profuse sweating.
What is Jaundice? - Answer A yellowish appearance of the skin caused by increased bilirubin in the blood
and tissue.
What is Erythema? - Answer Redness of the skin due from capillary congestion, inflammation, or
infection.
Cyanosis is caused by? - Answer Reduced oxyhemoglobin.
How much oxyhemoglobin loss is required to cause cyanosis? - Answer 5 Grams.
Correct Answers
Signs - Answer Things you can see or measure
symptoms - Answer Subjective information (The patient must tell you)
Pack years - Answer Packs per day multiplied by the number of years.
Advanced directives are? - Answer documents that provide instructions in case the patient is unable to.
These instructions should be notarized and copies given to the family and physician.
If a patient has a DNI order you can still? - Answer Provide noninvasive ventilation ( BiPAP)
A durable power of attorney allows? - Answer A person to make decisions for the patient.
What is normal urine output? - Answer 40mL per hour or 1 Liter per day.
Where does sensible water loss occur? - Answer Through the urine or vomiting, Diarrhea.
Where does insensible water loss occur? - Answer Through the skin or exhalation.
What is normal Central venous pressure? - Answer 2 to 6 mmHg
What should you recommend for patients with an elevated CVP? - Answer Diuretics
What should you recommend for a patient with a low CVP? - Answer Fluids.
The abbreviation ADL stands for? - Answer Activities of daily living.
, What is Orthopnea? - Answer Difficulty breathing while laying flat. Often seen in CHF patients.
What is general malaise? - Answer A generalized run down feeling, nauseas, weak, fatigued, headache.
Think electrolyte imbalance.
What does Dysphagia mean? - Answer Difficulty swallowing.
Why does peripheral edema most commonly occur? - Answer edema is most likely caused by CHF or
renal failure.
What is Acites? - Answer Acites is fluid in the abdomen. Typically caused by liver failure.
What causes clubbing of the fingers? - Answer Chronic hypoxemia.
How fast should color return to a finger during a capillary refill test? - Answer Blood should return in less
than 3 seconds.
What is Diaphoresis? - Answer A state of profuse sweating.
What is Jaundice? - Answer A yellowish appearance of the skin caused by increased bilirubin in the blood
and tissue.
What is Erythema? - Answer Redness of the skin due from capillary congestion, inflammation, or
infection.
Cyanosis is caused by? - Answer Reduced oxyhemoglobin.
How much oxyhemoglobin loss is required to cause cyanosis? - Answer 5 Grams.
