RELIAS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXAM 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!

RELIAS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXAM 2026-2027

ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED

ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED

A+||BRAND NEW!

You exit your patient's room and as you walk away, you hear a thud.

Upon inspection, you find your patient on the floor. What would you do

FIRST? - ANSWER- Assess the patient for injury

An adult patient who is 70 kg has a full-thickness burn over 30% of their

body surface area. What is the anticipated fluid replacement for a patient

in the first 8 hours is based on the Parkland formula? - ANSWER- 4200

ml

A patient presents with possible organophosphate toxicity. What would

you expect to find upon assessment? - ANSWER- Diaphoresis

You see a fellow nurse placing an opioid medication in their pocket

rather than administering it as ordered. What would you do NEXT? -

ANSWER- Tell your immediate supervisor

What staff member would you ask to accompany you when transporting

an intubated patient to imaging for a CT? - ANSWER- respiratory

therapist

A patient's family has decided to withdraw life-sustaining treatment.

When communicating with the family of the patient, what reassurance

would you provide? - ANSWER- Efforts will be made to make the

patient comfortable.

A patient is being treated with an anticoagulant for pulmonary embolism

(PE). What patient assessment finding indicates that a heparin infusion

would be stopped IMMEDIATELY? - ANSWER- decreased level of

consciousness

What medication is used in reversing the effects of opioid overdose? -

ANSWER- Naloxone (Narcan)

Which of the following wounds has the highest risk for developing

osteomyelitis? - ANSWER- Puncture wound from stepping on a rusty

nail.

What type of diet would a patient with diverticulitis follow? -

ANSWER- High fiber diet

You want to implement the new evidence-based practice guidelines in

managing patients to prevent falls on your unit. What provides the

strongest evidence for interventions? - ANSWER- systematic reviews

Your patient has just had a paracentesis during which 5 liters of fluid

were removed. Which assessment is the priority? - ANSWER- blood

pressure

A patient has sustained multiple traumatic injuries after a fall from

a....height. What is considered an important component of the primary

survey assessment? - ANSWER- Neurological assessment

Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally come off and you are

preparing to place a new one. You have a slit drain spring, 4x4 gauzes,

tape, scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do you need? -

ANSWER- Petroleum gauze

What are you most likely to see during your initial assessment of a

patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? -

ANSWER- pursed lip breathing

An elderly patient is brought in with new onset of confusion and gradual

onset of headache in the last 48 hours. The patient states that they had a

fall 3 days ago. Based on the history and presenting complaints, what