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PCCN Exam Review Questions and answers, Graded A+/ VERIFIED/ 1. A 49-year-old male was recently admitted with an inferior wall MI resulting from 100% occlusion of the right coronary artery (RCA). The 12-lead ECG reveals ST elevation in leads II, III, and a VF. You would expect to see reciprocal changes in which leads? A. I, a VR B. V1, V2 C. V3, V4 D. I, a VL - -D. I, aVL. The RCA perfuses the inferior wall and the mirror image or reciprocal change will be seen in the high lateral w...

PCCN Exam Review questions & Answers, Graded A+ Two days following a near-drowning accident, a pt is dyspneic, using accessory muscles, expectorating large amounts of secretions and reporting feeling of impending death. Changes to the assessment data include RR- 24 TO 36 CXR clear to bilateral diffuse infiltrates ABG 40% face mask or 100% non-rebreather mask pO2 120 mm Hg to 56 mm Hg pCO2 33 mmHg to 56 mmHg pH 7.42 to 7.35 HCO3 24 meq/L to 27 mEq/L Which of the ff do these changes...

PCCN practice exam notes (2024/25) Review Questions and answers, verified/ Pt on Vtach, HR 135, RR 32, BP 90/48, conscious but c/o dizziness, recent K+ lvl is 3.4. What action would you do first? a. emergent defib b. amio 300mg IVP c. emergent cardioversion d. hang 10 mEq KCL/50mL D5W - -C The nurse notes the following when analyzing a patient's telemetry strip: HR, 65/min and regular; PR interval, 0.22 seconds; QRS complex, 0.10 seconds; QTc, 0.52 seconds. Which of the following ...

pccn practice Exam Questions and answers, rated A+. VERIFIED/ A nurse in the emergency department assesses a patient with a hand laceration and notices that the patient smells strongly of alcohol. The patient is diabetic, irritable, and pale and reports headache. The nurse is waiting for laboratory results. What serum glucose level might the nurse expect to find? a. 50 to 60 mg/dL b. <50 mg/dL c. >1000 mg/dL d. 80 to 110 mg/dL - -b. <50mg/dL Following a chest infection, a pa...

PCCN Review – Cardiac Exam Review Questions and answers, rated A+ A primary chemical mediator in anaphylaxis reaction is a. Myocardial depressant factor b. Histamine c. Compliment d. High D-dimer - -b. Histamine Which of the following lab diagnostic findings will most likely be seen in DIC? a. PT and PTT prolonged b. Fibrinogen increased c. Platelet count increased d. D-dimer normal - -a. PT and PTT prolonged The Clinical presentation of DIC includes a. Signs of thrombosis forma...

PCCN Review – Cardiac Exam Review Questions and answers, rated A+ Calculate the cardiac output for a pt with a HR of 70 and a SV of 65 ml. - HR X SV=CO 70 X 65= 4550 4.6 L/min Calculate the cardiac output for a pt with a HR of 70 and a SV of 65 ml. HR X SV=CO - HR X SV=CO 70 X 65= 4550 4.6 L/min What % of the cardiac cycle is provided by the atrial kick? • 15% • 20% • 30% • 35% - 20% Atrial kick is a term that represents the amount of the total CO that is supplied via at...

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