AACN PCCN PRACTICE TEST 2023 2024 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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AACN PCCN Practice Test (2023/ 2024) Questions and Verified Answers
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AACN PCCN Practice Test (2023/ 2024) Questions and Verified Answers QUESTION what is impending azotemia manifested by? Answer: tachycardia, hypotension, and signs of dehydration QUESTION what is hyponatremia associated with? Answer: SIADH QUESTION what are neuro complications of hyponatremia? Answer: HA, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, coma, seizure QUESTION what is common with sepsis ? Answer: DIC QUESTION what is common in patients with DIC? Answer: jaundice due to increased bilirubin production secondary to hemolysis QUESTION what type of cardiomyopathy in pt with LV having increased muscle mass and fibrosis causing stiffness? Answer: hypertrophic QUESTION what defines mild COPD exacerbation? Answer: not requiring mechanical ventilation and having only one of the three cardinal symptoms: increased dyspnea, sputum purulence or sputum production QUESTION what test should NOT be performed during most COPD exacerbations? Answer: sputum culture QUESTION what does management of cardiogenic shock include? Answer: decreasing afterload (because CO is greatly diminished) treat with ASA IV heparin infusion bc at risk for LV ventricular and DV thrombosis and maintains coronary artery patency QUESTION what dysrhythmia is associated with chronic alcohol abuse? Answer: afib QUESTION what can trigger afib? Answer: hypoglycemia, surgery, chronic infections, binge drinking QUESTION what are the main complications from ETOH abuse? Answer: cardiomyopathy, atrial and ventricular dysrhythmias, variant angina QUESTION a patient with life threatening hyperkalemia is likely experiencing Answer: metabolic acidosis to maintain physiologic pH during acidosis, hydrogen ions are driven from the blood and into the cell. to maintain electrical neutrality, potassium is expelled from the cell and serum potassium levels rise
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