CAPA practice EXAM QUESTIONS AND

CAPA practice EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) A patient with a history of drug abuse and nasal ulcers is received in the PACU. The perianesthesia nurse monitors this

patient closely for:

• Cardiac dysrhythmias
• Apnea
• Postural hypotension
• Somnolence - Correct Answers ✅A. Cardiac

dysrhythmias A Spanish-speaking patient arrives for a pre-operative admission interview accompanied by a bilingual companion.The patient understands English but speaks only Spanish.What action should the perianesthesia nurse take regarding the preoperative NPO instructions?

• Request that the friend interpret the written instructions
• Provide written instructions in spanish
• Determine the friend's ability to understand instructions
• Delay instructions until a certified interpreter can be

located - Correct Answers ✅D. Delay instructions until a certified interpreter can be located The perianesthesia nurse is aware that discharge instructions for a patient with an arteriovenous shunt include: 1 / 3

CAPA practice EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025)

• Keeping the operative arm elevated for several days
• Checking blood pressure in the operative arm
• Keeping the operative arm dependent for several days
• Maintaining a pressure dressing over the site - Correct

Answers ✅A. Keeping the operative arm elevated for several days The perianesthesia nurse is aware that which of the following is the highest body temperature indicative of hypothermia?

A. 34.5C (94.1F)

B. 35.9C (95.9)

C. 37.6 (99.6)

• 38.5 (101.3) - Correct Answers ✅B. 35.9C (95.9)

Which of the following measures has been shown to decrease surgical complications?

• Shaving the surgical site 24 hours before surgery
• Prophylactic antibiotics continued for 48 hours
• Urinary catheter removal on postoperative day 1
• Preoperative antiseptic showers with chlorhexidine -

Correct Answers ✅C. Urinary catheter removal on postoperative day 1 2 / 3

CAPA practice EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) A patient extubated 10 minutes post PACU admission is exhibiting croup cough and hoarseness. After 5 minutes of continued observation and administration of O2 with 40% mist, the patient's respiratory status has not changed. Which treatment can the nurse initially expect to implement?

• Racemic epinephrine administration
• Chest physiotherapy
• Suctioning
• Administration of corticosteroid - Correct Answers ✅A.

Racemic epinephrine administration The perianesthesia nurse is aware that discharge instructions for a patient post-ureteral-stent insertion should include

preparing the patient to expect:

• Mucuos plugs
• Bladder distention
• Pink urine
• Groin pain - Correct Answers ✅C. Pink urine

The perianesthesia nurse is aware that the use of mental images for stress and pain reduction is most effective when:

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