TNCC ENA 9TH EDITION FINAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is the best position for maintaining an open airway in the obese
patient?
a. Prone
b. Supine
c. Reverse trendelenburg
d. right lateral recumbent. Answer: c. Reverse trendelenburg
◉ An adult patient sustained a knife injury to the neck. The airway is
intact and the patient is hemodynamically stable. they complain of
difficulty swallowing and speaking. What is the most likely cause of
these symptoms.
a. damage to the cervical spine
b. an expanding pneumothorax
c.laceration of the carotid artery
d. injury to the thyroid gland. Answer: a. damage to the cervical spine-
penetrating neck trauma may include concurrent injuries to the cervical
spine and cord, airway. or vascular neck structures. With an intact
airway and hemodynamic stability, the other common concurrent injury
is to the cervical spine.
, ◉ The general impression step in the initail assessment provides the
opportunity to do which of the following?
a. assess for uncontrolled internal hemorrhage
b. accurately triage the patient
c.Reprioritize circulation before airway and breathing
d. activate the trauma team. Answer: c. reprioritize circulation before
airway and breathing
the general impression is formed in the beginning of the primary survey
to rapidly assess the need to reprioritize before airway or breathing. This
is done id uncontolled external hemorrhage is identified.
◉ A trauma nurse cared for a child with devastating burns two weeks
ago. The nurse called in sick for a couple of days and is now back
working on the team. Which of the following behaviors indicate the
nurse is coll.
a. they are talking about taking the emergency nurse certification exam
b. they keep requesting to be assigned to the walk-in ambulatory area
c.they are impaiient and snap at thier coworkers.
d. they are thinking about transferring out of the department. Answer: a.
this is an indication that the nurse is taking positive steps ti advance thier
own practice, a sign of resilience.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is the best position for maintaining an open airway in the obese
patient?
a. Prone
b. Supine
c. Reverse trendelenburg
d. right lateral recumbent. Answer: c. Reverse trendelenburg
◉ An adult patient sustained a knife injury to the neck. The airway is
intact and the patient is hemodynamically stable. they complain of
difficulty swallowing and speaking. What is the most likely cause of
these symptoms.
a. damage to the cervical spine
b. an expanding pneumothorax
c.laceration of the carotid artery
d. injury to the thyroid gland. Answer: a. damage to the cervical spine-
penetrating neck trauma may include concurrent injuries to the cervical
spine and cord, airway. or vascular neck structures. With an intact
airway and hemodynamic stability, the other common concurrent injury
is to the cervical spine.
, ◉ The general impression step in the initail assessment provides the
opportunity to do which of the following?
a. assess for uncontrolled internal hemorrhage
b. accurately triage the patient
c.Reprioritize circulation before airway and breathing
d. activate the trauma team. Answer: c. reprioritize circulation before
airway and breathing
the general impression is formed in the beginning of the primary survey
to rapidly assess the need to reprioritize before airway or breathing. This
is done id uncontolled external hemorrhage is identified.
◉ A trauma nurse cared for a child with devastating burns two weeks
ago. The nurse called in sick for a couple of days and is now back
working on the team. Which of the following behaviors indicate the
nurse is coll.
a. they are talking about taking the emergency nurse certification exam
b. they keep requesting to be assigned to the walk-in ambulatory area
c.they are impaiient and snap at thier coworkers.
d. they are thinking about transferring out of the department. Answer: a.
this is an indication that the nurse is taking positive steps ti advance thier
own practice, a sign of resilience.
