RELIAS RN 2026 FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉A patient presents after falling from a height and fracturing their
right tibia and fibula. What symptom would be reported to the
provider IMMEDIATELY?
Bounding pulse
Warm extremity
Paresthesia of the foot
Capillary refill pf toes <2 sec. Answer: Paresthesia of the foot
◉You are assisting a novice nurse with a blood draw. You observe
the nurse draw the blood, place the specimen tubes in a biohazard
bag, and leave the room with the unlabeled specimen tubes. What
would you do NEXT?
Don't confront the nurse, go redraw the labs and label at the
bedside.
Do nothing because they can label them anywhere.
Report them to your supervisor.
Re-educate the nurse, then redraw thexabs, use patient identifiers
and label at the bedside.. Answer: Re-educate
, ◉What is the critical goal time from arrival to the ED to CT brain
scan based on the American Heart Association stroke
recommendations?
10 minutes
25 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes. Answer: 25min
◉A patient presents with sudden onset of aphasia and left-sided
weakness for the last 25 minutes. What action would be taken
NEXT?
Triage them to the screening area
Complete a thorough triage evaluation, initiate the appropriate
stroke resources
Register the patient prior to triage, and collect smoking and drug use
history
Activate your department's code stroke protocol. Answer: Activate
your deptartment's code stroke protocol
◉Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally come off and
you are preparing to place a new one. You have a slit drain sponge, 4
x 4 gauzes, tape, scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do you
need?
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉A patient presents after falling from a height and fracturing their
right tibia and fibula. What symptom would be reported to the
provider IMMEDIATELY?
Bounding pulse
Warm extremity
Paresthesia of the foot
Capillary refill pf toes <2 sec. Answer: Paresthesia of the foot
◉You are assisting a novice nurse with a blood draw. You observe
the nurse draw the blood, place the specimen tubes in a biohazard
bag, and leave the room with the unlabeled specimen tubes. What
would you do NEXT?
Don't confront the nurse, go redraw the labs and label at the
bedside.
Do nothing because they can label them anywhere.
Report them to your supervisor.
Re-educate the nurse, then redraw thexabs, use patient identifiers
and label at the bedside.. Answer: Re-educate
, ◉What is the critical goal time from arrival to the ED to CT brain
scan based on the American Heart Association stroke
recommendations?
10 minutes
25 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes. Answer: 25min
◉A patient presents with sudden onset of aphasia and left-sided
weakness for the last 25 minutes. What action would be taken
NEXT?
Triage them to the screening area
Complete a thorough triage evaluation, initiate the appropriate
stroke resources
Register the patient prior to triage, and collect smoking and drug use
history
Activate your department's code stroke protocol. Answer: Activate
your deptartment's code stroke protocol
◉Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally come off and
you are preparing to place a new one. You have a slit drain sponge, 4
x 4 gauzes, tape, scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do you
need?
