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NBRC RRT EXIT EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
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What should you recommend for patients with an elevated CVP? - Correct Answer - Diuretics
What should you recommend for a patient with a low CVP? - Correct Answer - Fluids.
The abbreviation ADL stands for? - Correct Answer - Activities of daily living.
What is Orthopnea? - Correct Answer - Difficulty breathing while laying flat. Often seen in CHF patients.
What is general malaise? - Correct Answer - A generalized run down feeling, nauseas, weak, fatigued, headache. Think electrolyte imbalance.
What does Dysphagia mean? - Correct Answer - Difficulty swallowing.
Why does peripheral edema most commonly occur? - Correct Answer - edema is most likely caused by CHF or renal failure.
What is Acites? - Correct Answer - Acites is fluid in the abdomen. Typically caused by liver failure.
What causes clubbing of the fingers? - Correct Answer - Chronic hypoxemia.
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pg. 2 How fast should color return to a finger during a capillary refill test? - Correct Answer - Blood should return in less than 3 seconds.
What is Diaphoresis? - Correct Answer - A state of profuse sweating.
What is Jaundice? - Correct Answer - A yellowish appearance of the skin caused by increased bilirubin in the blood and tissue.
What is Erythema? - Correct Answer - Redness of the skin due from capillary congestion, inflammation, or infection.
Cyanosis is caused by? - Correct Answer - Reduced oxyhemoglobin.
How much oxyhemoglobin loss is required to cause cyanosis? - Correct Answer - 5 Grams.
Barrel chest is caused by? - Correct Answer - Air trapping in the lungs for long periods of time.
How much change in heart rate signifies an adverse reaction. - Correct Answer - A change of 20bpm indicates an adverse reaction.
What is pulsus paradoxus? - Correct Answer - A pulse or blood pressure that varies during respiration.
What is tactile fremitus? - Correct Answer - Vibrations that can be felt on the chest wall.Such as rhonchi, pleural rubbing, vocal.
The normal muscles of ventilation are? - Correct Answer - The Diaphragm and external intercostals.
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