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A TEMPORARY PPM WAS APPLED TO A PT HR 42, NOW WITH TEMP PPM HR 70 IN ORDER TO

DETERMINE THE THRESHOLD THE NURSE WILL - ANSWER DECREASE THE OUTPUT UNTIL CAPTURE IS

LOST.

A PT W HF IS HYPOTN, TACHYCARDIA, DEC U O COOL CLAMMY SKIN AND DEC LOC. THE RN SHOULD

ADMIN WHAT MEDS - ANSWER POSITIVE INOTROPIC AGENTS, DIURETICS, VASODILATORS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD THE RN ASSESS FOR COMPLICATIONS REALTED TO AN

ARTERIOGRAM - ANSWER RENAL FUNCTION

THREE DAYS AFTER ADMISSION FROM THE PACUY A PT BECOMES RESTLESS AND ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB

OUT OF BED AND CHEW THE IV LINES. RN SHOULD ASSESS FOR - ANSWER ABILITY TO CARRY ON A

COHERENT CONVERSATION

THE MAJOR EFFECT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI) ON THE LUNG TISSUE IS - ANSWER DECRESEAD

COMPLIANCE

A PT W CONGINTIVE IMPAIREMENT FROM MEDICATIONS, FLUID & ELECTROLYTE IMBLANCE ANOXIA OR

SURGERY IS AT HIGH RISK FOR - ANSWER ATTEMPTING SUICIDE

A PT IS ADMITTED WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. THE NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE WITH OF THE

FOLLOWING - ANSWER AVOID HYPOVENTILATION

A MAJOR GOAL FOR A PT WHO IS 48 HOUR POST VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY IS TO - ANSWER

PREVENT THROMBUS FORMATION

WHICH NURSING ACTION MIGHT DECREASE A PT SELF ESTEEM - ANSWER REQUIRING THE PT TO

PARTICIPATE IN ALL TREATMENTS

A PT W END STAGE LIVER & HEP C IS DELCARED BRAIN DEAD. THE PARENTS DECIDE TO DISCONTINUE

FEEDING AND DONATE THEIR DAUGHTERS ORGANS. RN MOST APPROPRIATE ACTION BY THE RN IS TO -

ANSWER CONTACT THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING 12 LEAD ECG CHANGES SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN A PT W ACUTE CORNARY

SYNDROME INVOLVING THE INFERIOR WALL - ANSWER Q WAVE, SEGMENT ELEVATION AND DEEPLY

INVERTED T WAVES IN LEAD II III AND aVF A DIRECT EFFECT OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE (NIPRIDE) IS TO - ANSWER DECREASE AFTERLOAD WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS INDICATES SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF RIGHT VENTRICULARE FAILURE - ANSWER DECREASED CVP (CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE). A PT IS CONFUSED ABOUT THE TIME AND PLACE, DESPIRE FREQUENT REORIENTATION. FOR PT SAFTEY THE RN SHOULD - ANSWER INCREASE THE FREQ OF OBSERVATION OF THE PT. A PT TRSF OUT OF THE ICU SAYS "WHY CAN'T I JUST STAY". I DON'T FEEL STRONG ENOUGH. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWIN IS APPROP BY THE RN - ANSWER "YOU SOUND CONCERNED ABOUT LEAVING THE ICU". WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ABG VALUES WOULD B MOST INDICATIVE OF A DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE. 7.18, 70, 26 - ANSWER ACUTE RESP FAILURE PT WITH BLUNT CHEST INJURY FROM MVC, PT CONFUSED, CYNAOTIC, PT BP FALL 2 HR JVD INCREASING, MOST LIKELY PT HAS - ANSWER CARDIAC TAMPONADE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FINDING WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH A DX OF MASSIVE HEMOTHORAX - ANSWER DULLNESS TO PERCUSSION AND ABSENT BREATHSOUNDS ON AFFECTED SIDE WITH TRACHEAL DEVIATION TOWARD UNAFFECTED SIDE.

SIX MEMBERS OF A TRAUMA PTS FAMILY ARRIVE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES

CONDITION. THE NURSE MOST APPROPRIATE INITIAL RESPONSE SHOULD BE TO - ANSWER ASK FAMILY

TO IDENTIFY A FAMILY SPOKESPERSON

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ELECTROLYTE ABNOMALITIES SHOULD THE RN ANTICIPATE IN A PT WITH A

CHRONIC ETOH - ANSWER HYPOMAGNESEMIA

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A CORRECT STATEMENT ABOUT A SHIFT OF OXYHEMOGLOBIN

DISSOCIATION CURVE TO THE RIGHT? - ANSWER IT CAN RESULT FROM AN INCREASE IN BODY TEMP.

A PT W A MITRAL REGURGITATION DEVELOPS A FIB W A RATE OF 88 ( SO CONTROLED AFIB) BP IS

113/74. THE RN SHOULD ANTICIPATE WHICH MEDICAL ORDER - ANSWER CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES AND

CALCUIM CHANNEL BLOCKERS

A PT FAIMLY EXPRESSES ANXIETY REGARDING THE MEANING OF A NUBMER ON THE PT MNTR, AND AS

FOR CLARIFICATION, THE RN MOST APPROPRIATE RESPONSE SHOULD BE - ANSWER WHICH NUMBER ON

THE MONITOR CONCERNS YOU?

THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING A BOWEL REGIMNE IN A PT WITH DIC IS TO DECREASE THE RISK OF -

ANSWER INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPENSATORY MECHANISM OF HEMORRACH SHOCK - ANSWER

INCREASED REABSORPTION OF SODIUM AND WATER

ON THE FITH DAY POST ADMISSION A PT W Q WAVE IN V1, V2, V3 DEVELOPS HYPOTN AND PANSYSTOLIC

MURMUR THIS IS LOUDEST AT THE LOWER LEFT STERNAL BORDER. THE PT HAS MOSE LIKELY DEVELOPED

- ANSWER A RUPTURED INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTERY CATHERETER FINDINS WOULD BE ANTICIPATED IN A PT WITH

CHRONIC EMPHYSEMA - ANSWER INCREASED CVP (CENTRAL VENOUSE PRESSURE)

PT HAS BEEN WAITING OFR TWO MONTHS FOR A HEART TRANSPLANT. FAMILY TELLS RN THIS IS HOPLESS

THE RN TAKES ACTION TO - ANSWER HELP MAINTIAN THE INTERGITY OF THE FAMILY SYSTEM WHICH IS

CRUCIAL IN THE TRANSPLANT PROCESS.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LAB RESULTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN A PT WITH SEVERE ACUTE

PANCREATITIS - ANSWER ELEVATED SERUM AMYLASE, DECREASED SERUM CLACIUM DECDREASED TOTAL

PROTEIN

A PT WHO DOES NOT SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND ENGLISH IS ADMITTED TO THE UNIT GUIDELINES FOR

USING A TRANSLATOR MAY INCLUDE - ANSWER STANDING NEXT TO THE TRANSLATOR AND AS CLOSE TO

THE PT AS POSSIBLE.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ABG RESULTS SHOULD THE RN ANTICIPATE IN A PT WITH A HITSTORY OF

CHRONIC ALCHOLOSH - ANSWER 7.25 37, 18, ETOH ARE ALWAYS ACIDODTIC

WHICH MEDICATION IS MOST IMPORTANT IN THE EMERGENCY TX OF ASTHMA - ANSWER

BRONCHODILATORS

WHICH FINDING IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH HIGH LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING PRESSURE - ANSWER

BIBASILAR CRACKLES

MEDISTINAL CHEST TUBES ARE USED TO - ANSWER REMOVE SEROSANGUINEOUS FLUID FROM THE

OPERATIVE SITE

KEHR SIGN IN A PT WITH BLUNT ABD TRAUMA MOST LIKELY INDICATES WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING -

ANSWER DIAPHRAGM IRRITATION

KEHR SIGN IS - ANSWER is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the peritoneal cavity when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated. Kehr's sign in the left shoulder is considered a classical symptom of a ruptured spleen. THE MOST APPROPRIATE INITIAL INTERVENTION FOR AN UNSTABLE PT WITH SECOND DEGREE AV HEART BLOCK TYPE II SHOULD BE - ANSWER TRANSCUTANEOUS PACING HYPOKALEMIA CAN BE CAUSED BY - ANSWER DIURETICS AND ALKALOSIS

WHEN ASSESSING A CHEST TUBE SETUP. THE RN NOTES THAT THE WATER RISES DURING INSPIRATION

AND FALLS DURING EXPIRATION THIS INDICATES - ANSWER NORMAL PLEURAL CHANGES.

AN ELDERLY PT IN ETOH WD IS HALLUCINATING ABOUT PUPPIES BILTING HIS TOES. THE RN SHOULD -

ANSWER TALK CONCERTELY ABOUT ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES

AN ELDERLY PT JUST WEANED FROM VENT AFTER SEVERAL DAYS IS FOUND REMOVNG IV AND O

TUBING RN SHOULD ADMIN WHAT DRUG - ANSWER BENZODIAXEPINE

A PT W DKA IS ADMITTED. BG LEVE 400/500 INSULIN ADMIN ON SS, WHAT SHOULD RN DO NEXT -

ANSWER CONSULT THE DR ABOUT CHANGING TO IV INSULIN GTT

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A CONTRAINDICATION TO THE USE OF INTRA AORTIC BALLON

CONTERPULSATION - ANSWER AORTIC VALVE INSUFFINCINECY

A PT IS ADMITTED CO CHEST PAIN AND N/V. ECG REVEALS 2ND DEGREEE AV HEART BLOCK TYPE II, AS A

RESULT OF AN OCCULSION AT WHICH CORONARY ARTERY - ANSWER LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING

A AMI PT IS CRITICAL AND THE WIFE IS AT THE BESIDE, THE ESTRANGED WIFE ARRIVES AND DEMANDS

THE OTHER WOMAN BE REMOVED, THE RN SHOULD - ANSWER REQUEST A MULTI DISC CARE

COFERENCE TO DISCUSS VISITATION AND COMMUNICATON OF PT STATUS.

A PT WITH HYPEROSMOLARE HYPERGLYCEMIC STATE BG 836 IS ADMITTED FOR DEHYDRATION , WHAT

OTHER LAB VALUES MIGHT RN ANTICIPATE - ANSWER ELEVATED SERUM K+ AND DECREASED SERUM NA+

LEVELS

A VENTED PT IS RECIVING TUBE FEEDS AND HAS SUSPECTED ASPIRATION. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING

PULMONARY PARAMETERS SHOULD THE NURSE EXPECT TO OBSERVE - ANSWER INCREASED PIP

(PULMONARY INTERSTITAL PRESSURE) <3-5 cmH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE FOR INADEQUATE HEPARIN REVERSAL - ANSWER PROTAMINE SULFATE

TWO HOURS AFTER A PERMANENT DDD PPM IS INSERTED FOR A SICK SINUS SYNDROME THE PATIENT

GOES INTO AFIB, WHAT PACING MODE IS INDICATED FOR PT - ANSWER VVI

A PRIMARY CONCERN WHEN CARING FOR A PT DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATITITS IS TO MNTR FLUID

AND ELECTROLYTE LEVEL CLOSELY BECAUSE - ANSWER PLASMA VOL IS LOST AS PANCREATIC ENZYMES

INCREASE CAPILLARY PREMALBILITY

DURING AN ASSESSMENT A PT WITH PANCREATITIS , A RN NOTES A SPASM IN THE PT HAND WHEN A BP

IS INFLATED. THIS FINDING INDICATES WHICH LOW ELECTROLYTE BALANCE NA+ OR CA+ - ANSWER LOW

SERUM CA++

A TEENAGER POST CARDIAC ARREST HAS A NEW DX OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. THE PARENTS

ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF THE PT COLLAPSES AGAIN. THE RNS BEST RESPONSE WOULD

BE - ANSWER WOULD TEACHIGN YOU CPR HELP EASE YOUR ANXIETIES/

HEPARIN SHOULD BE USED TO TX PT WITH ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLUS BECAUSE IT - ANSWER

PREVETNS PLTS AGGREGATION ON AN EMBOLUS

WHICH MECHAINSMS CONTRIBUTES TO HYPOTENSION IN SEPTIC SHOCK - ANSWER PERIPHERAL

VASODILATION

IN THE PRESENCE OF BLUNT CARDICA TRAUMA WHICH FINDING SUPPORTS THE DX OF MYOCARDICAL

CONTUSION - ANSWER CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS

PT POST OP REPAIR TO GREAT VESSEL FROM KNIFT WOUND. VS BP 60/40 HR 136. C XRAY WIDE

MEDIASTINUM. NEXT INTERVENTION WOULD BE - ANSWER PREPARE FOR STERNAL RE-EXPLORATION

PT 70KG W ARF IS MECH VENTED ON THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS FIO2 40, RATE 6, VT 600 - ANSWER

INCREASE R RATE TO T12 ALSO DECREASE VT 450 OR 500

IN A PT VERAPAMIL (ccb) ONE FOTHE FOLLOWING CARDIOVASCULAR FINDINGS SHOULD BE EXPECTED - ANSWER PROLONGED PR INTERVAL

WHICH ONE CAN BE EFFECT OF POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION - ANSWER DECREASED CARBON

DIOXIDE < CO

A PT INVOLVE DIN A MVA HAD SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA, HER FATHER THREATENS TO HURT SOMEONE IF

THE STAFF DOES NOT SAVE IS DAUGHTER. YOUR BEST RESPONSE IS - ANSWER STAND AT RIGHT AND TO

THE FATHER AND SAY I CAN SEE YOU ARE UPSET ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER CAN WE GO TO A

CONFERENCE ROOM AND TALK.

FOLLOWING AN ABD AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR A PATIENT IS CONFUSED AND COMBATIVE. AFTER

SPEAKING WITH THE FAMILY THE NURSE DETERMINES THAT THE PATIENT HAS DELIRIUM - ANSWER THE

SPEECH IS INCOHERENT AND RAMBLING.

THE PT ADMITTED TO THE UNIT WITH DYSPNEA AND TACHYPNEA AND PULMONARY CONGESTION. A

LOUD PANSYSTOLIC MURMUR AT THE APEX WITH A THRILL DEVELOPS. PROMINET LARGE V WAVES

APPEAR WHEN A PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE READING IS DONE THE RN SHOULD

EXPECT THE PT HAS DEVELOPED - ANSWER MITRAL VALUVE REGURITATION

DEATH FROM STATUS EPILEPTICUS IS USUALLY DUE TO - ANSWER CEREBRAL HYPERMETABOLISM

A PT CO OF POLYURIA AND POLYDIPSIA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS ADMT FOR OBS. THE PT TAKE

PHENYTONIN 100 MG PO TID, FOR SZ, HOW WOULD SERIUM OSMOLAITLY AND SERUM NA + BE

IMPACTED DECREASED OR INCREASED - ANSWER SERUM OSMOLAITY INCREASED SERUM NA+

INCREASED

A PT OD IS ADMITTED SZ ON ARRIVAL VS BP 190/110, HR 125, RR 10, T 98.6 FLUSHED DRY SKIN, EYES

ARE FLICKERING UP AND DOWN. PUPILS 3MM DILATED UDS SHOWS - ANSWER PCP

IN A PT W PE ARTERIAL HYPOXEMIA MAY BE DUE TO A/AN - ANSWER VENTILATION PERFUSION

MISMATCH

WHICH ONE IS A DEFINAITIVE PROCEDURE FOR DX PE - ANSWER PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY

A PT W HX OF ANGIAN IS ADMITTED TO UNIT AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR OF AAA. THE PT RECV NIPRIDE

GTT FOR POST OP HYPERTENSION. 12 HR LATER PT CO OF BACK PAIN - ANSWER DISCONTINUE DRIP AND

PREPARE PT FORE SURGERY

AFTER A RIGHT THORACOTOMY FOR REMOVAL OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER LOBE, TWO CHEST TUBES

ARE ATTACHED TO A CHEST DRAIN SYSTEM TO - ANSWER RE-ESTABLISH NEGATIVE PLEURAL PRESSURE

THE PURPOSE OF USING PEEP IN THE TX OF ALI ANSD PNEUMONIA IS TO - ANSWER INCREASE ALVEOLAR

RECRUITMENT

WHICH LAB DATA IS CONCSISTEN WITH DIC - ANSWER DECREASED PTT, INCREASED FIBRIN SPLIT

PRODUCTS

A PT IS ADMITTED TO FOR OD OF METHAMPHETAMINES. THE RN SHOULD ANTICIPATE WHAT - ANSWER

PROVIDE VOLUME REPLETION AND BEGINNING COOLING

A PT IS ADMITTED W FEMUR FX. A CARTOID PULSE IS NOT PALPABLE AND NO SPONS RESP ARE NOTED.

THE ECG SHOWES NSR HR 130 - ANSWER CPR, EPI, IV FLUIDS

A RN CARING FOR A PT W A T5 SPINAL CORD INJURY. TO TRNSF PT SAFELY THE RN SHOULD - ANSWER

CONSULT WITH THE REHAB STAFF REGARDING TRANSFER CRITIERIA

NITRATE THERAPY IS INDICATED FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNSTABLE ANGINA BECAUSE IT - ANSWER

DECREASES PRELOAD AND DECREASED MYOCARDIAL O2 DEMAND

WHICH DYSRHYTHMIAS IS MOST FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HEART FAILURE - ANSWER AFIB

A PT WITH RESP FAILURE 2ND TO PNEUMONIA APPEARS CONFUSED AND LETHARGIC. THE PT TAKES

NSAIDS FOR ARTHRITIS. SERUM NA+ 129, LAB RESULTS WILL BE - ANSWER DECREASED BUN AND

NORMAL K+ LEVELS

A PT EXPERINENCING A 4TH EPISODE OF HEART FAILURE STATES " I CANOT TAKE IT ANYMORE". I WISH I

COULD END ALL FO THIS. A PRIORITY WHEN CARING FOR THIS PT RESPONSE TO STRESS IS TO - ANSWER

EXPLORE THE INTENT OF THE COMMENT WITH THE PATIENT.

A PT WAS ADMITTED WITH HEPATIC FAILURE, AND DEHYRDRATION. WHICH TX SHOULD THE RN

ANTICIPATE - ANSWER SUPPLEMENT POTASSIUM REPLETION

A PT WITH A HX OF HEROIN AND ETOH ABUSE IS ADMITTED FOR TX OF CELLULITIS. PT IS FLUSHED,

SLIGHLY MOIST SKIN, SLOW TO RESPOND AFFECETED ARM IS EDEMATOUS HARD TO TOUCH AND W

YELLOW EXUDATE FROM SKIN PUNCTURE WOUND. VSS BP 88/45, HR 124, RR 26, T 102. - ANSWER

BLOOD CULTURES, ABX, RAPID IV FLUIDS.

HEMODYNAMIC PROFILE IS MOST CONSISTANT WITH DISTRIBUTIVE SHOCK, BP 84/42 CVP 6 PAOP 8 SVR

450 - ANSWER

SVR RANGE - ANSWER 800- 1200

ACUTE LUNG INJURY IS CHARACTERIZED BY - ANSWER AN ANTECEDENT EVENT, REFACTORY HYPOXEMIA

AND TACHYPNEA

A PT WITH HX OF COPD UNDERWENT L UPPER LOBECTOMY, ON VENT, W NASOGASTRIC FEED, ON DAY

TWO RN NOTES CHEST TUBE DRNG IS CREAMY COLORED. THE PT IS AFEBRILE W STABLE VSS WHAT

SHOULD THE RN ANTICIPATE - ANSWER MONITORING PROTEIN AND SERUM ELECTROLYTE LEVELS

WHICH LAB DETERMINATIONS IS THE PERFERRED INDICATOR IN DISTINGUISHING BEWTWEEN DKA AND

HYPERGLYCEMIA HYPEROSMOLAR STATE - ANSWER SERUM OSMOLARITY

ADB DISTENTION, ATYMPANIC PERCUSSION NOTE AND RUSHES OF THIGH PTICHED TINKING SOUNDS

THAT COINCIDE WITH ABD CRAMPING INDICUATES WHAT - ANSWER INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

A PT ADMITTED AFTER A MVA. PT RESTLESS COOL, CLAMMY SKIN, COMPLAINS OF CHEST AND BACK

PAIN, BREATH SOUND DIMINISHED OVER LEFT SIDE, AN UPRIGHT CHEST X RAY REVEALS FX ON THE LEFT

5 - 7TH RIBS AND A 25% LEF HEMOTHORAX - ANSWER CHEST TUBE INSERTION, O2, FLUID BOLUS

IN THE TX OF CONGESTIVE CARDIO MYOPATHY APPROPRIATE DRUG THERAPY SHOULD BE AIMED AT -

ANSWER DECRASING AFTERLOAD AND DECREASING PRELOAD

SYMPTOMS OF A SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION ARE - ANSWER TENDER ABD ON PALPATION

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN ADVANTAGE OF PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION - ANSWER

DECREASED WORK OF BREATHING

CARDIAC SURGERY PT SHOULD THE NURESE ANTICIPATE TO DEVELOP A POST OP HEART BLOCK A P WITH

WHAT - ANSWER A MITRAL VALVE REPAIR

A PT WHO IS A JEHOVAH WITNESS HAS HCT 18% WHAT SHOULD THE RN ADMIN - ANSWER BEGIN CRT

AUTOTRANSFUSION

IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PT WITH PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION WHAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE HEARD

- ANSWER BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS AND WHISPERED PECTORILOQUY

A PT WITH A FOUR YEAR HX OF DM I IS ADMITTED W FLU, PT IS LETHARGIC, REPSONDS TO NAME AND

FOLLOWS COMMANDS, SKIN IS DRY AND POOR TURGOR. WHAT HAS CAUSED THE PT CONDITION

(ELECTROYLETES) - ANSWER HYPOVOLEMIA

A PT WHO DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH HAS JUST UNDERGONE AN AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT. THE PT

IS INCREASEINGLY RESTLESS AND SLPLINTING THE CHEST WITH BOTH HANDS. AND EFFECTIVE MEANS OF

COMMUNICATION WITH THIS PT WOULD BE TO - ANSWER TOUCH USING GESTRURES

A PT ADMITTED W DX OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME OF THE ANTERIOR WALL. THE PT DEVELOPS

BIBASILAR CRACKLES AND LOAD HOLOSYSTOLIC MURMUR. A DX OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE

COLD BE CONFIRMED BY - ANSWER INCREASED O2 SATURATION LEVEL IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY AND

RIGHT VENTRICLE

RESP THERAPY PHYSICAL THERPAY, OCC, AND RN ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR DISCHARGE TEACHING, W

EACH DISCIPLINE CURRENTLY DOCU ON IT OWN FLOW SHEET. THE BEST WAY TO COORDINATE TEACHING

IS TO HAVE - ANSWER ALL DISCIPLINES DOCUMENT PT TEACHING ON THE SAME FLOW SHEET.

THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS ARE CONSISTENT W SEPTIC SHOCK AND ACUTE LUNG INJURTHE FOLLOWING

FINDINGS ARE CONSISTENT W SEPTIC SHOCK AND ACUTE LUNG INJURY - ANSWER Po2 55 and SV02 86 PO2 RANGES - ANSWER 80-100 NORMAL SVO2 RANGES - ANSWER 60% - 80% NORMAL WHAT IS MOST INDICATIVE OF SEPTIC SHOCK LOW SVR AND HIGH CO OR HIGH SVR AND LOW CO - ANSWER LOW SVR AND HIGH CO A PT HAS TEMP PPM AND VS 84/52 AND HR 46 WHAT SHOULD THE RN DO 1ST, INCREASE PPM RATE OR REPOSITION PT? - ANSWER REPOSITION PT.