Study questions cover content in the five domains of perianesthesia patient care: Anesthesia, Physiology, Perianesthesia Monitoring and Intervention, Perianesthesia Care Considerations, and Professional Nursing Practice and Guidelines.
The nursing knowledge domains to meet these needs are the same for both the CPAN and CAPA certification programs but some of the knowledge topics and testable tasks differ between the two exams.
For best practice, we recommend you review both CPAN and CAPA study questions.
When questioning a 15-year-old patient regarding NPO status, the perianesthesia nurse is aware that adolescents may be at particular risk for non-compliance because of their:
The perianesthesia nurse is aware that which of the following cardiac rhythms is more clinically ominous and may progress to a lethal dysrhythmia?
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