CAPA CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026

CAPA CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026




Glycopyrrolate - ANS - Induction and intubation medication
- Can cause photosensitivity


Craniotomy Treatment (triple H's) - ANS - hemodilution
- hypertension
- hypervolemia
(this forces constricted blood vessels to dilate and perfuse tissue)


Transverse Colostomy - ANS soft stool
typical stool odor
stool damages the skin
empties several times per day
may or may not be at risk for fluid/electrolytes imbalances
may irrigate


sigmoid colostomy - ANS - formed stool


ileosotomy - ANS - high up


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, - liquid pasty stool


Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - ANS Small pouch created from stomach
Part of small intestine (DUODENUM) bypassed
Restriction and malabsorption


Post-op Stroke symptoms - ANS - double vision
- headache
- sudden dizziness


Metoclopramide (Reglan) - ANS - controls post-op NV
- can have extrapyrmidal side effects like tardive dyskinesia


Gastrectomy Interventions - ANS - encourage deep breaths
- and position shifts


clonic seizure - ANS repetitive jerking movements


petit mal seizure - ANS Also called absence attack. A seizure that is characterized by a spike-
and-wave EEG and often involves a loss of awareness and inability to recall events surrounding
the seizure.


Tonic seizure - ANS sustained muscle contraction


Emergence excitement safety interventions - ANS ok to use wrist restraints


Shivering first interventions - ANS - anticipate order for demerol
(over warm blankets)


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