WILKES NSG 526 Exam 3 Practice Test
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Primary prevention - Answer Actually preventing the thing
Secondary Prevention - Answer early identification and treatment
Tertiary prevention - Answer Avoiding complications
Norms are considered - Answer The right patterns of behavior for a society
Crisis is - Answer a time limited response lasting 4 to 6 weeks
What initiates a crisis - Answer A crisis is initiated by internal or external demands that are
perceived as a threat to a person’s physical or emotional functioning.
Precipitating event is stressful and unusual or rare.
maturational crisis - Answer Describes unfavorable person-environmental relationships that
relate to maturational events such as leaving home for the first time, completing school or
accepting the responsibility of adulthood.
Situational Crisis - Answer Occurs whenever a specific stressful event threatens a person's
biopsychosocial integrity and results in some degree of psychological disequilibrium
Aventitious Cirsis - Answer Initiated by an unexpected unusual events that can affect an
individual or
a multitude of people. National and natural disasters.
During an adventitious crisis (e.g., flood, hurricane, forest fire) that affects the
,Role of APRN in Crisis - Answer he role of the PMH-APRN is to provide a framework of support
systems that guide the
client through the crisis and facilitate the development and use of positive coping skills.
Assess risk of homicide/suicide/self-injury
Assess coping skills
Assess perception of problem and support mechanisms
Assess biologic items - sleep, eating, hygiene, etc
Assess psychological - emotions and coping
Asses social - individual, family, community. Social support
Disaster - Answer A disaster is a sudden ecological or man-made phenomenon that is of
sufficient
magnitude to require external help to address the psychosocial needs as well as
the physical needs of the victims
MCI triage category: Expectant - Answer Injuries are extensive and chances of survival are
unlikely
even with definitive care. Separate and provide comfort
Unresponsive patients with penetrating head wounds, high
spinal cord injuries, wounds involving multiple anatomical sites
and organs, 2nd/3rd degree burns in excess of 60% of body surface area, seizures or vomiting
within 24hr after radiation
exposure, profound shock with multiple injuries, agonal
respirations; no pulse, no BP, pupils fixed and dilated
, Sucking chest wound, airway obstruction secondary to
mechanical cause, shock, hemothorax, tension pneumothorax,
asphyxia, unstable chest and abdominal wounds, incomplete
amputations, open fractures of long bones, and 2nd/3rd degree
burns of 15%-40% total body surface area
MCI Category: Delayed - Answer Injuries are significant and require medical care but can wait
hours without threat to life or limb. Individuals in this group receive
treatment only after immediate casualties are treated.
Stable abdominal wounds without evidence of significant
hemorrhage; soft tissue injuries; maxillofacial wounds without
airway compromise; vascular injuries with adequate collateral
circulation; genitourinary tract disruption; fractures requiring
open reduction, débridement, and external fixation; most eye
and CNS injuries
MCI Category: Minimal - Answer Injuries are minor and treatment can be delayed hours to
days.
Individuals in this group should be moved away from the main triage
area.
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Upper extremity fractures, minor burns, sprains, small
lacerations without significant bleeding, behavioral disorders or
psychological disturbances
Psychological Assessment - Answer Assess the victim for behaviors that indicate a
depressed state, presence of confusion, uncontrolled weeping or screaming,
disorientation, or aggressive behavior. Ideally, the PMH-APRN should assess the
coping strategies the victim uses to normally manage stressful situations.
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Primary prevention - Answer Actually preventing the thing
Secondary Prevention - Answer early identification and treatment
Tertiary prevention - Answer Avoiding complications
Norms are considered - Answer The right patterns of behavior for a society
Crisis is - Answer a time limited response lasting 4 to 6 weeks
What initiates a crisis - Answer A crisis is initiated by internal or external demands that are
perceived as a threat to a person’s physical or emotional functioning.
Precipitating event is stressful and unusual or rare.
maturational crisis - Answer Describes unfavorable person-environmental relationships that
relate to maturational events such as leaving home for the first time, completing school or
accepting the responsibility of adulthood.
Situational Crisis - Answer Occurs whenever a specific stressful event threatens a person's
biopsychosocial integrity and results in some degree of psychological disequilibrium
Aventitious Cirsis - Answer Initiated by an unexpected unusual events that can affect an
individual or
a multitude of people. National and natural disasters.
During an adventitious crisis (e.g., flood, hurricane, forest fire) that affects the
,Role of APRN in Crisis - Answer he role of the PMH-APRN is to provide a framework of support
systems that guide the
client through the crisis and facilitate the development and use of positive coping skills.
Assess risk of homicide/suicide/self-injury
Assess coping skills
Assess perception of problem and support mechanisms
Assess biologic items - sleep, eating, hygiene, etc
Assess psychological - emotions and coping
Asses social - individual, family, community. Social support
Disaster - Answer A disaster is a sudden ecological or man-made phenomenon that is of
sufficient
magnitude to require external help to address the psychosocial needs as well as
the physical needs of the victims
MCI triage category: Expectant - Answer Injuries are extensive and chances of survival are
unlikely
even with definitive care. Separate and provide comfort
Unresponsive patients with penetrating head wounds, high
spinal cord injuries, wounds involving multiple anatomical sites
and organs, 2nd/3rd degree burns in excess of 60% of body surface area, seizures or vomiting
within 24hr after radiation
exposure, profound shock with multiple injuries, agonal
respirations; no pulse, no BP, pupils fixed and dilated
, Sucking chest wound, airway obstruction secondary to
mechanical cause, shock, hemothorax, tension pneumothorax,
asphyxia, unstable chest and abdominal wounds, incomplete
amputations, open fractures of long bones, and 2nd/3rd degree
burns of 15%-40% total body surface area
MCI Category: Delayed - Answer Injuries are significant and require medical care but can wait
hours without threat to life or limb. Individuals in this group receive
treatment only after immediate casualties are treated.
Stable abdominal wounds without evidence of significant
hemorrhage; soft tissue injuries; maxillofacial wounds without
airway compromise; vascular injuries with adequate collateral
circulation; genitourinary tract disruption; fractures requiring
open reduction, débridement, and external fixation; most eye
and CNS injuries
MCI Category: Minimal - Answer Injuries are minor and treatment can be delayed hours to
days.
Individuals in this group should be moved away from the main triage
area.
o
Upper extremity fractures, minor burns, sprains, small
lacerations without significant bleeding, behavioral disorders or
psychological disturbances
Psychological Assessment - Answer Assess the victim for behaviors that indicate a
depressed state, presence of confusion, uncontrolled weeping or screaming,
disorientation, or aggressive behavior. Ideally, the PMH-APRN should assess the
coping strategies the victim uses to normally manage stressful situations.
