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NUR 150- EMERGENCY NURSING 2025| BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE
PACK| ACE YOUR GRADES.
A pt. with smallpox dies. How should their body be disposed? -
(answers)Cremation; virus can live in scabs for up to 15 yr
Edema, pruritus, and a 2 mm ulcerated vesicle are characteristic of? -
(answers)CUTANEOUS anthrax
If a chemical exposure occurs in a public place, what do you recommend people
do? - (answers)Stand up! Chemical will sink to floor.
A nurse hears that a bioterrorism attack occurred in her neighborhood; what
should she do? - (answers)Report to the local hospital for directions
Once a tag is placed on a pt, can it be removed for assessment? - (answers)NO.
Never remove the tag once it's there.
Several gang members are injured and are brought to the ER, where one gang
member points a gun at a rival gang member. Should the nurse intervene? -
(answers)No. Get out of the way and protect self. Nurses are not required to be
injured in the line of duty.
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What is our ultimate goal while performing triage nursing in an emergency
situation? - (answers)Do the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of
individuals
Resources are limited
Minor injuries that can be treated with first aid? - (answers)GREEN
Injuries that require medical treatment, but are NOT life threatening and could be
prolonged for hours or days if necessary? - (answers)YELLOW
Life threatening injuries that require rapid treatment? - (answers)RED
Injuries where the pt. has little to no chance of survival, even with treatment? -
(answers)BLACK
Pt. is breathing OVER 30 breaths/minute; label them? - (answers)RED! This is
shock and requires immediate care.
Pt. is breathing UNDER 30 breaths/minute; label them? - (answers)Depends; no
breaths = dead (BLACK)
Step 1 in the SALT routine is? - (answers)Sorting
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Three levels of sorting: - (answers)Walk; wave; still
You identify yourself and ask the pt. to walk to you and they do; they are
assessed? - (answers)THIRD (3rd)
You identify yourself and ask the pt. to walk to you and they WAVE; they are
assessed? - (answers)SECOND (2nd)
You identify yourself and ask the pt. to walk to you and they neither walk nor
wave; they are assessed? - (answers)FIRST (1st)
Step 2 in the SALT routine is? - (answers)Assess
Once you determine whether your pt. is breathing or not, what are the four (4)
things you look for? - (answers)1) Obeys commands or makes purposeful
movement?
2) Has peripheral pulse?
3) Not in respiratory distress?
4) Major hemorrhage controlled?
Your pt. has a major hemorrhage; this rules out? - (answers)GREEN and YELLOW
Your pt. does NOT have peripheral pulses; this rules out? - (answers)GREEN and
YELLOW
NUR 150- EMERGENCY NURSING 2025| BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE
PACK| ACE YOUR GRADES.
A pt. with smallpox dies. How should their body be disposed? -
(answers)Cremation; virus can live in scabs for up to 15 yr
Edema, pruritus, and a 2 mm ulcerated vesicle are characteristic of? -
(answers)CUTANEOUS anthrax
If a chemical exposure occurs in a public place, what do you recommend people
do? - (answers)Stand up! Chemical will sink to floor.
A nurse hears that a bioterrorism attack occurred in her neighborhood; what
should she do? - (answers)Report to the local hospital for directions
Once a tag is placed on a pt, can it be removed for assessment? - (answers)NO.
Never remove the tag once it's there.
Several gang members are injured and are brought to the ER, where one gang
member points a gun at a rival gang member. Should the nurse intervene? -
(answers)No. Get out of the way and protect self. Nurses are not required to be
injured in the line of duty.
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What is our ultimate goal while performing triage nursing in an emergency
situation? - (answers)Do the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of
individuals
Resources are limited
Minor injuries that can be treated with first aid? - (answers)GREEN
Injuries that require medical treatment, but are NOT life threatening and could be
prolonged for hours or days if necessary? - (answers)YELLOW
Life threatening injuries that require rapid treatment? - (answers)RED
Injuries where the pt. has little to no chance of survival, even with treatment? -
(answers)BLACK
Pt. is breathing OVER 30 breaths/minute; label them? - (answers)RED! This is
shock and requires immediate care.
Pt. is breathing UNDER 30 breaths/minute; label them? - (answers)Depends; no
breaths = dead (BLACK)
Step 1 in the SALT routine is? - (answers)Sorting
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Three levels of sorting: - (answers)Walk; wave; still
You identify yourself and ask the pt. to walk to you and they do; they are
assessed? - (answers)THIRD (3rd)
You identify yourself and ask the pt. to walk to you and they WAVE; they are
assessed? - (answers)SECOND (2nd)
You identify yourself and ask the pt. to walk to you and they neither walk nor
wave; they are assessed? - (answers)FIRST (1st)
Step 2 in the SALT routine is? - (answers)Assess
Once you determine whether your pt. is breathing or not, what are the four (4)
things you look for? - (answers)1) Obeys commands or makes purposeful
movement?
2) Has peripheral pulse?
3) Not in respiratory distress?
4) Major hemorrhage controlled?
Your pt. has a major hemorrhage; this rules out? - (answers)GREEN and YELLOW
Your pt. does NOT have peripheral pulses; this rules out? - (answers)GREEN and
YELLOW
