RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the current recommended dose of intravenous or intraosseous
epinephrine in adult patients with cardiac arrest?
10 mg every 10 minutes
1 mg every 3-5 minutes
1 mg every 7 minutes
0.1 mg every 2 minutes ✔✔ 1 mg every 3-5 minutes
A patient with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is MOST likely to suffer from
what condition? Diabetes mellitus
Cerebral palsy
Diabetes
Insipidus
Myxedema coma ✔✔ Diabetes Insipidus
A patient presents after sustaining a roll-over motor vehicle accident. They
are complaining of pain around the mid-upper back. On your initial triage
assessment, you find that patient has preserved motor function below L5 but
is suffering from a loss of sensory function. The assessment findings are
consistent with:
Posterior cord
syndrome Central cord
syndrome Anterior cord
syndrome
Autonomic syndrome ✔✔ Posterior cord syndrome
A patient arrives with acute onset of central chest pain. The patient is
tachycardic and tachypneic and appears very anxious and restless. What
would be the MOST important initial intervention for this patient?
Obtain
electrocardiogram
Administer
nitroglycerin
Administer oxygen
Obtain venous blood gas ✔✔ IDK, but its not administer nitroglycerin or
obtain electrocardiogram!!
A patient who is 27 weeks pregnant presents with painless bright red vaginal
bleeding. What condition correlates with the presenting symptoms?
Abruptio
placenta
Placenta Previa
Ectopic
pregnancy
Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) ✔✔ Placenta Previa
What is a common assessment finding in a patient with a tension
pneumothorax? Petechial chest rash
, RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Distended neck veins
Equal chest wall
expansion
, RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Flattened neck veins ✔✔ Distended Neck Veins
A patient presents with a two-day history of fever, cough, mild
shortness of breath (SOB), sore throat, myalgia, and new onset of loss
of taste and smell. What is the patient MOST likely suffering from?
Giardia
Microsporidia
COVID 19
Tuberculosis ✔✔ COVID 19
The deficiency of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) can lead to what endocrine
disorders? Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus
Adrenal
Insufficiency
Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH (SIADH) ✔✔ Diabetes Insipidus
A patient presents after an intentional overdose of propranolol
approximately 2 hours ago. The patient has severe hypotension and
bradycardia. IV fluids and vasopressors are initiated. What nursing
assessment findings indicate the treatment has been effective?
Decreasing pulse pressure
Decreasing central venous
pressure Increasing serum
glucose
Increasing serum cortisol ✔✔ Increasing serum glucose
A patient presents with acute onset of chest pain and goes into cardiac
arrest immediately upon arrival. What is a possible reversible cause of
cardiac arrest? Hypervolemia
Alkalosis
Hyperthermia
Tension Pneumothorax ✔✔ Tension Pneumothorax
Which of the following represent categories utilized to triage patients during
a mass casualty incident (MCI)?
Green, orange, black,
purple Green, blue, red,
black Red, black, pink,
yellow
Green, yellow, red, black ✔✔ Green, yellow, red, black
A 22-year old female who is 8 weeks pregnant presents with a sudden onset
of left lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. The patient's family
member stated that she had a syncopal episode shortly after that. What is
the MOST likely diagnosis for her?
Ruptured
, RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
appendix
Placenta previa
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the current recommended dose of intravenous or intraosseous
epinephrine in adult patients with cardiac arrest?
10 mg every 10 minutes
1 mg every 3-5 minutes
1 mg every 7 minutes
0.1 mg every 2 minutes ✔✔ 1 mg every 3-5 minutes
A patient with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is MOST likely to suffer from
what condition? Diabetes mellitus
Cerebral palsy
Diabetes
Insipidus
Myxedema coma ✔✔ Diabetes Insipidus
A patient presents after sustaining a roll-over motor vehicle accident. They
are complaining of pain around the mid-upper back. On your initial triage
assessment, you find that patient has preserved motor function below L5 but
is suffering from a loss of sensory function. The assessment findings are
consistent with:
Posterior cord
syndrome Central cord
syndrome Anterior cord
syndrome
Autonomic syndrome ✔✔ Posterior cord syndrome
A patient arrives with acute onset of central chest pain. The patient is
tachycardic and tachypneic and appears very anxious and restless. What
would be the MOST important initial intervention for this patient?
Obtain
electrocardiogram
Administer
nitroglycerin
Administer oxygen
Obtain venous blood gas ✔✔ IDK, but its not administer nitroglycerin or
obtain electrocardiogram!!
A patient who is 27 weeks pregnant presents with painless bright red vaginal
bleeding. What condition correlates with the presenting symptoms?
Abruptio
placenta
Placenta Previa
Ectopic
pregnancy
Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) ✔✔ Placenta Previa
What is a common assessment finding in a patient with a tension
pneumothorax? Petechial chest rash
, RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Distended neck veins
Equal chest wall
expansion
, RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Flattened neck veins ✔✔ Distended Neck Veins
A patient presents with a two-day history of fever, cough, mild
shortness of breath (SOB), sore throat, myalgia, and new onset of loss
of taste and smell. What is the patient MOST likely suffering from?
Giardia
Microsporidia
COVID 19
Tuberculosis ✔✔ COVID 19
The deficiency of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) can lead to what endocrine
disorders? Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus
Adrenal
Insufficiency
Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH (SIADH) ✔✔ Diabetes Insipidus
A patient presents after an intentional overdose of propranolol
approximately 2 hours ago. The patient has severe hypotension and
bradycardia. IV fluids and vasopressors are initiated. What nursing
assessment findings indicate the treatment has been effective?
Decreasing pulse pressure
Decreasing central venous
pressure Increasing serum
glucose
Increasing serum cortisol ✔✔ Increasing serum glucose
A patient presents with acute onset of chest pain and goes into cardiac
arrest immediately upon arrival. What is a possible reversible cause of
cardiac arrest? Hypervolemia
Alkalosis
Hyperthermia
Tension Pneumothorax ✔✔ Tension Pneumothorax
Which of the following represent categories utilized to triage patients during
a mass casualty incident (MCI)?
Green, orange, black,
purple Green, blue, red,
black Red, black, pink,
yellow
Green, yellow, red, black ✔✔ Green, yellow, red, black
A 22-year old female who is 8 weeks pregnant presents with a sudden onset
of left lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. The patient's family
member stated that she had a syncopal episode shortly after that. What is
the MOST likely diagnosis for her?
Ruptured
, RELIAS ED RN A, EXAM 2022-2024 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
appendix
Placenta previa
