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CCRN Exam V2 ( Update 2025 / 2026) Questions with Answers
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 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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