HEALTHSTREAM POST TEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 FOR BETTER GUIDANCE
Terms in this set (35)
The priority intervention for fluid replacement.
diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is:
What is the sign that a pressure Discoloration
ulcer is beginning to develop
A 72-year-old female patient
presents to the Emergency
Department reporting substernal
chest pain that she describes as
"ripping"; it radiates into her
back and is
associated with cough and
shortness of breath. Her blood
pressure is 150/90 and her heart
rate is 110. The emergency nurse
anticipates administering:
What is the priority when Airway
assessing a patient with
dysphagia who has
experienced a cerebrovascular
accident (CVA)?
An oral dose of 0.25 mg of an 2
inotropic antidysrhythmic
medication is ordered. This
medication is available as 0.125
mg per
tablet. How many tablets
should be administered?
Nurses should tell patients who are
receiving ophthalmic medications
that they will possibly experience:
, Which emergency medication may Epinephrine
cause cerebral hemorrhage?
A practitioner's order 2
prescribes levothyroxine
0.05 mg po daily. The
available medication is
levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What
will the nurse administer?
Patients who have advance directives true
may receive pain medication when it
is needed.
What should be the nurse's first action to
aid a near-drowning victim
A patient with COPD requires This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.
oxygen
therapy via nasal cannula. In order
to help reduce anxiety in this
patient, the nurse
should tell her:
When patient information is o-
unavailable in an emergency,
which blood type can be given
immediately?
Paramedics transported a 50- Hydroxocobalamin
year-old female patient from a
house fire to the Emergency
Department without any
obvious burns. She is covered in
soot, coughing, and reporting
nausea and anxiety. The
emergency department provider
plans to treat the patient for
possible cyanide poisoning. In
addition to oxygen, what
medication should the nurse
anticipate administering?
Which of the following is a side effect of
atropine?
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
administered for anginal
attacks because it causes
When a patient is admitted into the Immobilize the cervical spine.
emergency room with a suspected
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 FOR BETTER GUIDANCE
Terms in this set (35)
The priority intervention for fluid replacement.
diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is:
What is the sign that a pressure Discoloration
ulcer is beginning to develop
A 72-year-old female patient
presents to the Emergency
Department reporting substernal
chest pain that she describes as
"ripping"; it radiates into her
back and is
associated with cough and
shortness of breath. Her blood
pressure is 150/90 and her heart
rate is 110. The emergency nurse
anticipates administering:
What is the priority when Airway
assessing a patient with
dysphagia who has
experienced a cerebrovascular
accident (CVA)?
An oral dose of 0.25 mg of an 2
inotropic antidysrhythmic
medication is ordered. This
medication is available as 0.125
mg per
tablet. How many tablets
should be administered?
Nurses should tell patients who are
receiving ophthalmic medications
that they will possibly experience:
, Which emergency medication may Epinephrine
cause cerebral hemorrhage?
A practitioner's order 2
prescribes levothyroxine
0.05 mg po daily. The
available medication is
levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What
will the nurse administer?
Patients who have advance directives true
may receive pain medication when it
is needed.
What should be the nurse's first action to
aid a near-drowning victim
A patient with COPD requires This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.
oxygen
therapy via nasal cannula. In order
to help reduce anxiety in this
patient, the nurse
should tell her:
When patient information is o-
unavailable in an emergency,
which blood type can be given
immediately?
Paramedics transported a 50- Hydroxocobalamin
year-old female patient from a
house fire to the Emergency
Department without any
obvious burns. She is covered in
soot, coughing, and reporting
nausea and anxiety. The
emergency department provider
plans to treat the patient for
possible cyanide poisoning. In
addition to oxygen, what
medication should the nurse
anticipate administering?
Which of the following is a side effect of
atropine?
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
administered for anginal
attacks because it causes
When a patient is admitted into the Immobilize the cervical spine.
emergency room with a suspected
