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CRIT 480/CC practice Questions and Answers week 1 Week 1 Chapter 66 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care? a Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. . b Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. . c. Silence the alarms on the cardiac mon...

Chapter 66: Nursing Management: Critical Care Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care? a. Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. b. Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. c. Silence the alarms on the ca...

Exam (elaborations) NR 601 Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide and Practice Questions (NR601) DISCLAIMER- None of this is my original work. The first 11 pages are the completed study guide from a previous class. Pages 11 through 13 are the NR 601 course final exam review topics in outline form (Thanks Lisa Trevino!). Page 13-46 includes my notes from class and YouTube videos, Kennedy-Malone text (minimal), lessons, and some external research. When the information came from an external a rt...

Exam (elaborations) NR 601 Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide And Practice Questions How to conduct Mini-Cog-  The Mini-Cog has been demonstrated to have comparable psychometric properties to the MMSE  The primary advantage of the Mini-Cog is that it is shorter than the MMSE and measures executive function.  It is composed of a three-item recall and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and takes about 3 minutes to administer  The Mini-Cog is a short dementia assessment that combin...

CC practice Questions week 1.| LATEST SOLUTION Week 1 Chapter 66 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care? a Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. . b Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. . c. Silence the alarms on the cardiac moni...

CRITICAL CARE TESTBANK EXAM 2 Chapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring 1. The nurse is caring for a 100-kg patient being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter. The nurse assesses a blood pressure of 90/60 mm Hg, heart rate 110 beats/min, respirations 36/min, oxygen saturation of 89% on 3 L of oxygen via nasal cannula. Bilateral crackles are audible upon auscultation. Which hemodynamic value requires immediate action by the nurse? a. Cardiac index (CI) of 1.2 L/min/m3 b. Cardiac output (CO) of...

CRITICAL CARE TESTBANK EXAM Chapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring 1. The nurse is caring for a 100-kg patient being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter. The nurse assesses a blood pressure of 90/60 mm Hg, heart rate 110 beats/min, respirations 36/min, oxygen saturation of 89% on 3 L of oxygen via nasal cannula. Bilateral crackles are audible upon auscultation. Which hemodynamic value requires immediate action by the nurse? a. Cardiac index (CI) of 1.2 L/min/m3 b. Cardiac output (CO) of 4...

Chapter 66: Nursing Management: Critical Care Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care? a. Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. b. Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. c. Silence the alarms on the ca...

Week 1 Chapter 66 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action shoul d the nurse include in the plan of care? a Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. . b Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. . c. Silence the alarms on the cardiac monitors to allow 30- to 40-minute naps. d Eliminate assessments...

NURSING NR341Critical Care Exam II Notes Latest Updated Chapter 35:Dysrhythmias/ Arrhythmias + Autonomic Nervous System - Parasympathetic . Nervous System (Decreases rate of SA node/Slows impulse conduction of AV node) - Sympathetic Nervous System + Increases rate of SA node + Increases impulse conduction of AV node + Increases cardiac contractility Causes of Heart Failure + HTN, Drugs (Recreational and Prescription), Electrolyte imbalances (K+, Mg+, Ca+), CAD, Heart Attack (MI), Va...