Critical Care Nursing Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Critical care nursing
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Critical Care Nursing
Critical Care Nursing Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Help family members solve problems by: - answer• verbalize the immediate problem
• identify support systems
• recall how they handled stress in the past
*Such assistance helps family members to focus on the present
issue. It also...
Critical Care Nursing Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Help family members solve problems by: - answer✔• verbalize the immediate problem
• identify support systems
• recall how they handled stress in the past
*Such assistance helps family members to focus on the present
issue. It also allows them to solve problems and regain a sense of
control over their lives.*
Medical futility - answer✔*treatment that's hopeless* or interventions
that aren't likely to benefit the patient even though they may appear to be effective
H&H Q's - answer✔• Do you have headaches? How often do you have them?
What precipitates them?
• Do you ever feel dizzy? How often do you feel this
way? What seems to precipitate the episodes?
• Do you ever feel a tingling or prickling sensation or numbness?
If so, where?
• Have you ever had seizures or tremors? Have you ever had
weakness or paralysis in your arms or legs?
• Do you have trouble urinating, walking, speaking, understanding
others, reading, or writing?
• How's your memory and ability to concentrate?
Mental Status Q's - answer✔What's your name? *person*
Steps to arousal - answer✔1. auditory
2. tactile
3. painful
Assess for dysarthria - answer✔(=diff forming words)
Ask pt to repeat "no ifs, ands, or buts"
CN I Assess - answer✔Check the patency of each nostril. Then instruct the patient to close his
eyes. Occlude one nostril, and hold a familiar, pungent-smelling substance under the patient's
nose and ask him to identify it.
Repeat this with the other nostril.
CN II Assess - answer✔Do this by asking the patient to read a newspaper,
starting with large headlines and moving to small print.
CN III, IV, VI Assess - answer✔Check pupil size, pupil shape, and pupillary response to light.
When assessing pupil size, look for trends, such as a gradual increase in the size of one pupil or
appearance of unequal pupils.
Ask the patient to follow your finger through six cardinal positions of gaze. (assess the patient
for nystagmus, or involuntary eye movement,
and the ability to hold gaze in that particular position.)
CN V Assess - answer✔Gently touch the right and left sides of the
Next, repeat the entire procedure using a sharp object, such as the tip of a safety pin. Ask the
patient to describe and compare both sensations.
To assess the motor function, ask the patient to clench his teeth while you palpate his temporal
and masseter muscles.
Corneal reflex.
CN VII Assess - answer✔Ask pt to:
• wrinkle his forehead
• raise and lower his eyebrows
• smile to show his teeth
• puff out his cheeks.
Also, with the patient's eyes tightly closed, attempt to open his eyelids. As you conduct each part
of this test, look for symmetry.
CN VIII Assess - answer✔Ask the patient to cover one ear. Then stand on the opposite side and
whisper a few words. Find out whether the patient can repeat what you said. Test the other ear in
the same way.
To test the vestibular portion of the acoustic nerve, observe the patient for nystagmus and
disturbed balance. Note reports of the room spinning or dizzines.
CN IX & X Assess - answer✔• The glossopharyngeal nerve is responsible for swallowing,
salivating, and taste perception on the
posterior one-third of the tongue.
• The vagus nerve controls swallowing and is
responsible for voice quality.
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