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Test Bank for Medical Surgical Nursing 6th Edition by Ignatavicius
Chapter 10: Concepts of Emergency and Trauma Nursing
Test Bank
1. Which statement made by the nurse would indicate the need for further education?
a. “Common reasons for emergency room admission include headache and fever.”
b. “Some clients use the emergency room as a clinic.”
c. “The emergency room does not provide services to the uninsured.”
d. “The typical emergency room can appear chaotic.”
ANS: C
The emergency room must provide services to any client, regardless of her or his financial status. All the other distractors are true in the emergency room environment.
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
2. Which population would most likely go to the emergency room for treatment of a temperature and a sore throat?
a. Older adults
b. Immunocompromised
c. Pediatric
d. Underinsured
ANS: D
The emergency room serves as an important safety net for clients who are ill or injured but lack access to basic health care. Especially vulnerable populations include the underinsured and uninsured.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 127
OBJ: Learning Outcome 1
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TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
3. Assessment findings reveal that a client has been raped. Which health care team member will be most helpful in planning this client’s care in the emergency room?
a. Emergency medicine physician
b. Case manager
c. Forensic nurse examiner
d. Psychiatric crisis nurse
ANS: C
All the other members of the health care team listed may be used in the management of this client’s care. However, the forensic nurse examiner is educated to obtain client histories and collect evidence dealing with the assault, and can offer the counseling and follow-up needed when dealing with the victim of an assault.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 127
OBJ: Learning Outcome 2
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
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MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Planning)
4. On admission to the emergency department, a client states that he feels like killing himself. When planning this client’s care, it is most important for the nurse to coordinate with which member of the health care team?
a. Case manager
b. Forensic nurse examiner
c. Physician
d. Psychiatric crisis nurse
ANS: D
The psychiatric crisis nurse team interacts with clients and families in crisis. This health care team member can offer valuable expertise to the emergency health care team, which also includes the case manager and physician.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 2
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
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5. When taking the client’s medical history, what is the first question the nurse will ask to reduce the error potential in the emergency room?
a. “What medications do you take?”
b. “What year were you born?”
c. “Who is your contact person?”
d. “Who is your primary health care provider?”
ANS: A
A significant risk for all clients who enter the emergency room is the potential for medical errors or adverse events, especially those associated with medication administration. All the other distractors are questions asked in the assessment of the client, but are not as important as knowing what medications the client is taking.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 3
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Safety and Infection Control) MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Planning)
6. The emergency room nurse is assigned an older adult client who is confused and agitated. Which intervention should be included in the nurse’s plan of care?
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a. Administers a sedative medication
b. Asks a family member to stay with the client
c. Uses a Posey vest to prevent the client from climbing out of the stretcher
d. Places the client in front of the nurses’ station.
ANS: B
Older adults who are confused are at increased risks for falls. Fall prevention includes measures such as siderails up, reorientation, call light in reach and, in some cases, asking the family member, significant other, or sitter to stay with the client to prevent falls.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 3
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Safety and Infection Control) MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Planning)
7. An emergency room nurse is transferring a client to the medical-surgical unit. What is the most important core competency needed in this situation?
a. Assessment
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b. Communication
c. Evaluation
d. Multitasking
ANS: B
The emergency nurse needs to be able to assess, evaluate, and carry out multitasking. However, these competencies have already been carried out in the early phases of the emergency room admission. When a client is ready to be transferred out of the emergency room, though, communication with staff nurses from the inpatient units is essential. This report should be a concise but comprehensive report of the client’s emergency department experience.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 128
OBJ: Learning Outcome 4
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
8. What would the emergency room nurse consider the major purpose of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification?
a. Learning the concepts of multitasking
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b. Becoming an expert in pediatric resuscitation
c. Demonstrating competence in adult emergency situations
d. Demonstrating basic first aid skills
ANS: C
Certification marks successful completion of a particular course of study and nursing specialty. The ACLS course builds on basic cardiac life support (BCLS) content to include special resuscitation situations in the adult population.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 131
OBJ: Learning Outcome 4
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
9. The emergency room nurse is caring for the following clients. Which client does the nurse prioritize to see first?
a. Blood pressure 100/60 mm Hg, right wrist painful and swollen
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b. Complaining of chest pain and diaphoresis
c. Complaining of difficulty swallowing and nausea
d. Respiratory rate of 28/min and temperature of 101° F
ANS: B
A client experiencing chest pain and diaphoresis would be classified as emergent and triaged immediately to a treatment room in the emergency department.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 5
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
10. The nurse needs to triage clients. A client with which complaint would be considered as nonurgent?
a. Chest pain and diaphoresis
b. Decreased breath sounds and coughing up yellow secretions
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c. Left arm fracture
d. Sore throat and a temperature of 102° F
ANS: C
A client in a nonurgent category can tolerate waiting several hours for health care services without a significant risk of clinical deterioration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 5
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
11. A client has been injured in a stabbing incident. The assessment reveals the following data:
Blood pressure: 80/60 mm Hg
Heart rate: 130 beats/min
Respiratory rate: 35/min
Bleeding from stabbing wound site
Client is lethargic
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Based on this assessment data, what would be the most appropriate level trauma center?
a. Level I
b. Level II
c. Level III
d. Level IV
ANS: A
The level I trauma center is able to provide a full continuum of care for all client areas. Level II can provide care to most injured clients, but given the extent of his injuries, a level I center would be better if it is available. Both levels III and IV can stabilize major injuries, but transport to a higher level center is preferred, when possible.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 7
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
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12. The emergency medical technicians (EMTs) arrive at the emergency room with an unresponsive client with an oxygen mask in place. What will the nurse do first?
a. Assesses that the client is breathing adequately
b. Places a large-bore intravenous line
c. Places the client on a cardiac monitor
d. Takes a blood pressure reading
ANS: A
The highest priority intervention in the primary survey is to establish that the client is breathing adequately. Even though this client has an oxygen mask on, he may not be breathing or may be breathing inadequately with the device in place.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 8
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
13. A young man arrives at the emergency department (ED) following a motor vehicle collision. He is not awake and is being bagged with a bag-valve-mask by paramedics. He has sustained obvious injuries to his head and face as well
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as an open right femur fracture that is bleeding profusely. What will the nurse do first?
a. Splint the right lower extremity to decrease blood loss.
b. Apply direct pressure to the open area on the right leg.
c. Assess for a patent airway.
d. Start two large-bore intravenous lines.
ANS: C
The highest priority intervention in the primary survey is to establish a patent airway. Without an adequate airway to supply oxygen to the cells, a cerebral injury could progress to anoxic brain death. After an airway is established, the resuscitation may continue to B for breathing and C for circulation assessment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 9
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
14. When caring for a client who has a history of mental illness, which initial nursing intervention is the most essential?
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a. Administering prescribed antianxiety drugs
b. Decreasing the noise level and harsh lighting
c. Removing phone cords and oxygen tubing from the room
d. Setting firm behavioral limits
ANS: C
The first priority in caring for a mentally ill client is providing a safe environment. All the other interventions can be used in providing a therapeutic environment. However, they are not as imperative as the safety of the client and staff.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 9
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
15. A client with mental illness has just been admitted to the emergency room. Which intervention is important for the nurse to carry out?
a. Ensures that the client has his or her call light
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b. Arranges for transport to a mental health facility
c. Informs the client to stay in bed
d. Reduces noise and harsh light in the room
ANS: D
Until the individual with mental illness can be admitted or transferred to an appropriate psychiatric facility, the emergency nurse strives to create a therapeutic environment using a variety of assessment skills and intervention. De-escalation techniques involve decreasing stimulation in the environment. Once the client is comfortable, the nurse can then establish firm limits.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Implementation)
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Which of the following interventions will be performed during the primary survey for trauma? (Select all that apply.)
a. Removal of wet clothing
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b. Splinting of open fractures
c. Initiating IV fluids
d. Endotracheal intubation
e. Foley catheterization
f. Needle decompression
g. Laceration repair
h. Rectal examination
ANS: A, C, D, F
The primary survey for a trauma client organizes the approach to the client so that life-threatening injuries are rapidly identified and managed. The primary survey is based on the standard mnemonic ABC, with an added D and E: A, airway and cervical spine control; B, breathing; C, circulation; D, disability; E, exposure. After completion of the primary diagnostic studies, laboratory studies, and insertion of gastric and urinary tubes, the secondary survey, a complete head to toe assessment, can be carried out.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 6
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TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Planning)
2. Which traumatic events are classified as penetrating trauma mechanism of injury? (Select all that apply.)
a. Assault with a baseball bat
b. Blast effect from an exploding bomb
c. Gunshot wound
d. Stab wound to the neck
e. Impact injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
ANS: C, D
The mechanism of injury (MOI) describes the manner in which the patient’s traumatic event occurred. Two of the most common injury-producing mechanisms are blunt trauma and penetrating trauma. Penetrating trauma is caused by injury from sharp objects and projectiles. Examples are wounds from knives, ice picks, and other comparable implements, as well as bullets or pellets. Blunt trauma results from impact forces like those sustained in a motor vehicle crash, a fall, and an assault with fists, kicks, or a baseball bat.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: N/A for Application and above
OBJ: Learning Outcome 9
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care)
MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Assessment)
MATCHING
In what sequence would a client go through in the process of admission to disposition in emergency care? Place the following steps in order of priority.
a. Client is transported to the medical-surgical floor
b. Emergency room nurse gives a report on the client
c. Paramedics arrive and start IV access
d. Nurse and other health care provider(s) perform assessment
e. Emergency medical technicians provide oxygen and vital sign monitoring
f. Laboratory technician obtains blood specimens
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1. Emergency medical technicians provide oxygen and vital sign monitoring
2. Paramedics arrive and start IV access
3. Nurse and other health care provider(s) perform assessment
4. Laboratory technician obtains blood specimens
5. Emergency room nurse gives a report on the client
6. Client is transported to the medical-surgical floor
1. ANS: E DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
REF: N/A for Application and above OBJ: Learning Outcome 10
