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CCRN Nursing Exam Prep - Adult Critical Care - Question List

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31. You are caring for a patient with a chest tube. When you turn the patient to the side the tube comes disconnected. What action should you take next?
  1. Notify the physician
  2. Place the tube in a bottle of sterile water
  3. Replace the chest tube
  4. Put a sterile dressing over the disconnected site
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32. You have drawn an arterial blood gas on your patient. In reviewing the results you note the following: pH 7.45, PCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and bicarbonate of 22mEq/L. What do you interpret these results to mean?
  1. Metabolic acidosis, compensated
  2. Metabolic alkalosis, compensated
  3. Respiratory acidosis, compensated
  4. Respiratory alkalosis, compensated
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33. Your patient complains that they have been feeling faint when they attempt to get out of bed in the morning. They have been taking thioridazine hydrochloride (Mellaril). What side effect is this patient experiencing?
  1. Psychosomatic disorder
  2. Cardiac dysrhythmia
  3. Respiratory insufficiency
  4. Postural hypotension
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34. Which of the following consent process will need to be followed for an 86-year-old patient going to surgery?
  1. Give the patient time to process information.
  2. Family members should make decision.
  3. Ask patient to respond immediately so he does not forget.
  4. Give the patient reading material about surgery and postoperative instructions.
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35. You are caring for a patient who needs to go to surgery. The patient is unable to sign consent due to narcotic analgesic administration. Who should sign the consent for surgery?
  1. The family members should provide consent, and two witnesses will be necessary.
  2. A court order will be needed.
  3. The patient should go to surgery without consent.
  4. The hospital chaplain should sign consent.
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