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ARRT Practice Questions for Patient Care Questions
Question 1 of 4
Which of the following is not a reason why person centred care considered important?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Person-centred care is important due to positive outcomes, social and political drivers, and alignment with medical principles, not because the patient should dictate medical decisions.
Question 2 of 4
What do you think is the most important nursing order in a client with major head trauma who is about to receive bolus enteral feeding?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: It is important to measure intake and output, which should equal. Enteral feeding are hyperosmotic agents pulling fluid from cells into vascular bed. Water given before feeding will present a hyperosmotic diuresis. I and O measures assess fluid balance.
Question 3 of 4
Which of the following factors exerts the GREATEST effect on the extent of spread of local anesthetic following subarachnoid block with hyperbaric bupivacaine?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Patient position significantly affects the spread of hyperbaric bupivacaine in the subarachnoid space due to gravity, more so than dose or additives like epinephrine.
Question 4 of 4
Which of the following mechanisms is PRIMARILY responsible for emergence after a single dose of propofol?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Propofol's rapid emergence is due to redistribution from the brain to peripheral tissues, not metabolism, given its short context-sensitive half-time.