AACN Progressive Care Certified Nursing - PCCN Exam Practice Test

A. Current guidelines define a normal blood pressure as a systolic BP < 120 mm Hg and diastolic BP < 80 mm Hg in adults

B. Stage 2 hypertension is defined as a systolic BP > 140 mm Hg or a diastolic BP > 90 mm Hg in an adult

C. Hypertension in stage I is characterized by an elevated systolic blood pressure 130-139 mm Hg systolic or 80-89 mm Hg diastolic in adults

D. Consistent therapy in stage 1 hypertension is rarely necessary

A. Palpation is completed prior to auscultation

B. Adventitious bowel sounds include frictions rubs, bruits, and rhonchi

C. Before noting absent bowel sounds, a quadrant of the abdomen should be listened to for at least 60 to 90 seconds

D. Auscultation of bowel sounds in all four quadrants is performed moving in a counter-clockwise direction

A. Side effects including hypotension, vomiting, hypoglycemia, and reflex tachycardia have been associated with the use of this medication

B. Diazoxide is a non-diuretic

C. Blood pressure reduction occurs within 1 to 2 minutes and lasts 3 to 12 hours after a dose

D. IV bolus dose is typically 50 to 150 mg every 5 minutes

A. High thoracic or cervical spinal cord injuries

B. High thoracic spinal cord injuries only

C. Cervical spinal cord injuries only

D. Low thoracic or lumbar spinal cord injuries

A. A Category/Stage 2 pressure injury

B. A deep tissue injury

C. An Unstageable-Unknown depth pressure injury

D. A Category/Stage 1 pressure injury

A. Sickle cell disease

B. Acute renal failure

C. Chronic renal failure

D. Myasthenia gravis

A. All three types of shock activate the parasympathetic nervous system

B. Cardiogenic shock activates the sympathetic nervous system; hypovolemic and distributive shock activate the parasympathetic nervous system

C. All three types of shock activate the sympathetic nervous system

D. Cardiogenic shock activates the parasympathetic nervous system; hypovolemic and distributive shock activate the sympathetic nervous system

A. Hyperglycemia

B. Hypomagnesemia

C. Hypokalemia

D. Hypocalcemia

A. 50-100 J

B. 200 J

C. 360 J

D. 400 J

A. Broca's aphasia

B. Wernicke's aphasia

C. None of these

D. Transcortical sensory aphasia

E. Transcortical motor aphasia

A. Nitroglycerin

B. Diazoxide

C. Hydralazine

D. Nitroprusside

A. Sucralfate

B. Famotidine

C. Antacids

D. Ranitidine

A. Red blood cells, sodium, and potassium

B. White blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets

C. Red blood cells, white blood cells, and sodium

D. Red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocrit