Medical Tests Certified Emergency Nurse - CEN FREE EXAM DUMPS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

You are assessing a patient with acute exacerbation of COPD. What would you expect to find on this
assessment?

In which position would a patient with emphysema be able to enhance the effectiveness of breathing?

You are on break in the nursing lounge when a nursing assistant enters to tell you that what she just
heard about the secretary. She then proceeds to tell you that the secretary's husband is a drug addict and
she needs to be watched very carefully on the unit. You ask her what makes her think the secretary might
take drugs, and she states that she heard it from someone else. What legal tort has the nursing assistant
violated?

You are caring for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who has come in with respiratory
distress. The patient takes theophylline (Theo-Dur). A therapeutic level is drawn on the patient. You would
know the patient needs to be educated on complying with medication if the therapeutic is what?

What intervention would you need to take if your patient had a contusion of the eyeball following a
traumatic injury?

A hurricane is coming, and nurses have been activated to open a shelter. What items should the public be
encouraged to bring to the shelter?

You are caring for a patient who complains of sexual dysfunction. The patient was admitted for alcohol
dependence. What education should you provide this patient on sexual dysfunction and alcohol abuse?

You are planning to draw an arterial blood gas from your patient, but you must perform an Allen's test first.
You know that the Allen's test is used to test what?

You have delegated the care of an older patient with hearing loss to a nursing assistant. You tell the
nursing assistant that patients with this diagnosis:

You are caring for a child who will have a tonsillectomy. Which of the following would increase the child's
risk of aspiration during surgery?

You are caring for a patient with hypothermia who is undergoing the rewarming process. What nursing
diagnosis would you want to include in this patient's care plan?