Surgical ICU Question And Answers ( Latest
Exam 2024)
What is the nurse to patient ratio in the ICU? - Correct Answer 1:2,
with nursing care needed every hour on the hour
Who is the primary care provider when the patient enters a closed ICU?
- Correct Answer the ICU staff
What procedures can occur bedside in the ICU? - Correct Answer most
all, bronch, central lines
Where can central lines be placed? - Correct Answer subclavian,
internal jugular, and femoral
Of the these sites, which is more prone to infections and why? - Correct
Answer the femoral site bc the groin is dark moist and grows stuff so
typically don't leave it more than 24 hours
What are central lines made of and what size and type are mostly used?
- Correct Answer polyurethane, 7 french, triple lumen
What does PIC stand for and what is it made of? - Correct Answer
peripheral inserted catheter, made of silicone
, Surgical ICU Question And Answers ( Latest
Exam 2024)
Why is heparin preferred for anticoagulation? - Correct Answer bc it is
short acting and reversible
What is the MOA of heparin?? - Correct Answer inhibition of platelets,
binds to antithrombin II which then inactivates thrombin and other
proteases involved in blood clotting, most notably factor Xa.
What reverses heparin? - Correct Answer Protamine Sulfate
What is the route and dose typically administered of heparin? - Correct
Answer subQ injections 5000 units every 8 hours for prophylaxis
What lab would you use to guide treatment with heparin? - Correct
Answer PTT- not the PT/INR!!
What is not typically given as an anticoagulant to patients that have a
risk for bleeding or renal failure, even though it is easier than heparin? -
Correct Answer Lovenox
Besides heparin and lovenox, what are other common anticoagulants? -
Correct Answer aspirin, plavix, and warfarin
Exam 2024)
What is the nurse to patient ratio in the ICU? - Correct Answer 1:2,
with nursing care needed every hour on the hour
Who is the primary care provider when the patient enters a closed ICU?
- Correct Answer the ICU staff
What procedures can occur bedside in the ICU? - Correct Answer most
all, bronch, central lines
Where can central lines be placed? - Correct Answer subclavian,
internal jugular, and femoral
Of the these sites, which is more prone to infections and why? - Correct
Answer the femoral site bc the groin is dark moist and grows stuff so
typically don't leave it more than 24 hours
What are central lines made of and what size and type are mostly used?
- Correct Answer polyurethane, 7 french, triple lumen
What does PIC stand for and what is it made of? - Correct Answer
peripheral inserted catheter, made of silicone
, Surgical ICU Question And Answers ( Latest
Exam 2024)
Why is heparin preferred for anticoagulation? - Correct Answer bc it is
short acting and reversible
What is the MOA of heparin?? - Correct Answer inhibition of platelets,
binds to antithrombin II which then inactivates thrombin and other
proteases involved in blood clotting, most notably factor Xa.
What reverses heparin? - Correct Answer Protamine Sulfate
What is the route and dose typically administered of heparin? - Correct
Answer subQ injections 5000 units every 8 hours for prophylaxis
What lab would you use to guide treatment with heparin? - Correct
Answer PTT- not the PT/INR!!
What is not typically given as an anticoagulant to patients that have a
risk for bleeding or renal failure, even though it is easier than heparin? -
Correct Answer Lovenox
Besides heparin and lovenox, what are other common anticoagulants? -
Correct Answer aspirin, plavix, and warfarin
