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ENPC EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
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A caregiver presents to the emergency department with an 18- month-old and reports the child is not using their left arm after playing a game with an older sibling. The child is alert and curious, with regular, even respirations, and skin color is appropriate. Using the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT), how would you categorize this patient?
- Sicker
- Sickest
- Stable
- Sick - ANSWER-D. Sick
An 8-year-old male presents to the emergency department with incoherent speech, hallucinations, and violent behavior. What is the priority in caring for this patient?
- Administer antipsychotic medications
- Evaluate laboratory values 1 / 4
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- Allow family and friend visitation
- Ensure safety of the patient and staff - ANSWER-D. Ensure
safety of the patient and staff
A 2-year-old child is seen with acute respiratory distress after playing alone. Caregiver statements indicate the child was found playing with irregular, ½ - ¾ inch sized pieces of a game. Which of the following assessment findings would most likely be expected for this situation?
- Audible wheezing and retractions
- Inspiratory stridor and coughing
- Grunting respirations and tachypnea
- Quiet tachypnea and coarse crackles - ANSWER-B.
Inspiratory stridor and coughing
A 15-year-old presents alone requesting care. Which of the following chief complaints would most likely be considered legal or appropriate to treat without parental consent?
- Lower back pain
- Itching rash to arms
- Possible pregnancy
- Dental pain - ANSWER-C. Possible pregnancy 2 / 4
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An 11-year-old child presents with right arm pain after falling off a bicycle. The child is tearful and holding his right arm.What pain scale would be the most appropriate to use when assessing this child's pain?
- Faces scale
- FLACC scale
- Numbers scale
- NIPS scale - ANSWER-C. Numbers scale
A 10-year-old arrives at the ED post motor vehicle crash. The
following assessment is noted: hypotension, tachycardia, absent
breath sounds from the left chest with an increased respiratory rate, pain on palpation of the pelvis, tinge of blood noted at the urinary meatus, moderate active bleeding from a laceration to left thigh, pulse oximetry of 86% without supplemental oxygen, deformity to the left upper leg, and a Glasgow Coma Score of 7.Which of the following orders will prompt the nurse to have a discussion with the provider before initiating?
- Insert urinary catheter
- Prepare for intubation
- Assist with chest tube insertion
- Place orogastric tube - ANSWER-A. Insert urinary catheter 3 / 4
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A six-week-old infant presents to the emergency department with seizures. The infant is afebrile with a normal glucose level ,and caregivers report no signs of illness other than formula intolerance, which they treated by adding extra water to the formula. The nurse would expect to find which of the following laboratory abnormalities?
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypernatremia - ANSWER-B. Hyponatremia
A 12-year-old involved in a house fire has full thickness, circumferential burns to bilateral lower extremities. Fluid resuscitation is in progress on arrival at the ED. On assessment the left pedal and posterior tibialis pulses are absent, with delayed capillary refill. Which of the following is the priority intervention?
- Application of compression dressings
- Elevation of left lower extremity
- Assist with escharotomy
- Preparation for thrombectomy - ANSWER-C. Assist with
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escharotomy