RELIAS ED RN Exam Questions
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What staff member would you ask to accompany you when transporting an intubated
patient to imaging for a CT?
Lift team
Respiratory therapist
Physician's assistant
Nursing assistant ✔✔ RT
An elderly patient is brought in with new onset of confusion and gradual onset of
headache in the last 48hours. The patient states that they had a fall 3 days ago. Based
on the history and presenting complaints, what diagnostic test do you anticipate the
provider to order?
MRI of the brain
Complete Blood Count
Finger stick blood sugar
CT scan of the brain ✔✔ CT scan of the brain
A patient arrives with suspected appendicitis. What action, if observed, would require
additional training for the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
The UAP offers the patient a ginger ale.
The UAP allows the patient to move to a position of comfort
The UAP helps the patient with a bedpan.
,The UAP reminds the patient to stay in bed. ✔✔ The UAP offers the patient a ginger
ale.
What laboratory value would you monitor closely if your patient is vomiting coffee-
ground emesis? White blood cells
Serum potasgium
Arterial Blood Gas
Hemoglobin ✔✔ Hemoglobin
A patient who is 32 weeks pregnant presents with a three-day history of headache and
significant swelling of the lower extremities and face. The patient's vital signs are BP:
160/90, HR: 105/min, RR:19/min, Spo2: 94% on RA, Temp: 97.3 F. What medication do
you anticipate the provider to order FIRST?
Furosemide (Lasix)
Magnesium Sulfate
Labetalol (Trandate)
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) ✔✔ Magnesium Sulfate
You are caring for a patient who has a history of alcohol use and seizures. You
suddenly notice the patient becoming diaphoretic, anxious, tachycardic, and has
clammy skin. What would you do NEXT?
Check their blood glucose
Turn them on their side
Auscultate their lungs
Administer propranolol ✔✔ Check their blood glucose
, A patient who is 24 weeks pregnant presents with fever and right upper quadrant pain.
The patient states that the pain is radiating to the right shoulder blade, and started an
hour after having a pizza for lunch. She is tachycardic, tachypneic, and diaphoretic on
the initial triage assessment. What is the MOST likely diagnosis for this patient?
Pericarditis
Cholecystitis
Diverticulitis
Pancreatitis ✔✔ Cholecystitis
A patient presents after falling from a height and fracturing their right tibia and fibula.
What symptom would be reported to the provider IMMEDIATELY?
Bounding pulse
Warm extremity
Paresthesia of the foot
Capillary refill pf toes <2 sec ✔✔ Paresthesia of the foot
You are assisting a novice nurse with a blood draw. You observe the nurse draw the
blood, place the specimen tubes in a biohazard bag, and leave the room with the
unlabeled specimen tubes. What would you do NEXT?
Don't confront the nurse, go redraw the labs and label at the bedside.
Do nothing because they can label them anywhere.
Report them to your supervisor.
Re-educate the nurse, then redraw thexabs, use patient identifiers and label at the
bedside. ✔✔ Re-educate
What is the critical goal time from arrival to the ED to CT brain scan based on the
American Heart Association stroke recommendations?
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What staff member would you ask to accompany you when transporting an intubated
patient to imaging for a CT?
Lift team
Respiratory therapist
Physician's assistant
Nursing assistant ✔✔ RT
An elderly patient is brought in with new onset of confusion and gradual onset of
headache in the last 48hours. The patient states that they had a fall 3 days ago. Based
on the history and presenting complaints, what diagnostic test do you anticipate the
provider to order?
MRI of the brain
Complete Blood Count
Finger stick blood sugar
CT scan of the brain ✔✔ CT scan of the brain
A patient arrives with suspected appendicitis. What action, if observed, would require
additional training for the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
The UAP offers the patient a ginger ale.
The UAP allows the patient to move to a position of comfort
The UAP helps the patient with a bedpan.
,The UAP reminds the patient to stay in bed. ✔✔ The UAP offers the patient a ginger
ale.
What laboratory value would you monitor closely if your patient is vomiting coffee-
ground emesis? White blood cells
Serum potasgium
Arterial Blood Gas
Hemoglobin ✔✔ Hemoglobin
A patient who is 32 weeks pregnant presents with a three-day history of headache and
significant swelling of the lower extremities and face. The patient's vital signs are BP:
160/90, HR: 105/min, RR:19/min, Spo2: 94% on RA, Temp: 97.3 F. What medication do
you anticipate the provider to order FIRST?
Furosemide (Lasix)
Magnesium Sulfate
Labetalol (Trandate)
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) ✔✔ Magnesium Sulfate
You are caring for a patient who has a history of alcohol use and seizures. You
suddenly notice the patient becoming diaphoretic, anxious, tachycardic, and has
clammy skin. What would you do NEXT?
Check their blood glucose
Turn them on their side
Auscultate their lungs
Administer propranolol ✔✔ Check their blood glucose
, A patient who is 24 weeks pregnant presents with fever and right upper quadrant pain.
The patient states that the pain is radiating to the right shoulder blade, and started an
hour after having a pizza for lunch. She is tachycardic, tachypneic, and diaphoretic on
the initial triage assessment. What is the MOST likely diagnosis for this patient?
Pericarditis
Cholecystitis
Diverticulitis
Pancreatitis ✔✔ Cholecystitis
A patient presents after falling from a height and fracturing their right tibia and fibula.
What symptom would be reported to the provider IMMEDIATELY?
Bounding pulse
Warm extremity
Paresthesia of the foot
Capillary refill pf toes <2 sec ✔✔ Paresthesia of the foot
You are assisting a novice nurse with a blood draw. You observe the nurse draw the
blood, place the specimen tubes in a biohazard bag, and leave the room with the
unlabeled specimen tubes. What would you do NEXT?
Don't confront the nurse, go redraw the labs and label at the bedside.
Do nothing because they can label them anywhere.
Report them to your supervisor.
Re-educate the nurse, then redraw thexabs, use patient identifiers and label at the
bedside. ✔✔ Re-educate
What is the critical goal time from arrival to the ED to CT brain scan based on the
American Heart Association stroke recommendations?
