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Question 1 of 5

What is a statutory duty of an employee?

A. Ensuring that equipment is available for regular use.

B. Ensuring that equipment is used and maintained safely.

C. Ensuring that colleagues are wearing adequate PPE.

D. Ensuring that colleagues take adequate breaks.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Ensuring that equipment is used and maintained safely.

Question 2 of 5

A 42-year-old man is trapped beneath his overturned tractor for hours. He is unconscious and shows no movement in his lower extremities. The most likely cause for this finding is:

A. An epidural hematoma

B. A pelvic fracture

C. Central cord syndrome

D. Intracerebral hemorrhage

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Central cord syndrome

Question 3 of 5

The patient has presented to the ambulatory surgery center to have a colonoscopy. The patient is scheduled to receive moderate sedation (conscious sedation) during the procedure. How will the nurse interpret this information?

A. The procedure results in loss of sensation in an area of the body.

B. The procedure requires a depressed level of consciousness.

C. The procedure will be performed on an outpatient basis.

D. The procedure necessitates the patient to be immobile.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The procedure requires a depressed level of consciousness.

Question 4 of 5

Your adult patient is showing signs and symptoms of being severely hyperkalemic. Medical control recommends the administration of a high-dose nebulized albuterol treatment as well as calcium chloride. Why is high-dose albuterol being recommended for this patient?

A. To improve the patient's ventilatory status

B. To assist with metabolic acidosis

C. To increase the amount of available calcium at the cellular level

D. To help lower dangerous potassium levels

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: To help lower dangerous potassium levels

Question 5 of 5

The nurse is measuring the client's urine output and straining the urine to assess for stones. Which of the following should the nurse record as objective data?

A. The client reports abdominal pain

B. The client's urine output was 450 ML

C. The client states, 'I didn't see any stones in my urine.'

D. The client states, 'I feel like I have passed a stone.'

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The client's urine output was 450 ML

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