Relias ED RN A EXAM QUESTION WITH
CORRECT ANSWER RECENTLY
UPDATED BY AN EXPERT 2024/2025.
1. Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally come off and you are
preparing to place a new one. You have a slit drain sponge, 4 x 4 gauzes, tape,
scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do you need? - Correct answer
Petrolatum gauze
2. You want to implement the new evidence-based practice guidelines in managing
patients to prevent falls on your unit. What provides the STRONGEST evidence
for interventions? - Correct answer Systematic reviews
3. Upon triage of a patient, they state that they have suicidal ideation with intent.
What would you do NEXT? - Correct answer Institute suicide precautions.
4. Which of the following wounds has the highest risk for developing osteomyelitis?
- Correct answer Puncture wound from stepping on a rusty nail
5. What type of diet would a patient with diverticulitis follow? - Correct answer High
fiber diet
6. Answer is NOT high residual diet
7. An elderly patient is brought in with new onset of confusion and gradual onset of
headache in the last 48 hours. 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? - Correct answer CT scan of the brain
8. What medication is used in reversing the effects of opioid overdose? - Correct
answer Naloxone (Narcan®)
9. What are you MOST likely to see during your initial assessment of a patient with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? - Correct answer Pursed lip
breathing
10.Under what circumstances can the hospital transfer an unstable patient to
another facility and maintain compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment
and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)? - Correct answer The necessary treatment is
not available at the current hospital.
11.The life-threatening and rare complication of hypothyroidism is known as: -
Correct answer Myxedema coma
