Complex Care Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Complex Care Final Exam Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers The nurse is caring for a patient with pneumonia unresponsive to two different antibiotics. Which action is most important for the nurse to complete before administering a newly prescribed antibiotic? a. Teach the patient to cough and deep breathe. b. Take the temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate. c. Obtain a sputum specimen for culture and Gram stain. d. Check the patient's oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry. - C...

Complex Care Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers 100% Correct For each unit of packed RBC's given to a patient with anemia/blood loss, how much will their hemoglobin level be raised? - Correct Answer ️️ -1 gram What IV fluid is contraindicated in pregnant women due to the risk of encephalopathy (Cerebral edema)? - Correct Answer ️️ -D5W What is propofol & what is a serious AE of this medication? - Correct Answer ️️ -It is an anesthetic given before/after surgical proced...

Complex Care Final Exam Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers The nurse is caring for a patient with pneumonia unresponsive to two different antibiotics. Which action is most important for the nurse to complete before administering a newly prescribed antibiotic? a. Teach the patient to cough and deep breathe. b. Take the temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate. c. Obtain a sputum specimen for culture and Gram stain. d. Check the patient's oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry. - C...

Complex Care Final Review 2024 Questions and Answers 100% Pass The nurse recognizes that primary manifesstations of systolic failure include a. decreased EF and increased PAWP b. decreased PAWP and increased EF c. decreased pulmonary hypertension associated with normal EF d. decreased afterload and decreased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure - Correct Answer ️️ -a A compensatory mechanism involved in HF that leads to inappropriate fluid retention and additional workload of the...

Complex Care - Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass The nurse understands that the AV node conducts at which of the following rates? - Correct Answer ️️ -40 - 60 The nurse understands that which of the following are considered appropriate interventions for a patient in SVT? SATA - Correct Answer ️️ -vagal maneuvers, administer adenosine and cardioversion When caring for a patient with sinus bradycardia, which of the following is the most appropriate action by the nurse? - Corre...

Complex Care Final Exam Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers The nurse is caring for a patient with pneumonia unresponsive to two different antibiotics. Which action is most important for the nurse to complete before administering a newly prescribed antibiotic? a. Teach the patient to cough and deep breathe. b. Take the temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate. c. Obtain a sputum specimen for culture and Gram stain. d. Check the patient's oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry. - C...

dysrhythmias, known cause of arrest, shock/sepsis, trauma, delay in TTM (usually > 6 hours), known illness/FNR, pregnancy* During induced hypothermia, what is an example of a non-depolarizing paralytic? - Correct Answer ️️ -Vecuronium During induced hypothermia, what is an example of a depolarizing paralytic? - Correct Answer ️️ -Succinylcholine What are examples of sedatives used during induced hypothermia? - Correct Answer ️️ -Propofol, midazolam In induced hypothermia, ...

Complex Care Final Review 2024 Questions and Answers 100% Pass The nurse recognizes that primary manifesstations of systolic failure include a. decreased EF and increased PAWP b. decreased PAWP and increased EF c. decreased pulmonary hypertension associated with normal EF d. decreased afterload and decreased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure - Correct Answer ️️ -a A compensatory mechanism involved in HF that leads to inappropriate fluid retention and additional workload of the...

Complex Care Final Exam Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers The nurse is caring for a patient with pneumonia unresponsive to two different antibiotics. Which action is most important for the nurse to complete before administering a newly prescribed antibiotic? a. Teach the patient to cough and deep breathe. b. Take the temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate. c. Obtain a sputum specimen for culture and Gram stain. d. Check the patient's oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry. - C...