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EMERGENCY NURSING ORIENTATION 3.0: MANAGEMENT OF THE CRITICAL CARE PATIENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - ENA-ENO-C11 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED 2024/2025 In a patient admitted with sepsis, the nurse should expect which laboratory finding? Elevated liver enzyme levels A patient in the emergency department is started on permissive hypercapnia. The physician orders arterial blood gas analysis on this patient. Which arterial blood gas finding should you expect? pH of 7.2...

NSCI 175 Exam 1 – quizzes Questions with complete Answers 2023 Why are a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required for understanding the brain? A. Understanding the brain requires the analysis of one approach at a time to yield a new synthesis. B. Understanding the brain is a focused area in natural science with the brain serving as the common point of focus. C. Understanding the brain requires knowledge about many things, from the structure of the water molecule t...

A peripheral smear with increased polychromasia, schistocytes and spherocytes is indicative of which condition? A. Aplastic anemia B. Iron deficiency anemia C. Hemolytic anemia D. Megaloblastic anemia - correct answer C. Hemolytic anemia Megaloblastic anemia would show larger, less mature RBCs on the smear. Iron deficiency anemia would show hypochromasia, and a lower RBC count. Aplastic anemia would show very little amounts of mature RBCs on the smear Hemolytic anemia results in miss...

CEN Professional Issues correctly answered to passThe ENA Code of Ethics expects the emergency nurse to do all of the following EXCEPT: a. Maintain accountability for individual practice b. Act to protect the patient from incompetent or illegal practice c. Work to improve access to health care for all d. Complete all required tasks for every patient - correct answer D. An integral part of being an effective ED nurse is knowing what tasks can or should be delegated to other roles. The ED ...

Chapter 71. What is action potential (AP)? - correct answer the form of electrical signals called action potentials (AP), which are rapid changes in membrane potential during which the inside of the cell becomes positively charged. (-100mV) From the negative to the positive. 1. Where does an AP originate and travel to? - correct answer Originates in the axon hillock and travels to the axon terminal. 2. Define leak channels and their locations. - correct answer • Always open (non-gated) ...

CEN Professional Issues The ENA Code of Ethics expects the emergency nurse to do all of the following EXCEPT: a. Maintain accountability for individual practice b. Act to protect the patient from incompetent or illegal practice c. Work to improve access to health care for all d. Complete all required tasks for every patient - D. An integral part of being an effective ED nurse is knowing what tasks can or should be delegated to other roles. The ED nurse should not expect to perform all...

Evidence Based Practice Exam Questions with Correct Solutionss Professional nursing organizations review clinical practice guidelines to ensure that interventions are recommended for safe practice. Which group is an example of an organization that would be responsible for publishing that information? The Institute for Emergency Nursing Research (IENR) The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA, n.d.a) Putting Evidence into Practice (PEP) The American Nurses Association (ANA) - Ans: The Inst...

The ENA Code of Ethics expects the emergency nurse to do all of the following EXCEPT: a. Maintain accountability for individual practice b. Act to protect the patient from incompetent or illegal practice c. Work to improve access to health care for all d. Complete all required tasks for every patient D. An integral part of being an effective ED nurse is knowing what tasks can or should be delegated to other roles. The ED nurse should not expect to perform all tasks for every patient but should k...

NURS 2115 Exam 1 Study Guide Ch. 14, 62, 72 Questions with Answers 1. Primary survey: you must know A-G assessment and interventions • A: airway and alertness/c-spine stabilization o Alertness assessment: ▪ AVPU method: A: alert V: responds to voice P: responds to pain U: unresponsive o Airway assessment: ▪ Assess for partial or complete obstruction, we need to know whether their airway is effective or ineffective ▪ Assess for hypoxia, brain damage, hypercarbia, respirator...

When assessing a patient on mechanical ventilation, you discover absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation. Which complication of mechanical ventilation should you suspect? A. Pneumonia B. Oxygen toxicity C. Auto-positive end-expiratory pressure D. Tension pneumothorax - Answer D A patient is receiving pressure-controlled, volume variable mechanical ventilation. What is a disadvantage of this type of mechanical ventilation? A. The distending pressure of the lungs i...