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When caring for a patient with a suspected blunt cardiac injury,
the nurse should FIRST prepare to administer
supplemental oxygen.
a narcotic analgesic.
lidocaine (Xylocaine).
sublingual nitroglycerin. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > supplemental oxygen
-- Treated symptomatically. Obtain EKG. The patient's cardiac
rhythm should be monitored, supplemental oxygen should be
administered, and the patient's musculoskeletal chest pain
should be treated. Dysrhythmias (premature ventricular
complexes) are common, but are rarely treated unless they
interfere with hemodynamic stability.
Atrovent (Ipratopium Bromide) is given for the treatment of an
acute asthma exacerbation. The emergency nurse should
monitor for which of the following anticipated side effects
commonly associated with this drug?
incorrectNervousness and nausea
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Diuresis and CNS stimulation
Tachycardia and pupillary constriction
Complaints of dry mouth and blurred vision - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Complaints of dry mouth and blurred vision
Assessment of a patient with a hemorrhagic stroke affecting the
left cerebral hemisphere is likely to reveal
blindness in the left half of both visual fields.
left hemiparesis or hemiplegia.
deviation of the head and eyes to the right.
expressive, receptive, or global aphasia. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Expressive, Receptive, or Global aphasia -- left-sided
hemorrhagic stroke patients may have aphasia or receptive
aphasia if there is damage to language centers of the brain. For
almost all right-handers and for about 1/2 of left-handers,
damage to the left side of the brain causes aphasia.
Which of the following signs and symptoms are characteristic of
pertussis?
inspiratory stridor and drooling
paroxysmal coughing and fever
vocal changes and difficulty swallowing
pleuritic chest pain and chills - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > paroxysmal
coughing and fever -- Pertussis = Whooping cough. Initially
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presents as common cold. In the second stage of pertussis, the
patient experiences fever and unremitting paroxysmal bursts of
coughing ending with a high-pitched "whoop."
Heart blocks are most closely associated with a
lateral myocardial infarction.
inferior myocardial infarction.
anterior myocardial infarction.
posterior myocardial infarction. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Inferior MI
Which of the following injuries is most likely to cause
subcutaneous emphysema?
Blunt cardiac injury
Flail chest segment
Open pneumothorax
Pulmonary contusion - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Open pneumothorax
A patient is suspected of having a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst.
Which of the following findings would help confirm this
suspicion?
Hematemesis
Rebound tenderness
Widening pulse pressure
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Tympany to percussion of the lower abdomen - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Rebound tenderness
If the peak end expiratory pressure on a ventilator is increased,
the emergency nurse should anticipate which of the following
values will decrease?
Pulse
Tidal volume
Blood pressure
Serum carbon dioxide - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > BP
The weakness associated with myasthenia gravis is most likely
to affect:
- involuntary muscles as opposed to voluntary muscles.
- muscles of the upper body more than the lower body.
- the extremity muscles more than the muscles of the core.
- surface muscles as opposed to muscles deeper in the body -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > muscles of the upper body more than the lower
body.
Describe Myasthenia Gravis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Myasthenia
Gravis (MG) - Translates to "Grave Weakness"
CEN - PRACTICE EXAM QUESTION BANK NEWEST
2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL
ANSWERED {500 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+ |
BRAND NEW! | 100% GUARANTEED PASS
When caring for a patient with a suspected blunt cardiac injury,
the nurse should FIRST prepare to administer
supplemental oxygen.
a narcotic analgesic.
lidocaine (Xylocaine).
sublingual nitroglycerin. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > supplemental oxygen
-- Treated symptomatically. Obtain EKG. The patient's cardiac
rhythm should be monitored, supplemental oxygen should be
administered, and the patient's musculoskeletal chest pain
should be treated. Dysrhythmias (premature ventricular
complexes) are common, but are rarely treated unless they
interfere with hemodynamic stability.
Atrovent (Ipratopium Bromide) is given for the treatment of an
acute asthma exacerbation. The emergency nurse should
monitor for which of the following anticipated side effects
commonly associated with this drug?
incorrectNervousness and nausea
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Diuresis and CNS stimulation
Tachycardia and pupillary constriction
Complaints of dry mouth and blurred vision - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Complaints of dry mouth and blurred vision
Assessment of a patient with a hemorrhagic stroke affecting the
left cerebral hemisphere is likely to reveal
blindness in the left half of both visual fields.
left hemiparesis or hemiplegia.
deviation of the head and eyes to the right.
expressive, receptive, or global aphasia. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Expressive, Receptive, or Global aphasia -- left-sided
hemorrhagic stroke patients may have aphasia or receptive
aphasia if there is damage to language centers of the brain. For
almost all right-handers and for about 1/2 of left-handers,
damage to the left side of the brain causes aphasia.
Which of the following signs and symptoms are characteristic of
pertussis?
inspiratory stridor and drooling
paroxysmal coughing and fever
vocal changes and difficulty swallowing
pleuritic chest pain and chills - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > paroxysmal
coughing and fever -- Pertussis = Whooping cough. Initially
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presents as common cold. In the second stage of pertussis, the
patient experiences fever and unremitting paroxysmal bursts of
coughing ending with a high-pitched "whoop."
Heart blocks are most closely associated with a
lateral myocardial infarction.
inferior myocardial infarction.
anterior myocardial infarction.
posterior myocardial infarction. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Inferior MI
Which of the following injuries is most likely to cause
subcutaneous emphysema?
Blunt cardiac injury
Flail chest segment
Open pneumothorax
Pulmonary contusion - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Open pneumothorax
A patient is suspected of having a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst.
Which of the following findings would help confirm this
suspicion?
Hematemesis
Rebound tenderness
Widening pulse pressure
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Tympany to percussion of the lower abdomen - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Rebound tenderness
If the peak end expiratory pressure on a ventilator is increased,
the emergency nurse should anticipate which of the following
values will decrease?
Pulse
Tidal volume
Blood pressure
Serum carbon dioxide - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > BP
The weakness associated with myasthenia gravis is most likely
to affect:
- involuntary muscles as opposed to voluntary muscles.
- muscles of the upper body more than the lower body.
- the extremity muscles more than the muscles of the core.
- surface muscles as opposed to muscles deeper in the body -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > muscles of the upper body more than the lower
body.
Describe Myasthenia Gravis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Myasthenia
Gravis (MG) - Translates to "Grave Weakness"
