Practice Questions

152. A patient experiences sudden, severe dizziness, vertigo, and nystagmus (involuntary eye movements). What is your critical concern?

A. Benign positional vertigo
B. Stroke or neurological event ✓
C. Migraine
D. Inner ear infection
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151. You are providing oral care to an unconscious patient. What is the critical position to place the patient in to prevent aspiration?

A. Supine
B. High-Fowler's
C. Side-lying or semi-Fowler's with head turned to the side ✓
D. Trendelenburg
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149. You are performing a sterile procedure. You accidentally turn your back to the sterile field. What is the consequence?

A. The sterile field remains sterile
B. The sterile field is contaminated ✓
C. Only the area you turned your back on is contaminated
D. It depends on how long you turned your back
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148. A client in a therapy session reports experiencing significant auditory hallucinations that are distressing and interfere with their daily functioning. What is your critical next step in assessment?

A. Ask them to describe the content of the hallucinations, particularly if they are command hallucinations ✓
B. Tell them the hallucinations are not real
C. Ignore the hallucinations to avoid reinforcing them
D. Suggest they take over-the-counter medication
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147. A patient with a history of alcohol use disorder is admitted with symptoms of withdrawal, including tremors, sweating, and increased heart rate. What is the most appropriate initial medicinal management strategy?

A. Administering opioids for pain
B. Providing large amounts of alcohol to taper
C. Administering benzodiazepines as ordered to manage withdrawal symptoms ✓
D. Giving antibiotics
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146. You are preparing to administer an oral medication. The patient asks, “What is this for?” What is your most appropriate response?

A. "It's a secret. Just take it."
B. "It's for your condition, as prescribed by the doctor. Do you have any concerns?" ✓
C. "I don't know, I just administer what's ordered."
D. "It's to make you feel better."
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145. A patient develops sudden, severe shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis (coughing up blood) after a long flight. You suspect a pulmonary embolism. What is the urgency?

A. Low; can wait for primary care appointment
B. Moderate; monitor at home
C. High; requires immediate emergency medical attention ✓
D. Routine; schedule for elective imaging
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144. A client in a therapy session begins to talk about abstract, philosophical concepts and avoids concrete discussion about their problems. What is the most appropriate therapeutic response?

A. Engage in the philosophical discussion indefinitely
B. Gently bring the conversation back to the client's current concerns and goals ✓
C. Tell them their thoughts are irrelevant
D. Terminate the session due to lack of progress
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143. You are assessing a patient’s pain using a pain scale. The patient is non-verbal. What is the most appropriate pain assessment tool?

A. Numeric rating scale (NRS)
B. Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale or FLACC scale (for non-verbal) ✓
C. Verbal descriptor scale
D. Visual analog scale (VAS)
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