Free BCEN BCEN-CEN Exam Questions

There are several types of isolation precautions when caring for a patient with an infectious disease. All of the following require airborne precautions EXCEPT?

EMS calls with a 23yearold male patient who was just in a three car MVC and had driver side impact. They report the patient's air bags did not deploy. The patient was not wearing his seatbelt. The patient arrives to the ER and during the exam you auscultate decreased breath sounds on the right side, bowel sounds in the middle of the chest and that the patient is dyspneic. The findings are consistent with:

Mrs. F, 86, is brought into the ED by her daughter with reports of dull abdominal pain x 3 days. She states she has had "thin" stools for the 3 days before the onset of her abdominal pain. She has not been passing much flatus in the last three days. She states she feels weaker and more lethargic. An IV is established, O2 and cardiac monitor are placed. Labs have been sent. Her bowel sounds are absent. The nurse should suspect:

Patients with any form of hepatitis should be instructed to do all of the following EXCEPT:

If shock is left untreated, the body's natural compensatory mechanisms will begin to fail, causing decreased blood flow. Which of the following blood tests can one obtain to evaluate for organ injury?