NUR 254 EMERGENCY NURSING EXAM 2024-
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100 % PASS
SOLUTION A+ GRADE
The nurse is leading a child safety course at a local hospital for the parents of infants and
preschool aged children. What resource would the nurse recommend to determine whether
contact with a substance requires medical attention?
1. the labeling on the container the substance comes from
2. googling the name of the substance and the word "ingestion"
3. emergency services (dialing 911)
4. poison control - answer>>4
Which of the following patients could wait for treatment in the ER?
1. patient with left sided paralysis who is unable to speak
2. patient with SOB and severe chest pain, satting 92%RA
3. patient with gunshot wound to lower abdomen, bleeding is controlled
4. patient with COPD exacerbation following an asthma attack, O2 is 88%RA - answer>>4
EMS is bringing a patient to the ED who was found trapped in their car after sliding on ice and
crashing into a tree. The patient's body temp on arrival to the hospital is 86F. The nurse knows
that which of the following is the priority for this patient?
1. preparing for immediate CPR and defibrillation
2. warming the patient to at least 88F and then using crash cart
3. slowly infusing warmed fluids and applying a heating blanket
4. the nurse knows that nothing can be done for this patient but a code blue must be called -
answer>>2
The ER nurse takes report from EMS on a patient who had a heart attack. The patient's wife
states that he was on a hunting trip with his friends and got caught in the rain for several hours
in subfreezing temps. The patient got home, was acting strangely, and was very pale and cold.
The wife told him to take a hot shower and found him on the shower floor ten minutes later,
clutching his chest. The nurse knows that which of the following has likely occurred?
, 1. the cold weather caused his heart to fail
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100 % PASS
SOLUTION A+ GRADE
The nurse is leading a child safety course at a local hospital for the parents of infants and
preschool aged children. What resource would the nurse recommend to determine whether
contact with a substance requires medical attention?
1. the labeling on the container the substance comes from
2. googling the name of the substance and the word "ingestion"
3. emergency services (dialing 911)
4. poison control - answer>>4
Which of the following patients could wait for treatment in the ER?
1. patient with left sided paralysis who is unable to speak
2. patient with SOB and severe chest pain, satting 92%RA
3. patient with gunshot wound to lower abdomen, bleeding is controlled
4. patient with COPD exacerbation following an asthma attack, O2 is 88%RA - answer>>4
EMS is bringing a patient to the ED who was found trapped in their car after sliding on ice and
crashing into a tree. The patient's body temp on arrival to the hospital is 86F. The nurse knows
that which of the following is the priority for this patient?
1. preparing for immediate CPR and defibrillation
2. warming the patient to at least 88F and then using crash cart
3. slowly infusing warmed fluids and applying a heating blanket
4. the nurse knows that nothing can be done for this patient but a code blue must be called -
answer>>2
The ER nurse takes report from EMS on a patient who had a heart attack. The patient's wife
states that he was on a hunting trip with his friends and got caught in the rain for several hours
in subfreezing temps. The patient got home, was acting strangely, and was very pale and cold.
The wife told him to take a hot shower and found him on the shower floor ten minutes later,
clutching his chest. The nurse knows that which of the following has likely occurred?
, 1. the cold weather caused his heart to fail
