Critical Care

Which of the following reacts to viruses and bacteria by increasing in number?

• a) Platelets

• b) Rh factors

• c) Antibodies

• d) Antigens

Q.) When is the best time to collect urine specimen for routine urinalysis and culture and sensitivity?

• a) Before breakfast

• b) Early morning

• c) Midnight

• d) Later afternoon

Q.) What position should a dyspnea patient be placed?

• a) Semi-fowler’s

• b) trendelenburg

• c) Recumbent

• d) Prone

The normal pacemaker of the heart is/are the

• a) SA node.

• b) AV node

• c) Bundle of His

• d) Ventricles

Admission quick assessment begins:

• a) The moment the information is received about the upcoming admission of

  the patient.

• b) After baseline comprehensive assessment is completed

• c) Immediately upon arrival of the patient

• d) After stabilization of patient condition.

Patient has a first degree AV block, in this

dysrhythmia, the nurse should expect to find a PR

interval of more than

• a. 0.12 second

• b. 0.18 second

• c. 0.20 second

• d. 0.10 second

When ventricular fibrillation occurs in a CCU, the first person reaching the client should:

• a) Administer oxygen

• b) Connect the Defibrillator Pads

• c) Raise the patient's leg

• d) Administer sodium bicarbonate intravenously

The "P" wave of a normal electrocardiogram

indicates:

• a) Ventricular depolarization

• b) Atrial depolarization

• c) Ventricular repolarization

• a) Atrial repolarization

The "P" wave of a normal electrocardiogram

indicates:

• a) Ventricular depolarization

• b) Atrial depolarization

• c) Ventricular repolarization

• d) Atrial repolarization

The QRS complex represents which of the following?

• a) Contraction of the atria

• b) Repolarization of the atria

• c) Depolarization of the atria

• d) Depolarization of the ventricles