PROGRESSIVE CARE RN A V1 EXAM 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS /100% PASS SOLUTION / ALREADY GRADED A+ Which of the following has been found to be linked to a diagnosis of endocarditis? - ANSWER--Recent invasive dental procedures Your patient is post-op day 3 after triple bypass surgery. Chest tubes have been removed. The patient suddenly complains of palpitations. His blood pressure is 130/76 and heart rate is 140 bpm. What would you do NEXT? - ANSWER-- Immediately perform a bedside EKG What abnormal heart sound would you expect to hear in a patient with mitral stenosis? - ANSWER--Diastolic murmur You are performing auscultation on your patient and note an absence of breath sounds in the right lower lobe. Which of the following would you suspect? - ANSWER--Pneumothorax Which of the following are primary goals in diabetic ketoacidosis therapy? - ANSWER--Correct fluid deficit and replace potassium You receive an 84 year old patient from the ED with pneumonia. Antibiotics and steroids have already been initiated by the provider. The patient complains of abdominal pain and has a large, loose bowel movement and notifies you this is the third one. What should you do FIRST? - ANSWER--Initiate contact isolation precautions