Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Exam – Sample

You are administering a Snellen chart test to a patient. What results would you expect to get if your patient was legally blind?

What is the normal intraocular pressure of the eye?

Your patient has been diagnosed with a hyphema following hitting their head on the steering wheel during a car accident. What position would you want to place this patient in?

Your patient has arrived in the emergency department with a penetrating eye injury. You are assessing the patient. What should your first action be?

Your patient has arrived in the emergency department with a chemical eye injury. Your first action should be to:

You are caring for a patient who has come into the emergency department with a foreign body in his right ear. After further investigation you determine that the foreign object is an insect. What intervention would the physician order first for this client?

When caring for a patient what sign would indicate that he might have a basal skull fracture?

You are caring for a patient who complains of tinnitus. What part of the ear do you suspect is the most likely cause of the patient�s complaint?

You are caring for a patient who has had a right eye cataract removal. What discharge instruction would you want to include in the plan of care?

You have delegated the care of an older patient with hearing loss to a nursing assistant. You tell the nursing assistant that patients with this diagnosis: