BKAT 9r NEWEST EXAM 2024 -2025 COMPLETE 110
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ GRADED A+
Adenosine, when is it used? - Correct Answer - Paroxysmal supraventricular
tachycardia
Adenosine, what is the effect - Correct Answer - slows the heart
adenosine what is the dosage given - Correct Answer - 6mg IV push rapidly followed by
20mls of NS.
Adenosine what if the patient does not respond to the 6mg - Correct Answer - if no
response in 1-2 min give 12 mg and flush. may repeat.
The classical ECG change with muscle injury in acute myocardial infarction is:
1. presence of a Q wave
2. ST segment elevation
3. myocardial electrical irritability
4. a peaked T wave - Correct Answer - ST segment elevation
Elevated cardiac iso-enzyme generally does not occur in which response below?
1. Closed chest injury
2. pericarditis
3. congestive heart failure
4. cardiac surgery - Correct Answer - Congestive heart failure
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,The major therapeutic goal in the treatment of cardiogenic shock is to:
1. Increase the afterload
2. Improve renal perfusion
3. Increase cardiac output
4. Decrease fluid volume - Correct Answer - Increase cardiac output
The earliest sign of increased intracranial pressure generally involves changes in:
1. response to pain
2. level of consciousness
3. equality of pupillary reactions
4. respiratory rate - Correct Answer - level of consciousness
The drug of choice used to reduce increased intracranial pressure is:
1. the calcium channel blocker
2. phenobarbital
3. Mannitol
4. Furosemide (Lasix) - Correct Answer - Mannitol
A positive Babinski response in an adult:
1. Indicates depressed reflexes
2. Is an expected finding
3. Is plantar flexion (curling under) of the toes
4. Indicates an abnormal finding - Correct Answer - Indicates an abnormal finding
The nursing care of patient during the acute phase of a stroke does not include which
response below?
1. Providing a quiet environment for the patient and family
2. Control of airway breathing and secretions
3. Initiating t-PA, if within first 8 hours post stroke
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, 4. Alertness to any bleeding that might occur - Correct Answer - Initiating t-PA, if within
first 8 hours post stroke
The most important part of a neuro check is:
1. Testing strength of grip
2. Assessing pupillary response to light
3. Evaluating the level of consciousness
4. Comparing any change in speech patterns - Correct Answer - Evaluating the level of
consciousness
Signs and symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis include:
1. Increasingly severe headache, and slow and shallow breathing
2. Hyperactivity, and diaphoresis and absence of urine ketones
3. Dilated pupils, and flushed and warm skin
4. Fruity breath, and deep and rapid breathing - Correct Answer - Fruity breath, and
deep and rapid breathing
Impending insulin shock (hypoglycemia) should be suspected when the diabetic patient
complains of or manifests:
1. Decreased skin turgor, abdominal pain, restlessness
2. Flushed skin, tachycardia, Kussmal breathing
3. Thirst, hypotension, fruity odor to the breath
4. Weakness, headache, diaphoresis - Correct Answer - Weakness, headache,
diaphoresis
Measures that would be taken to treat a patient in diabetic ketoacidosis coma would not
include which response below?
1. Dextrose 50% IV infusion
2. Insulin IV drip
3. Potassium replacements
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