Certified Emergency Nurse exam content: rapid triage acuity systems and emergency department-specific patient management, distinct from the single-patient scope of the Trauma Nursing and Triage deck.
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- What does the acronym ESI stand for in emergency department triage?
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Emergency Severity Index- How many acuity levels does the ESI triage system use?
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Five- What does an ESI Level 1 assignment mean?
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The patient requires immediate life-saving intervention- Under ESI, what triage level is assigned when a patient is not in immediate danger but is in a high-risk clinical situation (e.g., chest pain suggestive of ACS)?
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Level 2- Under ESI, what triage level is assigned to a patient with new onset confusion, lethargy, or disorientation?
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Level 2- Under ESI, what triage level is assigned to a patient in severe pain or distress?
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Level 2- For a stable ED patient (not Level 1 or 2), what factor determines whether they are triaged as ESI Level 3, 4, or 5?
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The number of different hospital resources predicted to be needed- A stable patient predicted to need two or more hospital resources is assigned which ESI level?
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Level 3- A stable patient predicted to need exactly one hospital resource is assigned which ESI level?
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Level 4- A stable patient predicted to need no hospital resources is assigned which ESI level?
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Level 5- In ESI resource counting, if a provider orders several different lab tests together, how many resources do they count as?
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One resource- What is the purpose of the ESI 'vital sign danger zone' step?
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It flags whether an ESI Level 3 patient should be uptriaged to Level 2 based on abnormal vital signs- What is the primary purpose of triage in the emergency department?
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To sort and prioritize patients by the urgency of their need for care- In triage, what is overtriage?
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Assigning a patient a higher acuity level than their condition actually warrants- In triage, what is undertriage?
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Assigning a patient a lower acuity level than their condition actually warrants
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