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N3 exam 2 practice questions


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 A hospital responds to a local mass casualty event. Which action
should the nurse supervisor take to prevent staff post-traumatic stress
disorder during a mass casualty event?
a. Provide water and healthy snacks for energy throughout the event.
b. Schedule 16-hour shifts to allow for greater rest between shifts.
c. Encourage counseling upon deactivation of the emergency response
plan.
d. Assign staff to different roles and units within the medical facility.


 A client who is hospitalized with burns after losing the family home in
a fire becomes angry and screams at a nurse when dinner is served
late. How should the nurse respond?
a. Do you need something for pain right now?
b. Please stop yelling. I brought dinner as soon as I could.
c. I suggest that you get control of yourself.
d. You seem upset. I have time to talk if you’d like.


 A nurse is field-triaging clients after an industrial accident. Which
client condition should the nurse triage with a red tag?
a. Dislocated right hip and an open fracture of the right lower leg
b. Large contusion to the forehead and a bloody nose
c. Closed fracture of the right clavicle and arm numbness
d. Multiple fractured ribs and shortness of breath


 An emergency department (ED) charge nurse prepares to receive
clients from a mass casualty within the community. What is the role of
this nurse during the event?
a. Ask ED staff to discharge clients from the medical-surgical units in
order to make room for critically injured victims.
b. Call additional medical-surgical and critical care nursing staff to
come to the hospital to assist when victims are brought in.
c. Inform the incident commander at the mass casualty scene about
how many victims may be handled by the ED.
d. Direct medical-surgical and critical care nurses to assist with clients
currently in the ED while emergency staff prepare to receive the mass
casualty victims.




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 The hospital administration arranges for critical incident stress
debriefing for the staff after a mass casualty incident. Which statement
by the debriefing team leader is most appropriate for this situation?
a. You are free to express your feelings; whatever is said here stays
here.
b. Lets evaluate what went wrong and develop policies for future
incidents.
c. This session is only for nursing and medical staff, not for ancillary
personnel.
d. Lets pass around the written policy compliance form for everyone.

 A nurse is caring for a client whose wife died in a recent mass
casualty accident. The client says, I cant believe that my wife is gone
and I am left to raise my children all by myself. How should the nurse
respond?
a. Please accept my sympathies for your loss.
b. I can call the hospital chaplain if you wish.
c. You sound anxious about being a single parent.
d. At least your children still have you in their lives.
 A nurse cares for clients during a community-wide disaster drill. Once of the
clients asks, Why are the individuals with black tags not receiving any care?
How should the nurse respond?
a. To do the greatest good for the greatest number of people, it is necessary
to sacrifice some.
b. Not everyone will survive a disaster, so it is best to identify those people
early and move on.
c. In a disaster, extensive resources are not used for one person at the
expense of many others.
d. With black tags, volunteers can identify those who are dying and can give
them comfort care.

 A nurse wants to become part of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team
(DMAT) but is concerned about maintaining licensure in several different
states. Which statement best addresses these concerns?
a. Deployed DMAT providers are federal employees, so their licenses are
good in all 50 states.
b. The government has a program for quick licensure activation wherever
you are deployed.
c. During a time of crisis, licensure issues would not be the governments
priority concern.




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d. If you are deployed, you will be issued a temporary license in the state in
which you are working.


 After a hospitals emergency department (ED) has efficiently triaged, treated,
and transferred clients from a community disaster to appropriate units, the
hospital incident command officer wants to stand down from the emergency
plan. Which question should the nursing supervisor ask at this time?
a. Are you sure no more victims are coming into the ED?
b. Do all areas of the hospital have the supplies and personnel they need?
c. Have all ED staff had the chance to eat and rest recently?
d. Does the Chief Medical Officer agree this disaster is under control?

 A family in the emergency department is overwhelmed at the loss of several
family members due to a shooting incident in the community. Which
intervention should the nurse complete first?
a. Provide a calm location for the family to cope and discuss needs.
b. Call the hospital chaplain to stay with the family and pray for the
deceased.
c. Do not allow visiting of the victims until the bodies are prepared.
d. Provide privacy for law enforcement to interview the family.

 An emergency department charge nurse notes an increase in sick calls and
bickering among the staff after a week with multiple trauma incidents.
Which action should the nurse take?
a. Organize a pizza party for each shift.
b. Remind the staff of the facilitys sick-leave policy.
c. Arrange for critical incident stress debriefing.
d. Talk individually with staff members.

 A hospital prepares to receive large numbers of casualties from a community
disaster. Which clients should the nurse identify as appropriate for discharge
or transfer to another facility? (Select all that apply.)
a. Older adult in the medical decision unit for evaluation of chest pain
b. Client who had open reduction and internal fixation of a femur fracture 3
days ago
c. Client admitted last night with community-acquired pneumonia
d. Infant who has a fever of unknown origin
e. Client on the medical unit for wound care




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