POISON CONTROL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
c. Support airway, breathing, and circulation. - Answer-A client informs the nurse on
duty that he ingested drain cleaner approximately one hour ago. What is the first priority
for the nurse?
d. Go to the nearest emergency care facility with the pill bottle, and call poison control. -
Answer-A young mother contacts the family health clinic and states her child has
ingested the grandmother's heart medication. What should the mother be advised to
do?
a. Give 100% oxygen. - Answer-A firefighter is being treated for smoke inhalation after
putting out a fire in an apartment building. What choice of therapy would benefit this
client?
b. It reduces the absorption of a poisonous chemical in the small and large intestine. -
Answer-The health care practitioner at an emergency care facility knows that activated
charcoal is given for drug overdose. What is the benefit of using this substance?
a. Ingestion - Answer-What is the MOST common type of poisoning?
b. Copiously irrigate the area for at least 30 minutes, and send the client to the
emergency department. - Answer-A landscaper presents to his primary care provider's
office with a complaint of fertilizer exposure to his skin 15 minutes ago. What is the
BEST course of action the health care practitioner can take?
a. Naloxone (Narcan) - Answer-A client is brought in by an ambulance because he has
attempted suicide with an overdose of pain pills. Which of the following is an antidote for
an opiate?
b. Many medicines and household chemicals resemble candy or food. - Answer-An
important aspect of client education is making sure medication and household cleaning
products are safely secured away from where children have access. Why are children
more likely to try these products?
a. Call poison control, and if unsure, bring the child to the emergency department. -
Answer-A father calls the pediatric office stating he was spraying insecticide in the yard
yesterday without realizing that his four-year-old son was playing in the yard. He is
concerned that his son absorbed or inhaled the spray. What should the father be told?
b. Anaphylaxis - Answer-The nurse is caring for a client who had an allergic reaction to
a bee sting. The nurse is monitoring the client after administering an IV of epinephrine,
Benadryl, and cortisone. What type of possible severe reaction is the nurse treating?
AND ANSWERS
c. Support airway, breathing, and circulation. - Answer-A client informs the nurse on
duty that he ingested drain cleaner approximately one hour ago. What is the first priority
for the nurse?
d. Go to the nearest emergency care facility with the pill bottle, and call poison control. -
Answer-A young mother contacts the family health clinic and states her child has
ingested the grandmother's heart medication. What should the mother be advised to
do?
a. Give 100% oxygen. - Answer-A firefighter is being treated for smoke inhalation after
putting out a fire in an apartment building. What choice of therapy would benefit this
client?
b. It reduces the absorption of a poisonous chemical in the small and large intestine. -
Answer-The health care practitioner at an emergency care facility knows that activated
charcoal is given for drug overdose. What is the benefit of using this substance?
a. Ingestion - Answer-What is the MOST common type of poisoning?
b. Copiously irrigate the area for at least 30 minutes, and send the client to the
emergency department. - Answer-A landscaper presents to his primary care provider's
office with a complaint of fertilizer exposure to his skin 15 minutes ago. What is the
BEST course of action the health care practitioner can take?
a. Naloxone (Narcan) - Answer-A client is brought in by an ambulance because he has
attempted suicide with an overdose of pain pills. Which of the following is an antidote for
an opiate?
b. Many medicines and household chemicals resemble candy or food. - Answer-An
important aspect of client education is making sure medication and household cleaning
products are safely secured away from where children have access. Why are children
more likely to try these products?
a. Call poison control, and if unsure, bring the child to the emergency department. -
Answer-A father calls the pediatric office stating he was spraying insecticide in the yard
yesterday without realizing that his four-year-old son was playing in the yard. He is
concerned that his son absorbed or inhaled the spray. What should the father be told?
b. Anaphylaxis - Answer-The nurse is caring for a client who had an allergic reaction to
a bee sting. The nurse is monitoring the client after administering an IV of epinephrine,
Benadryl, and cortisone. What type of possible severe reaction is the nurse treating?
