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Healthstream Test(Latest Exam 2024)A patient assessment reveals distended neck veins,
pulsus paradoxus, and decreased systolic pressure. This
assessment is most consistent with: - correct
answers✅cardiac tamponade.
The nurse is caring for a patient with severe sepsis and
third-degree heart block. The patient is hypotensive. The
treatment for this life-threatening rhythm change
includes: - correct answers✅transcutaneous pacing.
A patient is admitted to the ICU with suspected cervical
spinal cord injury following a motor vehicle accident. The
most important nursing intervention for this patient is to:
- correct answers✅immobilize his head.
The nurse assesses a patient's chest tube drainage 2
hours following thoracic surgery. The total drainage in the
system is 200 mL. The nurse knows that: - correct
answers✅this is an excessive amount of drainage
The patient being admitted requires CRRT therapy. The
nurse assigned to admit the patient has not been
educated on this therapy. The charge nurse adjusts the
assignment so that a nurse with 3 years experience in
CRRT therapy is assigned to the patient. This type of
decision making is an example of: - correct
answers✅the synergy model for patient care.
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The patient diagnosed with acute tubular necrosis (ATN)
and experiencing severe dehydration, sepsis, and
pneumonia is now in the polyureic stage of ATN. The most
important nursing action is to: - correct
answers✅monitor electrolyte levels and signs of fluid
depletion.
A patient has an elevated central venous pressure (CVP)
measurement. The most likely reason is: - correct
answers✅right heart failure.
Diabetes insipidus is usually treated with - correct
answers✅vasopressin.
Which physiologic effect is produced by alpha-1
receptors? - correct answers✅Vasoconstriction
The patient experiencing an acute myocardial infarction
(AMI) arrived on the unit an hour ago with TPA infusing.
Initially, the patient's neurologic exam was normal. The
nurse assesses the patient and finds him now disoriented.
The next nursing action should be to: - correct
answers✅discontinue the TPA.
A patient has cardiomyopathy and is unstable. The nurse
understands that the treatment goal is to improve
contractility, reduce preload and reduce afterload. The
nurse anticipates that medication management will
, Healthstream Test(Latest Exam 2024)
include: - correct answers✅dobutamine and
nitroprusside infusions
A continuous drip of a medication is ordered at a rate of 2
mg/min. The standard mixture of this medication to yield
a final concentration of 2 mg/mL is 1 g of the medication
in 500 mL of IV fluid. At what rate in milliliters per hour
should the IV pump be set? - correct answers✅60 mL/hr
A practitioner has ordered 700 mg of an antibiotic. The
medication label states, "Add 5 mL sterile water to 1 g of
this medication; 0.5 g = 2 mL." How many milliliters
should be given? - correct answers✅2.8 mL
A practitioner order is written for a continuous infusion of
insulin at 3 units/hr; the premixed solution is composed of
100 units of regular U-100 insulin in 100 mL normal
saline. At which rate should the infusion run? - correct
answers✅3 ml/hr
A dose of 35 mg of a corticosteroid is ordered to be given
IM to treat inflammation. The medication is available as
250 mg/10 mL. How many milliliters should be
administered? - correct answers✅1.4 ml
A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.075 mg
PO daily. The available medication is levothyroxine 25-
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