CAPA Certification Exam
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1. Expectations after kidney transplant - ANS ✓POLYURIA - due to
administrations of mannitol and diuretics
2. Test to determine glomerular filtration - ANS ✓- Creatinine - in
blood - it is the only filtered substance that is not re-absorbed
- and/ or - proteinuria - in urine
3. Proximal tubule function - ANS ✓- 65% - most of the solute and
water reabsorption
4. Only safe opioid for pts with renal failure - ANS ✓Fentanyl
DO NOT GIVE MORPHINE, MEPERIDINE, OR HYDROMORPHONE
5. Priority intervention in hypospadius pts - ANS ✓catheter care and
maintenance
6. Primary complication of GI surgery - ANS ✓- BOWEL INJURY
- assess for unrelieved pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever
8. Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity treatment - ANS ✓1.5 ml/Kg
of 20% lipid emulsion...followed by continuous infusion @ 0.25
ml/kg/min
9. Chlorothiazides - ANS ✓- DEPLETES POTASSIUM
- leads to hypokalaemia
- increase in blocking action of nerve blocks due to depolarization of the
muscle
10. Peroneal nerve palsy - ANS ✓- complication of hip
arthroplasty
- can be determined by weak or absent dorsiflexion
11. Vesicovaginal fistula - ANS ✓- abnormal opening between the
bladder and the vagina
- typically only happens after pelvis fracture, surgery,
12. Ejaculatory duct - ANS ✓duct formed by the union of the vas
deferens with the duct of the seminal vesicle; its fluid is carried into
the urethra
13. Aldosterone - ANS ✓- released from the adrenal cortex
- stimulated by decreased sodium levels or increased potassium levels
14. Pyuria - ANS ✓The presence of pus in the urine, usually a sign
of urinary tract infection, or pyelonephritis
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15. Best indicator of acute kidney failure - ANS ✓Acute increase
in creatinine
16. Erratic post-operative behavior (what to assess for) - ANS
✓- distended bladder (think long cases)
- hypoxia
- pain
17. S/s of allograft/ organ rejection - ANS ✓- irritability
- anxiousness
- restlessness
- lethargy
- decreased urine output
- increased blood pressure
- weight gain
- anorexia
18. Why is a catheter placed s/p hysterectomy? - ANS ✓-
possibility or urethral edema
20. Succinylcholine - ANS ✓- Depolarizing neuromuscular blocker
- can cause muscle fasciculation, and mylagias
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