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Exam 4: NUR201 / NUR 201 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing I | Questions and Verified Answers 100% Correct | Grade A - Fortis Question: Nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving IV furosemide (lasix) and morphine for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure with severe orthopnea. Which clinical finding is the best indicator that the treatment has been effective? Answer: Reduced dyspnea with the head of bed at 30 degrees Question: The nurse plans ...

FISDAP TRAUMA LATEST EXAM PACK 2024 (3 DIFFERENT EXAM VERSIONS) | ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS| A+ GUARANTEED VERSION 1 An alert 18 y/o female is found trapped in her car after a single-car MVC. The airbag deployed, and she denies any head or neck pain, but she complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally extricated from the car, her vital signs begin to collapse. What shock is she transitioning from? A) neurogenic shock to hypovolemic shock B) decompensated shock...

TNCC final exam test 2024 open book updated-Why is a measure of serum lactate obtained in the initial assessment of the trauma patient? Answer: c - a) to measure oxygenation and ventilation b) to quantify the base deficit for the adequacy of cellular perfusion c) *to gauge end-organ perfusion and tissue hypoxia ** d) to determine the underlying cause of shock A trauma patient is restless and repeatedly asking "where am I?" vital signs upon arrival were BP 100/60 mm Hg, HR 96 beats/min,...

The nurse reviews assessment data on a group of patients. Which patient should the nurse identify as experiencing a critical illness? 1. Chronic airflow limitation with VS: BP 110/72, P 110, R 16 2. Acute bronchospasm with VS: BP 100/60, P 124, R 32 3. Motor vehicle crash with VS: BP 124/74, P 74, R 18 4. Chronic renal failure on hemodialysis with no urine output with VS: BP 98/50, P 108, R 12 (Ans- 2 Which patient should the nurse expect to be transferred to a critical care unit? Selec...

AMLS : An Assessment – Based Approach exam 2025 with correct answers You are caring for a patient who is lethargic, tachycardic, hypotensive, and has a capillary refill of > 3 seconds. This patient is in which stage of shock? - ANSWER-Class III, Decompensated shock Which diagnostic tests most accurately assess the presence and magnitude of anaerobic metabolism? - ANSWER-Capnography and lactic acid What is the first heading of the AMLS patient assessment pathway? - ANSWER-Initial Observat...

ATI Obstetrics / ATI Pediatrics Proctor Exam 2022 Questions with Correct Answers A 3yr old boy is found to be in cardiopulmonary arrest. As you begin one-rescuer CPR, your partner prepares the AED. The appropriate compression to ventilation ratio for this child is: 30:2 Immediately upon delivery of a newborn's head, you should: suction the mouth When you begin to assess a woman in labor, she states that her contractions are occurring every 4 to 5 minutes and lasting approximately 30 ...

Paramedic Trauma FISDAP Exam (2023/2024) Already Passed If you see a cracked windshield in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? Bruised or lacerated head or face. Brain injury, *cervical spine injury (always until proven otherwise), tracheal injury. If you see a deformed steering column in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? Bruised neck, bruised chest. Sternal or rib fracture, flail chest, myocardial contusion, *pericardial tamponade, pneumo/hemothorax, aortic tear. If you see a de...

1-2 days after a burn, what can occur to the tissue? - Further damage, increasing the burn depth due to decreased circulation to the area Are children able to increase their stroke volume? - No, the cardiac output is dependent on heart rate alone Are pt's with radiation burns, radioactive? - Not unless they are contaminated with radioactive material, which we are unable to decontaminate them in field Are the liver and spleen larger or smaller in pediatric pts compared to adults? - Larger ...

FISDAP Trauma Question Bank (with verified answers) / Latest 2022 1. An alert 18 year old female is found trapped in her car after a single motor vehicle crash. The air bag deployed and she denies any head or neck pain, but she complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally extricated from the car, her vital signs begin to collapse. What shock is she transitioning from? A. neurogenic shock to hypovolemic shock. B. decompensated shock to compensated shock. C. compensated shock to...

An alert 18 y/o female is found trapped in her car after a single-car MVC. The airbag deployed, and she denies any head or neck pain, but she complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally extricated from the car, her vital signs begin to collapse. What shock is she transitioning from? A) neurogenic shock to hypovolemic shock B) decompensated shock to compensated shock C) compensated shock to decompensated shock D) decompensated shock to hypovolemic shock - CORRECT ANSWER- C) compens...