CCRN EXAM EXAM 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS /100% PASS SOLUTION / ALREADY GRADED A+ When administering sodium pentobarbital (Nembutal) to a patient with a closed-head injury, the goal is ? - ANSWER--Reduce cerebral metabolism This med will decrease seizure activity which are important to stop in this kind of injury. A patient with longstanding COPD is currently intubated and mechanically ventilated, has a cardiac monitor, and has an arterial line in his left radial artery. A nurse should be concerned with monitoring the ? - ANSWER--Telemetry for arrhythmias A patient with a history of HTN and renal failure reports a headache: BP: is 210/126 HR: 106 RR: 22 - Which drug is the preferred choice? - ANSWER--Labetalol (Trandate) is the drug of choice. giving Nitroprusside would be bad due to patient having renal failure. A patient with an inferior wall MI has sinus bradycardia with a BP 110/70 and HR 52. A nurse should plan to ? - ANSWER--Continue to monitor vital signs A patient is at the highest risk of developing aspiration pneumonia? - ANSWER--Pt with endotracheal intubation with nasogastric tube Which of the following physiological changes should a nurse anticipate when caring for a postoperative pt