ENA TRIAGE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Which individual could qualify to be a triage nurse? Answer: A
nurse with 1 year of experience in emergency nursing.
◉ Which patient poses the greatest risk for violence at triage?
Answer: A patient who is speaking loudly and pacing in the waiting
room
◉ Which function differentiates the Canadian Triage and Acuity
Scale from the Emergency Severity Index? Answer: It identifies a
recommended time to physician examination for each triage level.
◉ The triage nurse should bring which patient to the patient care
area first? Answer: A man who presents to triage with diaphoresis
and complaints of chest pain
◉ When using the three-level acuity rating system, you should
assign which level to a man with abdominal pain? Answer: urgent
, ◉ In which triage system would a nonclinical greeter determine the
patient's chief complaint and determine if the patient was sick or not
sick? Answer: Traffic director
◉ When performing an across-the-room assessment, the triage
nurse uses which senses? Answer: Sight and hearing
◉ Which question best elicits details from a patient seeking
treatment in the emergency department. Answer: "Why do you think
you fell?"
◉ The triage nurse should being the interview with which activity?
Answer: Confirming the patient's identity
◉ The triage nurse should perform which important infection
control measure? Answer: Place an immunosuppressed patient in a
separate waiting area.
◉ Detection of severe jaundice during an across-the-room
assessment falls under which category of assessment? Answer: Skin
color
◉ In response to the triage nurse's question, a patient says, "The
pain starts in my lower abdomen and goes through to my back." This
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Which individual could qualify to be a triage nurse? Answer: A
nurse with 1 year of experience in emergency nursing.
◉ Which patient poses the greatest risk for violence at triage?
Answer: A patient who is speaking loudly and pacing in the waiting
room
◉ Which function differentiates the Canadian Triage and Acuity
Scale from the Emergency Severity Index? Answer: It identifies a
recommended time to physician examination for each triage level.
◉ The triage nurse should bring which patient to the patient care
area first? Answer: A man who presents to triage with diaphoresis
and complaints of chest pain
◉ When using the three-level acuity rating system, you should
assign which level to a man with abdominal pain? Answer: urgent
, ◉ In which triage system would a nonclinical greeter determine the
patient's chief complaint and determine if the patient was sick or not
sick? Answer: Traffic director
◉ When performing an across-the-room assessment, the triage
nurse uses which senses? Answer: Sight and hearing
◉ Which question best elicits details from a patient seeking
treatment in the emergency department. Answer: "Why do you think
you fell?"
◉ The triage nurse should being the interview with which activity?
Answer: Confirming the patient's identity
◉ The triage nurse should perform which important infection
control measure? Answer: Place an immunosuppressed patient in a
separate waiting area.
◉ Detection of severe jaundice during an across-the-room
assessment falls under which category of assessment? Answer: Skin
color
◉ In response to the triage nurse's question, a patient says, "The
pain starts in my lower abdomen and goes through to my back." This
