CMSRN STUDY GUIDE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A patient's spleen has been removed. What vaccine should be administered?
A. Recombivax
B. Attenuvax
C. Tetanus
D. Pneumonia - ✔✔D. Pneumonia Vaccine. The spleen controls the immune system.
Give the pneumonia vaccine to avoid pneumococcal sepsis from developing
✔✔Attenuvax is a vaccine that may prevent:
A. Chicken pox
B. Measles
C. Hepatitis
D. HIV - ✔✔B. Measels
✔✔A patient is having a hematoma removed. The patient should receive a Lantus dose
the night before. What should happen next?
A. Provide the full dose.
B. Provide only half the dose.
C. Avoid giving the dose
D. Contact an attendant about the situation first - ✔✔D. Contact an attendant about the
situation first.
✔✔A patient develops a fever about a week after a surgical procedure. All but which of
the following conditions will trigger the fever?
A. A line infection
B. A urinary tract infection
C. Deep vein thrombosis
D. An infection in the wound - ✔✔A. A line infection. A line infection is generally not a
common cause of post-operative fever within one week of surgery. A mnemonic for
remembering the common causes of post-operative fever is the five Ws: wind
(atelectasis, aspiration, pneumonia), water (urinary tract infection), walking (deep vein
thrombus), wound (wound infection), what the physician caused (drug fever, line
infection). Wind is most likely to cause a fever POD 1-2, water is most likely to cause a
fever POD 3-5, walking is the most likely to cause a fever POD 5-7, wound is the most
likely cause POD 5-9, and complications caused by the physician most likely cause a
fever after the first week of surgery
✔✔Is it appropriate to provide a person who is grieving after a family member's
antidepressants?
, A. Yes
B. No
C. Depends on the patient's response
D. Based on the patient's preference - ✔✔B. No
✔✔What can result from diabetic ketoacidosis?
A. Urinary tract infection
B. Stale breath
C. Sudden bouts of activity
D. All of the above - ✔✔A. urinary tract infection. Excess sugar in the urine can cause
urinary tract infection. It may also lead to diabetic ketoacidosis.
✔✔What form of treatment can help resolve sickle cell anemia?
A. A blood transfusion
B. Hydrogen Chloride
C. Vasodilators
D. All of the above - ✔✔A. A blood transfusion
✔✔metabolic ketoacidosis may be diagnosed when the blood pH level goes over:
A. 5.5
B. 6.85
C. 7.45
D. 9.25 - ✔✔C. 7.45
✔✔What is the first stage in the Kubler-Ross theory?
A. Depression
B. Anger
C. Denial
d. Bargaining - ✔✔C. Denial
DABDA
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
✔✔What should happen when the Q wave appears on an ECG readout?
A. The readout will go up
B. The readout will go down
C. The depth will appear the same all around
D. A stable line will develop - ✔✔B. The readout will go down. The q wave is then
followed by the R wave, the highest point in the ECG readout
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A patient's spleen has been removed. What vaccine should be administered?
A. Recombivax
B. Attenuvax
C. Tetanus
D. Pneumonia - ✔✔D. Pneumonia Vaccine. The spleen controls the immune system.
Give the pneumonia vaccine to avoid pneumococcal sepsis from developing
✔✔Attenuvax is a vaccine that may prevent:
A. Chicken pox
B. Measles
C. Hepatitis
D. HIV - ✔✔B. Measels
✔✔A patient is having a hematoma removed. The patient should receive a Lantus dose
the night before. What should happen next?
A. Provide the full dose.
B. Provide only half the dose.
C. Avoid giving the dose
D. Contact an attendant about the situation first - ✔✔D. Contact an attendant about the
situation first.
✔✔A patient develops a fever about a week after a surgical procedure. All but which of
the following conditions will trigger the fever?
A. A line infection
B. A urinary tract infection
C. Deep vein thrombosis
D. An infection in the wound - ✔✔A. A line infection. A line infection is generally not a
common cause of post-operative fever within one week of surgery. A mnemonic for
remembering the common causes of post-operative fever is the five Ws: wind
(atelectasis, aspiration, pneumonia), water (urinary tract infection), walking (deep vein
thrombus), wound (wound infection), what the physician caused (drug fever, line
infection). Wind is most likely to cause a fever POD 1-2, water is most likely to cause a
fever POD 3-5, walking is the most likely to cause a fever POD 5-7, wound is the most
likely cause POD 5-9, and complications caused by the physician most likely cause a
fever after the first week of surgery
✔✔Is it appropriate to provide a person who is grieving after a family member's
antidepressants?
, A. Yes
B. No
C. Depends on the patient's response
D. Based on the patient's preference - ✔✔B. No
✔✔What can result from diabetic ketoacidosis?
A. Urinary tract infection
B. Stale breath
C. Sudden bouts of activity
D. All of the above - ✔✔A. urinary tract infection. Excess sugar in the urine can cause
urinary tract infection. It may also lead to diabetic ketoacidosis.
✔✔What form of treatment can help resolve sickle cell anemia?
A. A blood transfusion
B. Hydrogen Chloride
C. Vasodilators
D. All of the above - ✔✔A. A blood transfusion
✔✔metabolic ketoacidosis may be diagnosed when the blood pH level goes over:
A. 5.5
B. 6.85
C. 7.45
D. 9.25 - ✔✔C. 7.45
✔✔What is the first stage in the Kubler-Ross theory?
A. Depression
B. Anger
C. Denial
d. Bargaining - ✔✔C. Denial
DABDA
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
✔✔What should happen when the Q wave appears on an ECG readout?
A. The readout will go up
B. The readout will go down
C. The depth will appear the same all around
D. A stable line will develop - ✔✔B. The readout will go down. The q wave is then
followed by the R wave, the highest point in the ECG readout
