Free BCEN BCEN-TCRN Exam Questions

The nurse is caring for a patient with a compression injury to the thoracic cavity. The patient is intubated and sedated. On assessment, the patient has a heart rate of 119 beats per minute, the oxygen saturation reading is 91%, skin has a pallor, breathing is 18 breaths over the ventilator-setting rate of 12, the peak airway pressures are increasing, and crackles are auscultated throughout both lung fields. What diagnosis is most reflective of this patient’s presentation?

There are different levels of responders to disaster situations. At what level are hospitals and receiving facilities categorized?

Following a motor vehicle collision, the patient and spouse come to the emergency room after suffering a brief loss of consciousness post airbag deployment. The CT of the head was unremarkable. The nurse provided discharge instructions to the patient and the patient’s spouse. What symptom would not be considered a reason to return to the emergency room?

Ms. Carrington slipped and fell while at home. She attempted to brace herself for the fall and fractured the shaft of her radius. Which of the following injuries is least associated with radial fractures?

A 23-year-old male patient comes in after a nuclear explosion. He is unresponsive and agonal breathing. What would be the caregiver’s first priority be in the care of this particular situation?