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While admitting a patient with a history of IV drug use, what precautions should
you take? - CORRECT ANSWER-Carefully inspect items for presence of sharps.
Your patient is intubated and begins to cough up clear mucous inside their ETT.
What should you do NEXT? - CORRECT ANSWER-Provide 100% oxygenation
and prepare to suction
What is a complication of long term TPN? - CORRECT ANSWER-Liver injury
Which assessment establishes baseline hand perfusion before an ABG puncture or
arterial line placement? - CORRECT ANSWER-Allen Test
You find the concentration of an IV medication bag that is hanging and infusing
into your patient does not match the concentration in the order. What should you
do NEXT? - CORRECT ANSWER-Stop the infusion
, Your patient has a right chest tube that was placed after thoracotomy. They
report that is very painful when they cough and request cough medicing. What
should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER-Teach them to splint their right side when
coughing and give pain medicine
Your patient had an unplanned self-extubation. They are now alert and sitting up.
Their pulse oximetry is 98% on 4 liters face mask. What action should you
prioritize? - CORRECT ANSWER-Inspecting the oral cavity
Your are admitting a patient who is sedated and intubated directly from the
operating room after a major surgery. The anesthesia provider connects the
patient to the ventilator in the ICU room and leaves before entering orders for the
patient's ventilatory settings. How should you proceed? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Contact the ICU intensivist or specialist assigned to the case
For a patient with septic shock, What would you monitor to objectively determine
the effectiveness and need to titrate a dobutamine infusion. - CORRECT
ANSWER-ScVo2
Which of the following actions complies with ventilator acquired pneumonia
(VAP) prevention protocols? - CORRECT ANSWER-Keep head of bed 30-45
degrees