NCM 118 PRELIM 2025/26 QUESTIONS
WITH PASSED SOLUTIONS.
1 of 50
Term
A nurse is assessing a female client with multiple trauma who is at risk
for developing acute respiratory distress syndrome. The nurse assesses for
which earliest sign of ARDS?
bilateral wheezing
inspiratory crackles
intercostal retractions
increased respiratory rate
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, d. increased respiratory rate a. endotracheal suctioning
a. It helps prevent early d. increases heart rate and force of
airway collapse cardiac contraction
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2 of 50
Term
In order to to practice safely and effectively, critical care nurses
never stop
a.Caring
b. Practicing
c. Learning
d. Leading
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a. recovery room b. spirometry
c. collaboration with
c. Learning patients, families and team
members
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3 of 50
,Term
which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that
care is appropriate and based on research?
clinical practice guidelines
computerized physician order entry
consulting witj advanced- practice nurses
implementing national patient safety goals
Give this one a try later!
a. clinical practice guidelines c. critical care nursing
a. holter monitoring d. initiate CPR and call a code
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, 4 of 50
Term
The ER nurse is monitoring a client who received treatment for a
severe asthma attack. The nurse determines that the client's
respiratory status had worsened if which of the following is notes on
the assessment
a.diminished breath sound
b. wheezing during inhalation
c. wheezing during exhalation
d. wheezing throughout the lung fields
Give this one a try later!
a. endotracheal suctioning d. increased respiratory rate
a.diminished breath sound d. initiate CPR and call a code
Don't know?
5 of 50
Term
What is the main purpose of certification for critical care nursing?
a.to assure the consumer that critical care nurses will not make
a mistake
b. to help prepare the critical care nurse for graduate school
WITH PASSED SOLUTIONS.
1 of 50
Term
A nurse is assessing a female client with multiple trauma who is at risk
for developing acute respiratory distress syndrome. The nurse assesses for
which earliest sign of ARDS?
bilateral wheezing
inspiratory crackles
intercostal retractions
increased respiratory rate
Give this one a try later!
, d. increased respiratory rate a. endotracheal suctioning
a. It helps prevent early d. increases heart rate and force of
airway collapse cardiac contraction
Don't know?
2 of 50
Term
In order to to practice safely and effectively, critical care nurses
never stop
a.Caring
b. Practicing
c. Learning
d. Leading
Give this one a try later!
a. recovery room b. spirometry
c. collaboration with
c. Learning patients, families and team
members
Don't know?
3 of 50
,Term
which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that
care is appropriate and based on research?
clinical practice guidelines
computerized physician order entry
consulting witj advanced- practice nurses
implementing national patient safety goals
Give this one a try later!
a. clinical practice guidelines c. critical care nursing
a. holter monitoring d. initiate CPR and call a code
Don't know?
, 4 of 50
Term
The ER nurse is monitoring a client who received treatment for a
severe asthma attack. The nurse determines that the client's
respiratory status had worsened if which of the following is notes on
the assessment
a.diminished breath sound
b. wheezing during inhalation
c. wheezing during exhalation
d. wheezing throughout the lung fields
Give this one a try later!
a. endotracheal suctioning d. increased respiratory rate
a.diminished breath sound d. initiate CPR and call a code
Don't know?
5 of 50
Term
What is the main purpose of certification for critical care nursing?
a.to assure the consumer that critical care nurses will not make
a mistake
b. to help prepare the critical care nurse for graduate school
