BKAT 9R FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 BANK
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ACTUAL
EXAM WITH FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND STUDY GUIDE /
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
While caring for a day-two post-operative exploratory
laparotomy patient, you notice "coffeground" material
coming from her nasogastric tube. You should:
1. know this is a normal finding
2. irrigate the tube right aware
3. have the drainage tested for blood
4. listen for overactive bowel sounds - ....ANSWER...have
the drainage tested for blood
Your patient, who is receiving a blood transfusion, has a
sudden increase in body temperature. Your first response
is to:
,1. take the blood pressure
2. check the blood type of the patient
3. quickly observe for a rash
4. stop the transfusion - ....ANSWER...stop the transfusion
In a symptomatic sinus bradycardia, which of the
following could be used to increase the heart rate
1. Propanolol
2. Digoxin
3. Atropine
4. Verapamil - ....ANSWER...Atropine
Which of the following drugs will crystallize when given
IV with D5S?
1. Avelox
2. fosphenytoin
3. Dilantin (phenytoin)
4. phenobarbital - ....ANSWER...Dilantin
,Your post-operative patient has a left anterior chest tube.
When you auscultate the lung fields bilaterally, you hear
diminished breath sounds in the right posterior base. This
would most likely be due to:
1. pleuritis
2. consolidation
3. the chest tube
4. atelectasis - ....ANSWER...atelectasis
Your patient is on a ventilator. The low volume alarm
sounds. This may be due to:
1. pulmonary edema
2. increasing secretions
3. a disconnected tube
4. biting the tube - ....ANSWER...a disconnected tube
To assess proper positioning of an endotracheal tube, the
most appropriate nursing action would be to:
1. check for a change in the respiratory rate
2. listen for bilateral breath sounds
3. check for chest expansion
, 4. listen for minimal leak of the cuff -
....ANSWER...Listen for bilateral breath sounds
Mr. Ray has an endotracheal tube. While you are making
rounds, you ask if his breathing is okay. In an audible
tone, he says "yes". You should first:
1. raise the head of the bed
2. ask the patient to cough
3. notify the physician
4. check the functioning of the cuff - ....ANSWER...check
the functioning of the cuff
The high pressure alarm on a volume respirator will not be
triggered by which response below?
1. biting on the tube
2. pulmonary edema
3. leaking cuff
4. decreased lung compliance - ....ANSWER...leaking cuff
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ACTUAL
EXAM WITH FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND STUDY GUIDE /
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
While caring for a day-two post-operative exploratory
laparotomy patient, you notice "coffeground" material
coming from her nasogastric tube. You should:
1. know this is a normal finding
2. irrigate the tube right aware
3. have the drainage tested for blood
4. listen for overactive bowel sounds - ....ANSWER...have
the drainage tested for blood
Your patient, who is receiving a blood transfusion, has a
sudden increase in body temperature. Your first response
is to:
,1. take the blood pressure
2. check the blood type of the patient
3. quickly observe for a rash
4. stop the transfusion - ....ANSWER...stop the transfusion
In a symptomatic sinus bradycardia, which of the
following could be used to increase the heart rate
1. Propanolol
2. Digoxin
3. Atropine
4. Verapamil - ....ANSWER...Atropine
Which of the following drugs will crystallize when given
IV with D5S?
1. Avelox
2. fosphenytoin
3. Dilantin (phenytoin)
4. phenobarbital - ....ANSWER...Dilantin
,Your post-operative patient has a left anterior chest tube.
When you auscultate the lung fields bilaterally, you hear
diminished breath sounds in the right posterior base. This
would most likely be due to:
1. pleuritis
2. consolidation
3. the chest tube
4. atelectasis - ....ANSWER...atelectasis
Your patient is on a ventilator. The low volume alarm
sounds. This may be due to:
1. pulmonary edema
2. increasing secretions
3. a disconnected tube
4. biting the tube - ....ANSWER...a disconnected tube
To assess proper positioning of an endotracheal tube, the
most appropriate nursing action would be to:
1. check for a change in the respiratory rate
2. listen for bilateral breath sounds
3. check for chest expansion
, 4. listen for minimal leak of the cuff -
....ANSWER...Listen for bilateral breath sounds
Mr. Ray has an endotracheal tube. While you are making
rounds, you ask if his breathing is okay. In an audible
tone, he says "yes". You should first:
1. raise the head of the bed
2. ask the patient to cough
3. notify the physician
4. check the functioning of the cuff - ....ANSWER...check
the functioning of the cuff
The high pressure alarm on a volume respirator will not be
triggered by which response below?
1. biting on the tube
2. pulmonary edema
3. leaking cuff
4. decreased lung compliance - ....ANSWER...leaking cuff
