CCRN Review Crossword

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  1. 2. What clinical pathology is likely to be seen in a patient with status epilepticus.
  2. 7. What will shift the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to the right, increasing the release of oxygen to the tissues?
  3. 9. The patient was receiving anticoagulation when suddenly the patient needed emergency surgery. There is an order to give the patient protamine sulfate, which anticoagulant was the patient initially receiving?
  4. 11. Signs and symptoms of this electrolyte abnormality include thirst, tachycardia, hypotension, irritability, stupor, dry sticky mucus membranes.
  5. 13. This cranial nerve controls the corneal reflex and chewing.
  6. 14. The patient is being treated for a brain tumor and develops signs of increased ICP. What intervention is appropriate for a brain tumor but is not used for other causes of increased ICP?
  7. 15. A cardiologist tells an RN that a patient has a history of a diastolic murmur and A Fib. This is associated with ______ stenosis.
  8. 17. The patient has sustained SvO2 of 0.55. Which clinical abnormality may be the cause of this SvO2?
  9. 22. The patient has a history of alcoholism and has been receiving TPN. The patient is lethargic with decreased deep tendon reflexes and his PaCO2 is 55mmHg. What electrolyte should the nurse anticipate administering?
  10. 23. The patient presents with signs of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain that increases with knees flexed and an abdomen that is rigid to palpation with rebound tenderness. What is the most likely cause of this patient's clinical signs?
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  1. 1. Increase in ____ ______ will result in an increase in the cardiac output.
  2. 3. The following hemodynamic changes are consistent with a patient who has cardiogenic shock. ______ in preload and _______ in afterload
  3. 4. The patient required transfusion of 12 units of PRBC over a 24 hour period. The nurse will need to monitor for what complication related to multiple transfusions of PRBCs?
  4. 5. _______ symptoms include epigastric pain that may radiate to the back, flanks, and left shoulder. Pain is boring and worsened by lying down.
  5. 6. The patient is receiving a magnesium drip for eclampsia. What clinical finding, exhibited by the patient, would cause the nurse to discontinue the infusion.
  6. 8. The patient has cardiomyopathy with an EF of 50%, an enlarged ventricular septum on the ECHO, and a normal heart size on the chest xray. The nurse anticipates that which of the following drugs may be part of the patient's plan of care?
  7. 10. The patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis presents with a stuporous mental state, asterixis, hyperventilation, and an abnormal EEG. Based on these signs, the patient is most likely at stage ______ of hepatic encephalopathy.
  8. 11. Pharmacologic therapy, used for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, requires close monitoring for what complication?
  9. 12. Second degree AV block (Type 2) is most likely a complication of which type of myocardial infarction?
  10. 16. Alpha adrenergic drugs cause _______ vasoconstriction.
  11. 18. The patient is receiving mechanical ventilation and enteral tube feeding. There is a sudden increase in the peak inspiratory pressure. The ventilator high pressure alarm is sounding. There is a development of a right lung infiltrate on the chest film. What most likely cause these findings?
  12. 19. Which IV agent is the preferred treatment for a patient with hypertensive crisis and a history of coronary artery disease
  13. 20. Heart failure with ________ dysfunction is characterized by EF < 40%.
  14. 21. The second letter in a pacemaker setting indicates what chamber is ______?