Intensive Care Nursing/Mechanical Ventilator Management/ICU Nurse Ventilator Management Quiz

1 What is not a cause for high airway pressure

	Attempts to speak
	Disconnected ventilator circuit
	Patient biting on tube
	Secretions blocking bronchi/endotracheal tube

2 What would be considered normally in the range of a peak airway pressure (P_peak, PIP)

	5 cmH20
	15 cmH20
	35 cmH20
	55 cmH20

3 What would be an appropriate intervention for a patient whose ventilator was alarming on account of the patient not receiving the set tidal volume (T_v/VT) (choose all that apply)

	Suction patient
	Ensure patency of endotracheal tube
	Check cuff of endotracheal tube for leak
	Ensure ventilator is connected to patient

4 Which of the following is not a volume based mode of ventilation?

	APRV
	IMV
	PC-CMV
	VC-CMV

5 The ventilator dependent patient has the following ventilator settings: VC-CMV, f=14, t_v=300mL, FiO₂=0.35, PEEP=5. In mL, what is their minute volume (V_e/MV)?

6 Which of the following would be a concerning finding on an arterial blood gas (ABG)?

	pH=7.37
	PaO2=59
	PaCO2=39
	HCO3=25