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JBL Module 3 Practice Exam 100 Questions With
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1. A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his
mother's lap. His father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins crying
uncontrollably, which causes the child to start crying. You should:
A. Give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your assessment to
the best of your ability.
B. Attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her child because
this will increase her anxiety.
C. Ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm
the mother.
D. Reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common and that there
is nothing to worry about. - ✔✔✔ - C. ask the father to hold the child so you can
assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.
2. As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive
another call for a major motor vehicle crash. You should:
A. Place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. Respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
C. Leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
D. Inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once. - ✔✔✔ - B.
respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
3. You are assessing a 70-year-old female who complains of intense thirst, frequent urination,
and dizziness. She has a history of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and
gout. Her blood glucose reads "high." She is conscious, but confused. Her blood pressure is
92/52 mm Hg, her pulse rate is 130 beats/min and weak, and her respirations are 22
breaths/min and shallow. This patient's clinical presentation is MOST consistent with:
A. Diabetic ketoacidosis.
B. Hyperglycemia with moderate dehydration.
C. Acute renal failure with associated hyperglycemia.
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D. hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome. - ✔✔✔ - D. hyperosmolar
hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome.
4. A 13-year-old child is on a home ventilator. The parents called because the mechanical
ventilator is malfunctioning and the child has increasing respiratory distress. You should:
A. disconnect the ventilator and apply a tracheostomy collar.
B. attempt to troubleshoot the mechanical ventilator problem.
C. place a call to the home health agency treating this patient.
D. reset the ventilator by unplugging it for 30 to 60 seconds. - ✔✔✔ - A. disconnect the
ventilator and apply a tracheostomy collar.
5. A 70-year-old male complains of shortness of breath. During your assessment, you note that
he has bilateral hearing aids. When you ask him questions related to his chief complaint, he
does not answer you. You can hear a whistling sound coming from his hearing aids. You
should:
A. recognize that the batteries in his hearing aids are probably depleted.
B. remove his hearing aids, turn up the volume, and replace them in his ears.
C. remove both of his hearing aids and use pencil and paper to communicate.
D. try repositioning the hearing aid or remove it and turn down the volume. - ✔✔✔ - D.
try repositioning the hearing aid or remove it and turn down the volume.
6. Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by doing all
of the following, EXCEPT:
A. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
B. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her response.
D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. - ✔✔✔ - D.
elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
7. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask
him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You
should:
A. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea.
B. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
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D. tell him that you cannot help him unless he answers your questions. - ✔✔✔ - B. allow
him time to think about the question and respond to it.
8. Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
A. English-speaking patients or family members
B. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
C. supervision by advanced life support personnel
D. correct use of complex medical terminology - ✔✔✔ - B. verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques
9. Ethnocentrism is defined as:
A. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and
stress differently.
B. considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with
people of a different culture.
C. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice
when answering a question.
D. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that your
own values are more acceptable. - ✔✔✔ - B. considering your own cultural values to
be more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
10. Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition.
After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you should:
A. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
B. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form. - ✔✔✔ - A.
advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
11. When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:
A. withholding medical history data.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. not disclosing his or her name.
D. using coded medical language. - ✔✔✔ - C. not disclosing his or her name.
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JBL Module 3 Practice Exam 100 Questions With
Correct Detailed Answers New Update
1. A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his
mother's lap. His father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins crying
uncontrollably, which causes the child to start crying. You should:
A. Give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your assessment to
the best of your ability.
B. Attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her child because
this will increase her anxiety.
C. Ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm
the mother.
D. Reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common and that there
is nothing to worry about. - ✔✔✔ - C. ask the father to hold the child so you can
assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.
2. As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive
another call for a major motor vehicle crash. You should:
A. Place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. Respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
C. Leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
D. Inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once. - ✔✔✔ - B.
respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
3. You are assessing a 70-year-old female who complains of intense thirst, frequent urination,
and dizziness. She has a history of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and
gout. Her blood glucose reads "high." She is conscious, but confused. Her blood pressure is
92/52 mm Hg, her pulse rate is 130 beats/min and weak, and her respirations are 22
breaths/min and shallow. This patient's clinical presentation is MOST consistent with:
A. Diabetic ketoacidosis.
B. Hyperglycemia with moderate dehydration.
C. Acute renal failure with associated hyperglycemia.
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D. hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome. - ✔✔✔ - D. hyperosmolar
hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome.
4. A 13-year-old child is on a home ventilator. The parents called because the mechanical
ventilator is malfunctioning and the child has increasing respiratory distress. You should:
A. disconnect the ventilator and apply a tracheostomy collar.
B. attempt to troubleshoot the mechanical ventilator problem.
C. place a call to the home health agency treating this patient.
D. reset the ventilator by unplugging it for 30 to 60 seconds. - ✔✔✔ - A. disconnect the
ventilator and apply a tracheostomy collar.
5. A 70-year-old male complains of shortness of breath. During your assessment, you note that
he has bilateral hearing aids. When you ask him questions related to his chief complaint, he
does not answer you. You can hear a whistling sound coming from his hearing aids. You
should:
A. recognize that the batteries in his hearing aids are probably depleted.
B. remove his hearing aids, turn up the volume, and replace them in his ears.
C. remove both of his hearing aids and use pencil and paper to communicate.
D. try repositioning the hearing aid or remove it and turn down the volume. - ✔✔✔ - D.
try repositioning the hearing aid or remove it and turn down the volume.
6. Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by doing all
of the following, EXCEPT:
A. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
B. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her response.
D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. - ✔✔✔ - D.
elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
7. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask
him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You
should:
A. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea.
B. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
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D. tell him that you cannot help him unless he answers your questions. - ✔✔✔ - B. allow
him time to think about the question and respond to it.
8. Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
A. English-speaking patients or family members
B. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
C. supervision by advanced life support personnel
D. correct use of complex medical terminology - ✔✔✔ - B. verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques
9. Ethnocentrism is defined as:
A. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and
stress differently.
B. considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with
people of a different culture.
C. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice
when answering a question.
D. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that your
own values are more acceptable. - ✔✔✔ - B. considering your own cultural values to
be more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
10. Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition.
After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you should:
A. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
B. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form. - ✔✔✔ - A.
advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
11. When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:
A. withholding medical history data.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. not disclosing his or her name.
D. using coded medical language. - ✔✔✔ - C. not disclosing his or her name.
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