EMERGENCY NURSING 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+

EMERGENCY NURSING 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the definition of resource needs? - ✔✔The number of resources a patient is
expected to consume in order for disposition decision to be reached

✔✔What are questions you should ask to determine if a patient belongs in level 1 of ER
triage? - ✔✔Does this require an immediate airway, medication, or other hemodynamic
intervention?
Does the patient meet any of the following criteria: already intubated, apneic, pulseless,
severe respiratory distress, SpO2 <90%, acute mental status changes, or
unresponsive?
Is the patient breathing?
Does the patient have a pulse?
Is the nurse concerned about a pulse rate, rhythm and quality?
Can I save a life?

✔✔What are the four levels of the AVPU scale? - ✔✔Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive

✔✔What does the AVPU scale assess? - ✔✔Patient's level of consciousness

✔✔What ESI level is a patient in cardiac arrest? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient in respiratory arrest? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient in severe respiratory distress? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient with an SpO2 less than 90%? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a critically injured trauma patient who presents unresponsive? -
✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is an overdose patient with a respiratory rate of 6? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient in severe bradycardia or tachycardia with signs of
hypoperfusion? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a baby that is flaccid? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient with chest pain who is pale, diaphoretic, with a blood
pressure of 70 obtained via palpation? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a hypotensive patient with signs of hypoperfusion? - ✔✔Level 1

, ✔✔What ESI level is a trauma patient who requires immediate crystalloid and colloid
resuscitation? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient who is weak, dizzy, with a heart rate of 30? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a patient having an anaphylactic reaction? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is an unresponsive patient with a strong odor of ETOH? - ✔✔Level 1

✔✔What ESI level is a hypoglycemic patient with a change in mental status? - ✔✔Level
1

✔✔What are immediate life saving interventions that ESI Level 1 patients may need? -
✔✔Airway/breathing
Ventilation
Intubation
Surgical Airway
Emergent CPAP
Emergent BiPAP
Electrical Therapy
Defibrillation
Emergent cardioversion
External pacing

✔✔What are immediate life saving procedures that ESI Level 1 patients may need? -
✔✔Chest needle decompression
Pericardiocentesis
Open thoracotomy
Intraoseous access
Hemodynamics
Significant IV fluid resuscitation
Blood administration
Control of major bleeding
Medications: Naloxone, D50, dopamine, atropine, adenocard

✔✔What questions should you ask to determine if a patient is ESI Level 2? - ✔✔Is this
a high risk situation?
Is the patient confused/lethargic/disoriented?
Is the patient in severe pain/distress?
Does the patient require time sensitive treatment?
or is there a potential major life or organ threat?

✔✔What is a high risk patient? - ✔✔One whose condition could easily deteriorate or a
patient who presents with symptoms suggestive of a condition requiring time sensitive
treatment