NR 226/ NR226 EXAM 2: (NEW 2025/ 2026
UPDATE) FUNDAMENTALS: PATIENT CARE GUIDE |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A| 100%
CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)- CHAMBERLAIN
1. What is the normal range for PaCO2? - ANS ✓35-45 mmHg
2. What’s the normal range for PaO2? - ANS ✓80-100 mmHg
3. Respiratory acidosis arises from..... - ANS ✓alveolar hypoventilation,
lungs unable to excrete enough CO2, excess carbonic acid in blood
decreases pH
4. Respiratory alkalosis arises from..... - ANS ✓alveolar hyperventilation,
lungs excrete too much CO2, deficit of carbonic acid in blood decreases pH
5. Metabolic acidosis arises from.... - ANS ✓increase in metabolic acid or
decrease in bicarbonate, kidneys unable to excrete enough metabolic acids
that accumulate in lungs
6. Metabolic alkalosis arises from.... - ANS ✓increase in bicarbonate or
decrease in metabolic acid, results in increased blood bicarb and alkalosis
7. kidneys compensate for _______ imbalances - ANS ✓respiratory
8. lungs compensate for ________ imbalances - ANS ✓metabolic
9. Increased pH, decreased PCO2 = - ANS ✓respiratory alkalosis
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10. Decreased pH, Increased PCO2 = - ANS ✓respiratory acidosis
11. Increased pH and HCO3 = - ANS ✓metabolic alkalosis
12. Decreased pH and HC03 = - ANS ✓metabolic acidosis
13. How many gtts/min would you set when using microdrip
tubing? - ANS ✓60 gtts/min
14. How many gtts/min would you set when using macrodrip
tubing? - ANS ✓10, 15, or 20 gtts/min
15. Volume = - ANS ✓fluid amount
16. Osmolality = - ANS ✓fluid concentration
17. What are the three types of extracellular fluids? - ANS
✓interstitial , intravascular, transcellular
18. What is interstitial fluid? - ANS ✓fluid in the tissue spaces
between the cell
19. What is intravascular fluid? - ANS ✓Fluid WITHIN the vessels
20. What is transcellular fluid? - ANS ✓Fluid within epithelial lined
spaces
21. What are cations? with examples - ANS ✓positively charged (Na,
K, Ca, Mg)
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