CRRN/CRRN TEST 1 (CERTIFICATION TEST) 2025 UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The INITIAL purpose of stump wrapping is to: - (Answer) -aid in venous
return and reduce swelling
What is an important travel tip for people with COPD? - (Answer) -avoid
elevation above 4000 feet unless in a pressurized cabin
What produces esophageal speech? - (Answer) -burping to exert pressure
and produce vibration
What is not included in a patient's occupational history? - (Answer) -past
learning difficulties
Blindness of the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other is
known as: - (Answer) -homonymous hemianopsia
The terms perceived "susceptibility," "perceived threat," and "cues to
action" are important concepts in which nursing theory? - (Answer) -health
belief model
What bladder disorder will MOST likely be present in a patient with a CVA?
- (Answer) -uninhibited neurogenic bladder
What is the legal definition of blindness? - (Answer) -visual field restriction
of up to 20 degrees or central visual acuity in the better eye of no more than
20/200
Pursed lip breathing improves oxygenation because it: - (Answer) -keeps the
alveoli open longer
What is a result of injury to the satiety center? - (Answer) -overeating
,Tardive dyskinesia, associated with the prolonged use of psychotropic
drugs, may be assessed by instructing the patient to: - (Answer) -grimace,
smile, frown, pucker, and chew
With normal capillary perfusion, the color will return within: - (Answer) -3
seconds
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a pt. experiencing
physiological and/or psychosocial disturbances who has recently been
transferred from one environment to another? - (Answer) -encourage pt's
verbalization of feelings
A patient who is unwilling to discuss his disability or to touch or look at his
involved body parts may have a nursing diagnosis of: - (Answer) -body
image disturbance
What is a principle upon which learning depends? - (Answer) -providing for
learner participation
Autonomous areflexic bladder dysfunction occurs when a lesion involves: -
(Answer) -both the motor and sensory components of the sacral segments of
the spinal cord
Reflexogenic erections are possible when which spinal segments are
perserved? - (Answer) -sacral
What is the Barthel Index? - (Answer) -consists of 10 items that measure a
person's daily functioning specifically the activities of daily living and
mobility
, What is a normal finding when assessing the skin of an elderly person? -
(Answer) -decreased subcutaneous fat
What is the premise of the Bobath neurodevelopmental technique? -
(Answer) -pt's learn the sensation of movement, not the movement itself
Sleep deprivation can result in: - (Answer) -psychosis
A patient who presents with drooling or insufficiently chewed food has a
problem in which phase of the swallowing process? - (Answer) -oral
Upon discharge, what is the MOST important learning outcome for the
patient with quadriplegia? - (Answer) -demonstrating knowledge and skills
of self care
Which part of the brain control temperature? - (Answer) -hypothalamus
In order to qualify for SSI, an individual must: - (Answer) -demonstrate
financial need by income level
In the absence of an audiologist, which professionals would formally
evaluate a pt's hearing? - (Answer) -speech therapist
The three point gate consists of: - (Answer) -moving both crutches forward
along with the affected leg and followed by the unaffected leg
What is the most therapeutic position for distribution of body weight over
bony prominences? - (Answer) -prone
ACTUAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The INITIAL purpose of stump wrapping is to: - (Answer) -aid in venous
return and reduce swelling
What is an important travel tip for people with COPD? - (Answer) -avoid
elevation above 4000 feet unless in a pressurized cabin
What produces esophageal speech? - (Answer) -burping to exert pressure
and produce vibration
What is not included in a patient's occupational history? - (Answer) -past
learning difficulties
Blindness of the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other is
known as: - (Answer) -homonymous hemianopsia
The terms perceived "susceptibility," "perceived threat," and "cues to
action" are important concepts in which nursing theory? - (Answer) -health
belief model
What bladder disorder will MOST likely be present in a patient with a CVA?
- (Answer) -uninhibited neurogenic bladder
What is the legal definition of blindness? - (Answer) -visual field restriction
of up to 20 degrees or central visual acuity in the better eye of no more than
20/200
Pursed lip breathing improves oxygenation because it: - (Answer) -keeps the
alveoli open longer
What is a result of injury to the satiety center? - (Answer) -overeating
,Tardive dyskinesia, associated with the prolonged use of psychotropic
drugs, may be assessed by instructing the patient to: - (Answer) -grimace,
smile, frown, pucker, and chew
With normal capillary perfusion, the color will return within: - (Answer) -3
seconds
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a pt. experiencing
physiological and/or psychosocial disturbances who has recently been
transferred from one environment to another? - (Answer) -encourage pt's
verbalization of feelings
A patient who is unwilling to discuss his disability or to touch or look at his
involved body parts may have a nursing diagnosis of: - (Answer) -body
image disturbance
What is a principle upon which learning depends? - (Answer) -providing for
learner participation
Autonomous areflexic bladder dysfunction occurs when a lesion involves: -
(Answer) -both the motor and sensory components of the sacral segments of
the spinal cord
Reflexogenic erections are possible when which spinal segments are
perserved? - (Answer) -sacral
What is the Barthel Index? - (Answer) -consists of 10 items that measure a
person's daily functioning specifically the activities of daily living and
mobility
, What is a normal finding when assessing the skin of an elderly person? -
(Answer) -decreased subcutaneous fat
What is the premise of the Bobath neurodevelopmental technique? -
(Answer) -pt's learn the sensation of movement, not the movement itself
Sleep deprivation can result in: - (Answer) -psychosis
A patient who presents with drooling or insufficiently chewed food has a
problem in which phase of the swallowing process? - (Answer) -oral
Upon discharge, what is the MOST important learning outcome for the
patient with quadriplegia? - (Answer) -demonstrating knowledge and skills
of self care
Which part of the brain control temperature? - (Answer) -hypothalamus
In order to qualify for SSI, an individual must: - (Answer) -demonstrate
financial need by income level
In the absence of an audiologist, which professionals would formally
evaluate a pt's hearing? - (Answer) -speech therapist
The three point gate consists of: - (Answer) -moving both crutches forward
along with the affected leg and followed by the unaffected leg
What is the most therapeutic position for distribution of body weight over
bony prominences? - (Answer) -prone
