Exam 14: Overview of Shock and Sepsis

In providing care to a patient with a pulmonary artery catheter for hemodynamic monitoring, the nurse correlates measurement of central venous pressure to which port?

The nurse recognizes that which disorder increases a patient's risk for distributive shock?

A patient being treated for cardiogenic shock is prescribed a dopamine infusion at 2 mcg/kg per minute. Which outcome does the nurse anticipate?

In the patient diagnosed with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), the nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of Ineffective Peripheral Tissue Perfusion as being most relevant. Which assessment provides the most specific data to support this nursing diagnosis?

Care of the patient with sepsis requires close monitoring of oxygenation status. The nurse correlates the SvO₂ value as measurement of which parameter?

The nurse is providing care to a patient admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a gunshot wound and profound blood loss who is hypoxemic. The nurse correlates administration of which ordered fluid as the priority intervention?

The nurse monitors for which finding in the patient admitted in neurogenic shock?

The nurse provides care to a patient admitted for the treatment of sepsis whose lactate level is 4.3 mg/dL. The healthcare provider's prescription indicates fluid administration at 30 mL/kg. The patient's current weight is 110 lbs (50 kg). The nurse administers ____________________ mL.

A nurse working in the intensive care unit (ICU) is caring for a patient in the refractory stage of shock. The nurse correlates which clinical manifestations to this stage of shock?

The nurse correlates which hemodynamic parameter to the patient with hypovolemic shock?