CPNRE (CANADIAN PRACTICAL NURSE REGISTRATION) PREP
EXAM 2025-2026 \\COMPLETE TEST BANK EXAM \LATEST
VERSION WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED ANSWERS \GRADED A+
A 19-year-old with acute b. Administer bronchodilator via nebulizer
asthma has come
into the E.R in acute respiratory Critical Thinking Question: Follow Protocol ABC’s First,
distress. His breath rate is 44 then Nursing Process. In this case, it is an emergency,
breaths/minute. Which of the therefore we follow ABC’s. The patient is experiencing
following interventions an acute asthma attack, we will administer
should the bronchodilator to open up the airway. Once the acute
nurse anticipate first?
phase is over, we can consider the other
interventions.
a. Obtain a complete health
history
b. Administer bronchodilator
via nebulizer
c. Provide emotional support to
the client
d. Apply a cardiac monitor to
the client
Which one of the following d. It is a system of generic infection control practices for all
best describes the concept clients.
of Routine Precautions
(formerly Standard KNOWLEDGE QUESTION--BEST DESCRIPTION—THE
Precautions? OTHER RESPONSES ARE FALSE
a. It is a method of infection
control used only when
the client tests positive
for a
communicable disease.
b. It is a method of
sterilization that is
followed in emergency
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and high-risk clinical
situations.
c. It is a process where
soiled articles are
separated from clean
hospital supplies.
d. It is a system of generic
infection control practices
for all clients.
Mrs. Albiani, 72 years old, c. Crackles
has pneumonia. What
assessment should the KNOWLEDGE QUESTION—HYPERRESONANCE IS
nurse expect to find DUE TO EXCESSIVE AIR ACCUMULATION IN LUNGS.
during auscultation? WHEEZING IS DUE TO NARROWED AIRWAY—WHICH
COULD DEVELOP LATER WITH ILLNESS,
a. Wheezing SECONDARY TO THE BUILD UP OF
b. Tactile fremitus SECRETIONS.
c. Crackles
d. Hyperresonance
What action is best when the
nurse d. Re-check the dosage on the physician’s order sheet.
observes that a client's drug
dosage for an CRITICAL THINKING--Always, Always recheck or verify dosages
antihypertensive that are over the recommendation, or are inaccurate.
medication is twice the AS PER CNO MEDICATION STANDARDS IN COMPENDIUM
recommended dose for
that medication?
a. Take the client's vital
signs before
proceeding with
administration
b. Take the client's blood
pressure every 1-2 hours
c. Check with the client to
determine how long she
has been taking the
medication.
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d. Re-check the dosage on
the physician's order
sheet.
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Mr. Harrison, 29 years old, is b. Encourage him to verbalize his feelings
experiencing anxiety following
a diagnosis of testicular APPLICATION QUESTION--NURSES ARE ABLE TO
cancer. What should the LISTEN ANY EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS, IT IS
nurse do? WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE, THEREFORE, YOU
DO NOT NEED TO REFER THIS BOUT OF ANXIETY
a. Ask him if he is TO SOMEONE ELSE. A—NON- THERAPEUTIC AT
concerned about not THIS TIME.
having children
b. Encourage him to verbalize
his feelings
c. Suggest that he talk to
his significant other.
d. Refer him to a testicular
cancer support group.
Ben is a frail, 18-year-old a. Inject the morphine in the upper abdomen using a ½ inch
client who is in the end needle at 45 degrees.
stages of AIDS. He has
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION—OPEN AREAS ARE
open areas on his upper
LOCATED ON UPPER EXTREMITIES, THEREFORE, DO
and lower extremities. He
NOT USE THOSE SITES, 45 DEGREE ANGLE IS BEST
is
FOR UNDERNOURISHED PATIENTS. HE HAS SEVERE
having severe persistent
PAIN, THEREFORE NEEDS INTERVENTION. A
pain and is due to receive
CONSIDERATION FOR THE FUTURE IS POSSIBLY
morphine sulfate (Morphine)
INVESTIGATING FOR A LONGER RELEASE/DURATION PAIN
10 mg subcutaneously. MEDICATION.
Which of the following
nursing interventions best
applies when the nurse
prepares to administer
morphine to Ben?
a. Inject the morphine in the
upper
abdomen using a ½ inch
needle at 45 degrees.
b. Inject the morphine in
the upper arm using a 1
inch needle at 45
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