CPAN EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 350 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED
A+| CERTIFIED POST ANESTHESIA NURSE EXAM
REVIEW 2025 (MOST RECENT!!)
Which of the following pre-existing conditions is associated with the
highest risk of postoperative pulmonary complications?
A. Obesity
B. Diabetes
C. Malnutrition
D. COPD - Correct Answer - COPD
Which of the following suggests the presence of a hematoma following
rhytidectomy?
A. Deficit in cranial nerve 3, 4, or 6
B. Excessive serosanguinous discharge
C. Unilateral facial pain
D. Facial numbness - Correct Answer - unilateral face pain
According to ACLS guidelines, dopamine is the drug of choice for
clinically significant hypotension when:
A. hypokalemia is absent.
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,B. hypovolemia is present.
C. hypokalemia is present.
D. hypovolemia is absent. - Correct Answer - hypovolemia is absent.
Elderly patients have an increased risk of aspiration during general
anesthesia because of:
A. a decrease in vagal sensitivity.
B. an increase in sphincter tone.
C. an increase in gastric emptying.
D. a decrease in esophageal motility. - Correct Answer - decrease in
esophageal motility
In the care of a conscious patient who has been admitted to the PACU
following a thyroidectomy, the most appropriate position is:
A. reverse Trendelenburg.
B. side lying with head hyperextended.
C. prone with knees bent.
D. Semi-Fowler's position. - Correct Answer - Semi-Fowler's position.
A patient is admitted to the PACU following open reduction and internal
fixation of a fractured right tibia. The patient now has dyspnea,
tachycardia, and a fever. The perianesthesia nurse suspects:
A. fat embolism.
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,B. lung contusion.
C. pneumonia.
D. hemothorax. - Correct Answer - fat embolism.
The perianesthesia nurse instructs a patient scheduled for a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy to remove body piercings prior to arrival as they may
cause:
A. injury and infection.
B. increased pain in the incision site.
C. adverse medication interaction.
D. EKG monitoring interference. - Correct Answer - injury and
infection.
A 2-year-old patient is sedated and admitted to the Phase I PACU
following cleft palate repair. Which of the following is the proper
positioning of this patient in the immediate postoperative phase?
A. Semi-Prone
B. High Fowler's
C. Reverse Trendelenburg
D. Supine - Correct Answer - Semi-Prone
The perianesthesia nurse is aware that which of the following cardiac
rhythms is more clinically ominous and may progress to a lethal
dysrhythmia?
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, A. Atrial flutter 1:4 response
B. Second-degree type II heart block
C. Atrial fibrillation
D. First-degree AV block - Correct Answer - Second-degree type II heart
block
A patient is admitted to the PACU following a laparoscopic Nissen
fundoplication. Intraoperatively, the patient required chest tube
placement for development of a tension pneumothorax. The
perianesthesia nurse understands that which of the following in the
patient's history could be problematic at this time?
A. Diabetes
B. COPD
C. Osteoporosis
D. Angina - Correct Answer - COPD
After receiving an interscalene block, the patient complains of shortness
of breath. The perianesthesia nurse is aware that the block may have
affected which nerve?
A. Transverse cervical
B. Supraclavicular
C. Phrenic
D. Recurrent laryngeal - Correct Answer - Phrenic
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BANK| COMPLETE 350 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED
A+| CERTIFIED POST ANESTHESIA NURSE EXAM
REVIEW 2025 (MOST RECENT!!)
Which of the following pre-existing conditions is associated with the
highest risk of postoperative pulmonary complications?
A. Obesity
B. Diabetes
C. Malnutrition
D. COPD - Correct Answer - COPD
Which of the following suggests the presence of a hematoma following
rhytidectomy?
A. Deficit in cranial nerve 3, 4, or 6
B. Excessive serosanguinous discharge
C. Unilateral facial pain
D. Facial numbness - Correct Answer - unilateral face pain
According to ACLS guidelines, dopamine is the drug of choice for
clinically significant hypotension when:
A. hypokalemia is absent.
pg. 1
,B. hypovolemia is present.
C. hypokalemia is present.
D. hypovolemia is absent. - Correct Answer - hypovolemia is absent.
Elderly patients have an increased risk of aspiration during general
anesthesia because of:
A. a decrease in vagal sensitivity.
B. an increase in sphincter tone.
C. an increase in gastric emptying.
D. a decrease in esophageal motility. - Correct Answer - decrease in
esophageal motility
In the care of a conscious patient who has been admitted to the PACU
following a thyroidectomy, the most appropriate position is:
A. reverse Trendelenburg.
B. side lying with head hyperextended.
C. prone with knees bent.
D. Semi-Fowler's position. - Correct Answer - Semi-Fowler's position.
A patient is admitted to the PACU following open reduction and internal
fixation of a fractured right tibia. The patient now has dyspnea,
tachycardia, and a fever. The perianesthesia nurse suspects:
A. fat embolism.
pg. 2
,B. lung contusion.
C. pneumonia.
D. hemothorax. - Correct Answer - fat embolism.
The perianesthesia nurse instructs a patient scheduled for a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy to remove body piercings prior to arrival as they may
cause:
A. injury and infection.
B. increased pain in the incision site.
C. adverse medication interaction.
D. EKG monitoring interference. - Correct Answer - injury and
infection.
A 2-year-old patient is sedated and admitted to the Phase I PACU
following cleft palate repair. Which of the following is the proper
positioning of this patient in the immediate postoperative phase?
A. Semi-Prone
B. High Fowler's
C. Reverse Trendelenburg
D. Supine - Correct Answer - Semi-Prone
The perianesthesia nurse is aware that which of the following cardiac
rhythms is more clinically ominous and may progress to a lethal
dysrhythmia?
pg. 3
, A. Atrial flutter 1:4 response
B. Second-degree type II heart block
C. Atrial fibrillation
D. First-degree AV block - Correct Answer - Second-degree type II heart
block
A patient is admitted to the PACU following a laparoscopic Nissen
fundoplication. Intraoperatively, the patient required chest tube
placement for development of a tension pneumothorax. The
perianesthesia nurse understands that which of the following in the
patient's history could be problematic at this time?
A. Diabetes
B. COPD
C. Osteoporosis
D. Angina - Correct Answer - COPD
After receiving an interscalene block, the patient complains of shortness
of breath. The perianesthesia nurse is aware that the block may have
affected which nerve?
A. Transverse cervical
B. Supraclavicular
C. Phrenic
D. Recurrent laryngeal - Correct Answer - Phrenic
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