CCRN Exam V2 Latest Update Questions with Verified

CCRN Exam V2 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Questions with Verified Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct

Question:

Which of the following increases oxygen consumption?

• Anxiety
• Hypothermia
• Sepsis
• Sedation

Answer:

You may have thought of sepsis because you associate it with infection, fever, and hypermetabolism. Remember, however, that sepsis causes a decrease in the ability of the tissues to extract and use oxygen.

Answer A

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Question:

Which of the following is the most common side effect of nesiritide (Natrecor) therapy in heart failure?

Answer:

Hypotension

Question:

absorptive atelectasis. What is the cause of this complication of oxygen therapy?

Answer:

Nitrogen washout

Absorptive atelectasis is caused by the elimination of nitrogen from the alveoli. Normally inspired air is approximately 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen.This nitrogen is an unabsorbed gas that, along with the effect of surfactant, holds the alveoli partially open at the end of expiration. When 100% of the inspired gas is oxygen (an absorbable gas), the nitrogen is not present in the alveoli (described as nitrogen washout) to keep the alveoli open, and atelectasis occurs.

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Question:

Over the past 2 hours, a patient admitted with severe acute heart failure has

the following changes in assessment parameters:

Admission 2 Hours Later Heart sounds S1, S2 S1, S2, S3 audible at apex Blood pressure 118/60 mm Hg 98/54 mm Hg Heart rate 105 beats/min 126 beats/min Respiratory rate 30 breaths/min 36 breaths/min

Which of the following combinations of drugs are indicated for the achievement of the therapeutic goals of this patient?

• Nitroprusside (Nipride) and furosemide (Lasix)
• Dobutamine (Dobutrex) and furosemide (Lasix)
• Dobutamine (Dobutrex) and nitroprusside (Nipride)
• Morphine sulfate and furosemide (Lasix)

Answer:

B - The answer would not be C, because nipride would to severely lower SVR and MAP

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Question:

Positioning for infratentorial carniotomy

Answer:

HOB flat!

Question:

Which of the following best describes multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

(MODS)?

• Progressive insufficiency of two or more organ systems
• Cessation of function of two or more organ systems
• Sepsis involving two or more organ systems
• Loss of function of two or more components of the same organ system

Answer:

A

The definition does not require complete dysfunction, but more than 1 organ system needs to be involved.

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