HA Final Exam Quiz

Brain tissue of the temporal lobe herniates through the tentorial notch. Identify this type of herniation.

Select the abnormal value(s):

Patient has BP 185/65, HR 54, irregular respiratory pattern, UO of 2 L in last hour, & projectile vomiting. Suspect?

What is the immediate intervention for DIC?

Pt comes in for syncope after playing in the sun all day. How will you position them?

CPP of 50 mmHg means the brain lost autoregulation.

Select all that apply to Type I respiratory failure:

External ventricular drain transducer is placed at (SATA):

Management of CKD includes (SATA):

A patient with GCS score of 8 should be intubated for MV.

What is the first medication to be used in symptomatic bradycardia?

A pt has total irreversible failure of the cardiorespiratory system. What does this define?

How would you position your patient who came to ER with a broken femur and suddenly became dyspneic?

How would hypothermia affect the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve?

You're assessing the pt’s response to interventions & notice their HR is 70 and their O2sat is 98. What does this mean?

What is the optimal time to begin thrombolytic therapy?

You notice that the patient is trying to pull out their ETT and are in respiratory distress. Which med will you adjust?

A pt has distributive shock. What is the first line treatment?

A conditioning treatment necessary to prepare a patient for the HSCT usually includes which procedure? (SATA)

A patient with CVA arrives in your ED, you should initiate t-PA immediately.

The head strikes an immovable object. What type of injury is this?

Best practices to prevent VAP (SATA):

Where should the tip of ET tube be located?

Where should the tip of CVC be positioned?

Your assessment of a pt. shows decreased BP, urinated 15 mL in the past 7 hrs, and are lethargic. What do you do first?

Normal lab values in a trauma (SATA)?

Your patient has hypertensive urgency, what do you do (SATA)?

Which transplant drug causes renal toxicity?

Patients with Stage 5 CKD are considered to have ESRD requiring HD treatment. Select diagnostic GFR?

Cor pulmonale leads to what type of heart failure?

What lab values/ signs will you see with heart failure?

What is the #1 S/S of shock? (Dr. Calvin <3s this)

Defibrillation is used as a treatment for (SATA):

Which intervention(s) is(are) warranted for PAWP of 2 mmHg?

Signs of the basilar skull fracture (SATA):

Your patient has the SVR of 400. Select the appropriate condition & intervention:

What are the most important things a nurse should consider when caring for a brain dead pt? SATA

Cavitation brain injury is associated with:

Patient’s potassium is 6.1, what could you expect to see on their EKG?

Your patient’s result of the Train of Four test is 4/4. What does this mean?

Patients experience increased afterload during shock.

What is the primary indicator for kidney transplant?

These are ARDS clinical findings (SATA):

Rescue therapy for life-threatening hypoxemia:

SCI at C4 level requires mechanical ventilation.

Your patient’s chest tube comes out, what do you do (SATA)?

What is the maximum oxygen flow rate that nasal cannula can deliver?

This noninvasive ventilation modality requires a ventilator and delivers different inspiratory & expiratory pressures:

Thrombolytic therapy may disrupt the blood-brain barrier.

Treatment for status asthmaticus (SATA):

A person is having MI in the middle of HEB. How would you position the patient while waiting for EMS to arrive?

These are normal findings for a functional chest drainage system (SATA):

The yellow port of PA catheter is transduced.

Characteristics of epidural hematoma (SATA):

Which mode of mechanical ventilation is associated with barotrauma?

Signs of Cardiac Tamponade (SATA):

Select all that apply to PAWP:

Stroke volume is regulated by SATA: