CCRN-Adult Practice Questions

An older adult patient has been in the unit for 60 hours. The patient has received benzodiazepines for agitation, opioids for persistent pain, and bronchodilators. The patient reports that there is too much noise, and they cannot get peace and quiet. The nurse should evaluate for

A patient is admitted with a traumatic brain injury after being thrown from a horse. Despite numerous interventions, the patient is declared brain dead.

The parents have consented for organ donation, and the patient's mother requests to lay next to her daughter before being taken to the operating room.

Which of the following is the nurse's most appropriate response?

A patient presents with the following hemodynamics:

MAP 40 mm Hg

PAD6 mm Hg

PAOP5 mm Hg

CI1.8 L/min/m2

SVR875 dynes/sec/cm-5

Which of the following is essential in the plan of care?

A patient admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia has a temperature of 103.2° F (39.5° C) and copious pulmonary secretions. ABG results drawn on room air are:

The nurse should expect that hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen in this patient to be

A patient with history of hypothyroidism is admitted with severe confusion and nonpitting edema. The nurse should anticipate which order?

While recording hourly ventilator checks on a patient who is being mechanically ventilated, the nurse notes that the PIP has gradually increased by 5 cm H2O over the past 4 hours. This increase indicates

The intended effects of medications for a patient in acute CHF are to

The purpose of administering a sodium nitroprusside (Nipride) drip after a carotid endarterectomy is to

For a patient with unstable angina, the major goal of treatment is to

The first priority in management of an acute GI hemorrhage is