Medical Tests Certified Emergency Nurse - CEN Exam Practice Test
You are working with a child and suspect physical abuse. What is your primary legal responsibility?
Correct Answer: D
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You are caring for a patient in respiratory acidosis. Which of the following results confirms this diagnosis?
Correct Answer: B
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You are caring for an older female patient whose husband died six months ago. Which of the following
actions by the patient indicates ineffective coping?
actions by the patient indicates ineffective coping?
Correct Answer: C
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You are caring for a patient in the withdrawal process. What medication do you expect the physician to
order to make the withdrawal process easier?
order to make the withdrawal process easier?
Correct Answer: D
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You are caring for a patient who had a radical neck dissection. The endotracheal tube has just been
removed. Which of the following signs would you want to report to the physician immediately?
removed. Which of the following signs would you want to report to the physician immediately?
Correct Answer: A
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What would you want to assess your patient for if they have a myocardial infarction that is developing into
cardiogenic shock?
cardiogenic shock?
Correct Answer: C
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You are completing a hearing screening on a patient. You note that the sound lateralizes to the patient's
left ear during a Weber test. What does this finding indicate?
left ear during a Weber test. What does this finding indicate?
Correct Answer: C
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You are on break in the nursing lounge when a nursing assistant enters to tell you that what she just
heard about the secretary. She then proceeds to tell you that the secretary's husband is a drug addict and
she needs to be watched very carefully on the unit. You ask her what makes her think the secretary might
take drugs, and she states that she heard it from someone else. What legal tort has the nursing assistant
violated?
heard about the secretary. She then proceeds to tell you that the secretary's husband is a drug addict and
she needs to be watched very carefully on the unit. You ask her what makes her think the secretary might
take drugs, and she states that she heard it from someone else. What legal tort has the nursing assistant
violated?
Correct Answer: B
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What sign would indicate that a patient with a blunt injury to the chest has developed a pneumothorax?
Correct Answer: D
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You determine that the patient you are caring for is having a transfusion reaction. You stop the blood
immediately. Which action would you take next?
immediately. Which action would you take next?
Correct Answer: C
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