CPEN BCEN Timed #1 Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
A 1-year-old presents unconscious and is being ventilated
with a bag-mask device. Ventilation has become
progressively more difficult. Which of the following is the
PRIORITY intervention? - Correct Answer ✅Place padding
under the shoulders.
A patient arrives to the emergency department intubated and
ventilated via a bag-mask device. EMS reports that the
patient fell from a climbing apparatus at school. Upon
assessment, the patient is difficult to ventilate and has
absent breath sounds on the left side. A needle
decompression is performed. The nurse anticipates the
PRIORITY will be to - Correct Answer ✅insert a chest tube.
An infant presents to the emergency department with feeding
intolerance after 3 days of cold-like symptoms. Upon
assessment, the infant is found to have an altered mental
status, sunken fontanels and decreased muscle tone. Vital
signs are as follows:
BP 66/30 mmHgHR 198 beats/minRR 50 breaths/minT (rectal)
97.3˚ F (36.3˚ C)
,CPEN BCEN Timed #1 Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
The nurse would suspect what type of shock? - Correct
Answer ✅distributive
Which of the following requires the MOST emergent
evaluation? - Correct Answer ✅3-year-old whose head is on
father's shoulder with vomiting, pale skin, and tachypnea
Which of the following is the BEST method to assess
adequacy of ventilation during procedural sedation? -
Correct Answer ✅capnography value
An adolescent presents with full- and partial-thickness burns
to his hands and face. He is awake and alert with a hoarse
voice. The PRIORITY intervention is to - Correct Answer
✅prepare for intubation.
Which of the following is the highest PRIORITY for a patient
with heat stroke? - Correct Answer ✅continuous core
temperature monitoring
,CPEN BCEN Timed #1 Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
An adolescent presents after ingesting four tablets of 500-mg
acetaminophen and stating that he "wants to die." The nurse
should anticipate - Correct Answer ✅referral to psychiatric
services.
An unresponsive 2-year-old presents with gurgling
respirations with retractions. The patient's pulse is present at
a rate of 80 beats/min. Which of the following is the PRIORITY
intervention? - Correct Answer ✅Suction the airway.
Which federal regulation ensures that a medical screening
exam is performed to determine if an emergent condition
exists? - Correct Answer ✅Emergency Medical Treatment
and Active Labor Act
Which of the following age groups are preoperational thinkers
and concerned developmentally with initiative versus guilt? -
Correct Answer ✅preschool
Stridor at rest is a normal finding in which of the following
situations? - Correct Answer ✅tracheomalacia
EMS arrives with a 6-year-old who was an improperly
restrained rear-seat passenger in a head-on collision. The
patient complains of diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and is
tachycardic. Which injury should the nurse MOST suspect? -
Correct Answer ✅small bowel injury
The appropriate method of tick removal within 24 hours is to -
Correct Answer ✅pull in a steady slow motion.
A school-aged child with hydrocephalus may present with
which of the following physical findings? - Correct Answer
✅papilledema
An obese adolescent male present with right hip pain and
inability to bear weight. What should the PRIORITY plan of
care be? - Correct Answer ✅surgical intervention
Fluid administration is required after resuscitating a neonate.
The nurse should prepare for administration of a bolus of -
Correct Answer ✅normal saline solution at 10 mL/kg.
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