CCRN Nursing Adult Critical Care Practice Test

What would be the correct medication to give in the following situation: A patient suddenly complains of feeling dizzy, has difficulty breathing and has a swollen tongue.

A patient with diabetes mellitus has received a bolus of 50 mL of dextrose. Nevertheless, blood sugars are less than 60. The patient is admitted to the ICU with blood pressure of 70/40, prolonged feeling of confusion, 50 mL urine output in 6 hours and feeling nauseous or vomiting. What is the best course of action?

Please indicate the symptoms that can be observed in a patient in the early stages of renal disease.

In case of thorough lifestyle changes, liver damage is reversible. This statement is...

An ICU patient has a Guillain-Barre syndrome diagnosis. What would be important for the nurse to inquire about in the patient’s history, which could have led to the current diagnosis?

A chemotherapy patient has a very low platelet count (20,000 per microliter). What should the nurse advise the patient?

A patient in Hypovolemic shock is admitted to the emergency room. The likely course of action the doctor would take is:

A CT scan in a patient with contusion would likely show...

A CCU patient has a blood pressure of 92/66 and a heart rate of 123. The patient complained of severe chest pain and was already given a 0.04 mg of Nitroglycerin tablet. Please indicate among the following what is the correct course of action in this case.

Three and a half hours after a patient has undergone an emergency surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding, she is experiencing pain in the chest, shortness of breath, coughing and sputum. What is the complication most likely in this case?

A nurse taking care of a Hispanic patient demonstrates awareness and understanding of issues that arise from cultural differences during nursing. The nurse is demonstrating which principle?

How would likely a nurse advise a patient, who has recently suffered a stroke?

A patient with severe gastrointestinal bleeding has been vomiting for the past 24 hours. Nasogastric intubation was just initiated on the patient. What would be the appropriate course of action to prevent aspiration?

A patient has just undergone permanent pacemaker insertion. What would the nurse likely advise the patient?

A patient has undergone total thyroidectomy. On day one of the post-operative care, the patient is experiencing tingling sensation in the toes and fingers. What is an appropriate course of action?

A patient, who had suffered a heart attack is undergoing Thrombolytic Therapy for three and a half hours. What would be an indication of success of the therapy?

In evaluating the gag reflex, which nerve is usually tested?

What is the primary role of dopamine in the treatment of cardiogenic shock?

Bacterial meningitis is the most serious type of meningitis. What drug is best used for it?

Please indicate which of the following could not be a part of the interventions for preventing bleeding in a patient with Arteriovenous Malformation?

A patient is admitted to the emergency room with Type I diabetes. The 19-year-old woman has had a Diabetic Ketoacidosis episode and insulin needs to be administered subcutaneously. Please indicate which of the following statements is true.

Which of the following may be symptoms and indications that a patient diagnosed with sepsis is having a gastrointestinal bleed?

Please indicate which of the following is a serious side effect of Thrombolytic Therapy?

Please indicate the ventilator type that should be used on a patient, who needs only a little ventilator support. Assist-control ventilation (ACV) Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation(SIMV) Pressure- regulated volume control (PRVC)

A patient with congestive cardiac failure (CCF) is receiving diuretics. Please indicate which of the following indicators would be necessary to be monitored: