AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CPR
WRITTEN EXAM EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving parenteral nutrition
through a nontunneled central venous catheter and reports hearing a
gurgling sound on the side of the catheter. The nurse suspects the
catheter has migrated to the jugular vein. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first? Answer: stop the infusion
⩥ A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregiver of a client who has
aphasia. The nurse should include which of the following
communication strategies in the teaching? Answer: cue client by
providing cards that portray common needs
⩥ A nurse is caring for a child who is 24 hr postoperative following a
supratentorial craniotomy. The nurse should maintain the child in which
of the following positions? Answer: supine with head of the bed (HOB)
elevated to 30 degrees
⩥ A nurse working in a hospice facility is talking to a client's son who is
distressed because his mother cries frequently and says she wants to die.
Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate? Answer:
"Let's discuss some strategies you can use when this happens again."
, ⩥ A nurse working in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a
client who is 14 weeks of gestation. The nurse should instruct the client
to immediately notify the provider if she experiences which of the
following? Answer: Facial edema
⩥ A nurse is caring for a child who has leukemia and is prescribed a
transfusion of platelets. Which of the following should the client
experience as a result of the transfusion? Answer: Reduced bleeding
time
⩥ A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is prescribed
buspirone (BuSpar). Which of the following statements by the client
indicates an understanding of the teaching? Answer: "I can have 1-2
alcoholic beverages a week."
⩥ A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is newly diagnosed with
type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions by the nurse is
appropriate to prepare the child for administration of insulin? Answer:
Allow the child to manipulate the medical equipment
⩥ A nurse is caring for a client who has a urinary tract infection and is
prescribed ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The client exhibits urticaria and
angioedema following administration of the medication. Which of the
following is the first action the nurse should take? Answer: Determine
respiratory status
WRITTEN EXAM EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving parenteral nutrition
through a nontunneled central venous catheter and reports hearing a
gurgling sound on the side of the catheter. The nurse suspects the
catheter has migrated to the jugular vein. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first? Answer: stop the infusion
⩥ A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregiver of a client who has
aphasia. The nurse should include which of the following
communication strategies in the teaching? Answer: cue client by
providing cards that portray common needs
⩥ A nurse is caring for a child who is 24 hr postoperative following a
supratentorial craniotomy. The nurse should maintain the child in which
of the following positions? Answer: supine with head of the bed (HOB)
elevated to 30 degrees
⩥ A nurse working in a hospice facility is talking to a client's son who is
distressed because his mother cries frequently and says she wants to die.
Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate? Answer:
"Let's discuss some strategies you can use when this happens again."
, ⩥ A nurse working in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a
client who is 14 weeks of gestation. The nurse should instruct the client
to immediately notify the provider if she experiences which of the
following? Answer: Facial edema
⩥ A nurse is caring for a child who has leukemia and is prescribed a
transfusion of platelets. Which of the following should the client
experience as a result of the transfusion? Answer: Reduced bleeding
time
⩥ A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is prescribed
buspirone (BuSpar). Which of the following statements by the client
indicates an understanding of the teaching? Answer: "I can have 1-2
alcoholic beverages a week."
⩥ A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is newly diagnosed with
type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions by the nurse is
appropriate to prepare the child for administration of insulin? Answer:
Allow the child to manipulate the medical equipment
⩥ A nurse is caring for a client who has a urinary tract infection and is
prescribed ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The client exhibits urticaria and
angioedema following administration of the medication. Which of the
following is the first action the nurse should take? Answer: Determine
respiratory status
