Reference no: EM133915067
Questions
1. A patient post-femoral-popliteal bypass reports increasing leg pain despite receiving morphine. The leg is firm to palpation with worsening pain upon stretching. The nurse should
Notify the surgeon of possible graft failure
Elevate the affected extremity
Request an alternative analgesic medication
Prepare for fasciotomy
2. A physician fails three times to insert a central line, "I think I can get it this time. A nurse should
Start a peripheral line.
Administer an analgesic
Let another physician insert the line
Let the physician try again.
3. A Patient in the ICU who presents with Hyponatremia, which of the following IV fluids does the nurse anticipate the physician will order?
3% Saline
0.9 NS
0.45
4. Which of the following should a nurse expect in a patient with papillary muscle dysfunction
Aortic stenosis
Mitral insufficiency
Aortic insufficiency
Mitral stenosis
5. A patient is admitted with chest heaviness. The ECg reveals 2-mm ST elevation in leads V1, V2, V3 and V4 and ST segment depression in leads II, III, and aVF. These findings suggest
A posterior wall MI
A lateral wall MI
An inferior wall MI
An anterior wall MI
6. Second-degree AV block, Mobitz type 1( WENCKEBACH), is most associated with which of the following types of MI
Anterior
Inferior
Posterior
lateral
7. Which of the following hemodynamic parameters are indicative of cardiogenic shock?
Decreased cardiac index, increased PAOP, increased SVR
Decreased cardiac index, decreased PAOP, decreased SVR
Increased cardiac index, decreased PAOP, decreased SVR
Increased cardiac index, increased PAOP, increased SVR
8. Acute toxic-metabolic encephalopathy (TME) interferes with the function of the
Pons
Cortex
Cerebellum
medulla