CEN Practice Exam (Certified Emergency Nurse) - Question List

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26.

Which of the following would be associated with detached retina?

  1. Pain in the affected eye
  2. Total loss of vision
  3. Feeling like a curtain had fallen over their eyes
  4. Yellow discoloration of the scleroses
27. What intervention would you need to take if your patient had a contusion of the eyeball following a traumatic injury?
  1. Notify the physician.
  2. Irrigate the eye with cool water.
  3. Apply ice to the affected eye.
  4. Accompany the patient to the emergency room.
28. What nursing action would the nurse take when caring for a patient with enucleation with bright red drainage?
  1. Notify the physician.
  2. Continue to monitor the drainage.
  3. Document the finding.
  4. Mark the drainage on the dressing.
29. You are completing a hearing screening on a patient. You note that the sound lateralizes to the patient’s left ear during a Weber test. What does this finding indicate?
  1. A normal finding
  2. Conductive hearing loss in the right ear
  3. Sensorineural or conductive loss
  4. Presence of nystagmus
30. When caring for a hearing impaired patient what approach will facilitate communication?
  1. Speak frequently.
  2. Speak loudly.
  3. Speak directly into the impaired ear.
  4. Speak in a normal tone.

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