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2024 CCRN PRACTICE EXAMQUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following correlates with brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels?
A. Venous oxygen saturation
B. Pulmonary artery pressure
C. Pulmonary artery occlusive pressure (PAOP)
D. Systemic vascular resistance - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Pulmonary artery
occlusive pressure (PAOP)
A patient is receiving low-molecular-weight dextran after an aortofemoral
bypass graft. What is the purpose of this therapy for this patient?
A. Increase circulating volume
B. Increase blood thrombogenicity
C. Decrease platelet aggregation
D. Decrease inflammation - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Decrease platelet
aggregation
Which of the following findings would occur in dilated cardiomyopathy?
A. Murmur of mitral regurgitation
B. Hypertension
C. Elevated sedimentation rate
D. Syncope - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. Murmur of mitral regurgitation
Which of the following would be contraindicated in a patient with Wolff-
Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome?
A. Amiodarone (Cordarone)
B. Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
C. Adenosine (Adenocard)
D. Verapamil (Calan) - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. Verapamil (Calan)
A 67-year-old woman with unstable angina is admitted to the cardiac unit.
She has a history of DM and reports having had chest pain intermittently for
4 days. The EKG shows nonspecific ST changes. Which of the following
studies is most diagnostic in identifying a MI in this patient?
,A. Elevated creatine kinase-myocardial bound (CK-MB)
B. Elevated creatine kinase-muscle type (CK-MM)
C. Elevated troponin I
D. Lactate dehydrogenase 1 (LDH-1) greater than LDH-2 - CORRECT-
ANSWERSC. Elevated troponin I
A patient is in cardiogenic shock and requires careful volume titration to
enhance contractility. Which of the following ranges describes the most likely
optimal PAOP in this patient?
A. 0-5 mm Hg
B. 10-15 mm Hg
C. 15-20 mm Hg
D. 20-25 mm Hg - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. 15-20 mm Hg
Which of the following drugs prescribed for a patient with stable angina does
not decrease myocardial oxygen consumption?
A. Beta-blocker
B. Calcium channel blocker
C. Nitrate
D. Aspirin - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. Aspirin
Which of the following is the most common complication of infective
endocarditis?
A. Heart failure
B. Emboli
C. Myocarditis
D. Pericarditis - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. Emboli
Which of the following is likely to correlate most directly with the need for
electrical cardioversion for a tachydysrhythmia?
A. Degree of instability
B. Presence of heart failure
C. Heart rate
D. Origin of the rhythm - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. Degree of instability
What is the most frequently identified primary mechanism of cardiac arrest?
A. Asystole
B. Ventricular tachycardia
C. Third-degree atrioventricular block
D. Ventricular fibrillation - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. Ventricular fibrillation
, Which are the two most common dysrhythmias associated with Wolff-
Parkinson-White syndrome?
A. Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia
B. Atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia
C. Supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia
D. Atrioventricular nodal blocks and ventricular fibrillation - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia
patient in ED with complaints of severe headache. She states that she has
been out of her BP pills for 3 weeks and cannot afford to buy more. BP
ranges from 250/128 to 200/110. Nitroprusside (Nipride) is being titrated,
and the patient is on O2 by NC. In considering the risk for cardiac failure and
pulmonary edema, consideration should be made to the physiologic principle
that the majority of myocardial oxygen consumption occurs during which
phase of the cardiac cycle?
A. Ventricular ejection
B. Isovolumetric contraction
C. Ventricular filling
D. Isovolumetric relaxation - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. Isovolumetric
contraction
A postoperative cardiac surgery patient's blood pressure suddenly drops to
70 mm Hg palpable, with a loss of the a wave in the PAOP waveform. What
change in his cardiac rhythm would cause this change in his PAOP
waveform?
A. Sinus tachycardia
B. Sinus dysrhythmia
C. Atrial tachycardia
D. Atrial fibrillation - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. afib
A 40-year-old patient has been admitted to the critical care unit after
sustaining multiple injuries from a cave-in accident this morning. X-ray
confirm multiple fractures, including the left femur. During the afternoon he
was taken to surgery for internal fixation of the left femur. It is now 10 pm,
and the patient is complaining of severe throbbing pain in his thigh. The
patient received 5 mg of morphine sulfate IV 30 minutes ago. The anterior
left thigh is firm to touch, and the pain increases when the patient flexes his
left leg. The nurse should suspect which of the following?
A. Normal pain related to fractured femur
B. Abnormal pain related to compartment syndrome
C. Abnormal pain related to infection
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