PROPHECY MEDICAL SURGICAL
TELEMETRY ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed
with gastric ulcer. Which of the following medication should you
question?
Answer: Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer buffered aspirin)
●● When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the
following lab should be reviewed?
Answer: Lipase and amylase
●● You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy patient.
Which assessment finding would indicate an emergency?
Answer: Laryngeal strider
●● Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of
Hyppa?
Answer: Looking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit
●●
, Answer: Sinus tachycardia
●● You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain
with a kidney stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure what
would be the most therapeutic response?
Answer: Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an appropriate
treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to the patient
●● The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a
DNR on file. Their patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and family wants
CPR initiated. How should you respond?
Answer: Honor the patient's wishes
●●
Answer: Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
●● Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of
shortness of breath. And ABG was drawn and the results are pH? HCO3
- 23. These values indicate the patient is experiencing:
Answer:
TELEMETRY ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed
with gastric ulcer. Which of the following medication should you
question?
Answer: Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer buffered aspirin)
●● When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the
following lab should be reviewed?
Answer: Lipase and amylase
●● You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy patient.
Which assessment finding would indicate an emergency?
Answer: Laryngeal strider
●● Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of
Hyppa?
Answer: Looking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit
●●
, Answer: Sinus tachycardia
●● You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain
with a kidney stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure what
would be the most therapeutic response?
Answer: Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an appropriate
treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to the patient
●● The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a
DNR on file. Their patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and family wants
CPR initiated. How should you respond?
Answer: Honor the patient's wishes
●●
Answer: Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
●● Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of
shortness of breath. And ABG was drawn and the results are pH? HCO3
- 23. These values indicate the patient is experiencing:
Answer:
