CEN Online Practice Questions and Answers

You are administering a Snellen chart test to a patient. What results would you expect to get if your patient was legally blind?

A. 20/20 vision

B. 20/40 vision

C. 20/60 vision

D. 20/200 vision

What is the accurate procedure for performing a confrontational peripheral vision test?

A. Both examiner and patient cover the same eye and stare at each other while an object is brought into the line of sight.

B. Examiner and patient cover opposite eyes and stare at each other while an object is brought into the line of sight.

C. The patient is asked to discriminate numbers from a chart composed of colored dots.

D. The room is darkened and the patient is asked to identify colored blocks and shapes when they appear in the visual field.

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

A. Notify the physician.

B. Irrigate the eye with cool water.

C. Apply ice to the affected eye.

D. Accompany the patient to the emergency room.

What is the proper technique for opening the airway on a trauma patient?

A. Head tilt-chin lift

B. Flexed position

C. Modified head tilt-chin lift

D. Jaw thrust maneuver

Which of the following would you want to include in an education session to the staff on HIV and AIDS?

A. Newborn infants of HIV positive mothers usually test positive.

B. The hematological system is usually attacked by HIV.

C. With AIDS, T4 cells cannot form protective antibodies due to depleted B cells.

D. T lymphocytes are destroyed because the virus attacks the immune system.

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?

A. Slander

B. Libel

C. Assault

D. Negligence

Your patient has been admitted to the hospital with acute blindness. After many tests are run the physician can find no organic reason for the patient's blindness. You learn that the patient became blind after witnessing a serious car accident where several people were killed. What do you suspect is the cause of the patient's blindness?

A. Psychosis

B. Conversion disorder

C. Dissociative disorder

D. epression

Your patient was brought to the emergency department by the police. He has serious lacerations on both wrists. What would the nurse's first priority be?

A. Examine and treat both wounds.

B. Get a complete history from the patient.

C. Work with the patient to discuss feelings.

D. Give anti-anxiety medication.

You are caring for a patient who had a radical neck dissection. The endotracheal tube has just been removed. Which of the following signs would you want to report to the physician immediately?

A. Stridor

B. Occasional pink-tinged sputum

C. Respiratory rate of 24 breaths a minute

D. Basilar crackles on the right side

Your patient stopped drinking abruptly and now complains of feeling wired and being on pins and needles. What should your next intervention be?

A. Monitor the patient for other symptoms.

B. Determine the time of last drink, and assess the patient for other signs and symptoms of withdrawal.

C. Assess the patient for all current substance use patterns, including time of last usage and withdrawal.

D. Notify the physician to get an order for stimulate medication.