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CC practice Questions week 1.Week 1
Chapter 66
1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of
disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan
of care?
a Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep.
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b Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods.
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c. Silence the alarms on the cardiac monitors to allow 30- to 40-minute naps.
d Eliminate assessments between 0100 and 0600 to allow uninterrupted sleep.
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ANS: B
2. Which hemodynamic parameter is most appropriate for the nurse to monitor to determine the effectiveness
of medications given to a patient to reduce left ventricular afterload?
a Mean arterial pressure (MAP)
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b Systemic vascular resistance (SVR)
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c. Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)
d Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP)
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ANS: B
3. While family members are visiting, a patient has a respiratory arrest and is being resuscitated. Which action
by the nurse is best?
a Tell the family members that watching the resuscitation will be very stressful.
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b Ask family members if they wish to remain in the room during the resuscitation.
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c. Take the family members quickly out of the patient room and remain with them.
d Assign a staff member to wait with family members just outside the patient room.
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ANS: B
4. Following surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a patients central venous pressure (CVP) monitor
indicates low pressures. Which action is a priority for the nurse to take?
a Administer IV diuretic medications.
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b Increase the IV fluid infusion per protocol.
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c. Document the CVP and continue to monitor.
d Elevate the head of the patients bed to 45 degrees.
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ANS: B
5. When caring for a patient with pulmonary hypertension, which parameter is most appropriate for the nurse
to monitor to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment?
a Central venous pressure (CVP)
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b Systemic vascular resistance (SVR)
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c. Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)
d Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP)
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ANS: C
6. The intensive care unit (ICU) nurse educator will determine that teaching about arterial pressure monitoring for
a new staff nurse has been effective when the nurse
a balances and calibrates the monitoring equipment every 2 hours.
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b positions the zero-reference stopcock line level with the phlebostatic axis.
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c. ensures that the patient is supine with the head of the bed flat for all readings.
d rechecks the location of the phlebostatic axis when changing the patients position.
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ANS: B
7. When monitoring for the effectiveness of treatment for a patient with a large anterior wall myocardial
infarction, the most important information for the nurse to obtain is
a central venous pressure (CVP).
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b systemic vascular resistance (SVR).
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c. pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR).
d pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP).
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ANS: D
8. Which action is a priority for the nurse to take when the low pressure alarm sounds for a patient who has
an arterial line in the left radial artery?
a Fast flush the arterial line.
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b Check the left hand for pallor.
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c. Assess for cardiac dysrhythmias.
d Rezero the monitoring equipment.
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ANS: C
9. Which action will the nurse need to do when preparing to assist with the insertion of a pulmonary
artery catheter?
a Determine if the cardiac troponin level is elevated.
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b Auscultate heart and breath sounds during insertion.
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c. Place the patient on NPO status before the procedure.
d Attach cardiac monitoring leads before the procedure.
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ANS: D
10. When assisting with the placement of a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter, the nurse notes that the catheter
is correctly placed when the monitor shows a
a typical PA pressure waveform.
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b tracing of the systemic arterial pressure.
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c. tracing of the systemic vascular resistance.
d typical PA wedge pressure (PAWP) tracing.
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ANS: D
11. Which assessment finding obtained by the nurse when caring for a patient with a right radial arterial
line indicates a need for the nurse to take immediate action?
a The right hand is cooler than the lef t hand.
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b The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is 77 mm Hg.
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c. The system is delivering 3 mL of flush solution per hour.
d The flush bag and tubing were last changed 3 days previously.
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12. The central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) is decreasing in a patient who has severe pancreatitis.
To determine the possible cause of the decreased ScvO2, the nurse assesses the patients
a lipase.
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