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Medical Surgical Nurse Certification Exam MCQs (788)
Our question bank for the Medical Surgical Nurse Certification Exam covers four Cognitive Difficulty Levels:
Level 1
51 Questions
Level 2
313 Questions
Level 3
378 Questions
Level 4
46 Questions
- Allergy and Immunology - 21 questions
- Cardiovascular - 212 questions
- Musculoskeletal - 106 questions
- Ears Nose and Throat - 27 questions
- Endocrine and Metabolism - 146 questions
- Ophthalmology - 5 questions
- Gastrointestinal and Nutrition - 185 questions
- Renal, Urinary and Electrolytes - 125 questions
- Gynecologic - 11 questions
- Hematology and Oncology - 100 questions
- Infectious Diseases - 163 questions
- Skin & Subcutaneous Tissue - 71 questions
- Nervous - 172 questions
- Pregnancy, Childbirth & Puerperium - 6 questions
- Psychiatric/Behavioral & Substance Use Disorder - 61 questions
- Pulmonary & Critical Care - 160 questions
- Poisoning & Environmental Exposure - 110 questions
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology - 14 questions
- Dental - 2 questions
- Reproductive - 2 questions
- Sexuality and Gender - 1 questions
- Social Sciences (Ethics/Legal/Professional) - 58 questions
- Traumatic Injuries - 46 questions
- Manage Care and Comply Regulations - 75 questions
- Promote Safety and Minimize Infection - 68 questions
- Health Promotion & Maintenance (Prevent Problems) - 157 questions
- Basic Care and Comfort (Assist Daily Living Tasks) - 67 questions
- Pharm/Parenteral Therapy (Drugs/Vital Signs) - 230 questions
- Reduction Risk (Post Procedure) - 85 questions
- Physiological Adaptation (Care Ill Patients) - 576 questions
- Psychosocial (Mental Health Patient/Family) - 37 questions
- Professional Practice - 13 questions
- Process (Analysis, Assess, Eval, Implement, Plan) - 836 questions
- Caring (Hope and Support) - 13 questions
- Communication/Documentation (Oral, Written, EMR) - 37 questions
- Teaching/Learning (Promotes Behavior Change) - 24 questions
- Culture/Spiritualilty (Beliefs, Practices, Ethics) - 14 questions
- Causes - 365 questions
- Classification - 61 questions
- Differential - 284 questions
- Evaluation Diagnostic Tests - 88 questions
- Evaluation Lab - 193 questions
- Evaluation Monitoring - 137 questions
- Evaluation Nuclear Medicine - 1 questions
- Evaluation Procedures - 61 questions
- Evaluation Radiologic - 84 questions
- Health Maint Prevention Public Health - 51 questions
- History Physical - 853 questions
- Legal - 29 questions
- Patient Education - 96 questions
- Prognosis Complications - 412 questions
- Toxicology - 40 questions
- Treatment Medical - 474 questions
- Treatment Occupation/Physical Therapy - 17 questions
- Treatment Prehospital/EMS/Disaster - 14 questions
- Treatment Radiation - 2 questions
- Treatment Rehabilitation - 19 questions
- Treatment Surgical - 98 questions
- Healthcare Ethics - 44 questions
- Clinical Education - 52 questions
- Environmental - 3 questions
- Palliative - 15 questions
- Treatment Manipulative - 1 questions
- Airway Management - 21 questions
- Pain Management - 18 questions
- Sedation and Analgesic Management - 7 questions
- Organ and Tissue Donation - 1 questions
- Ventilatory Management - 8 questions
- Research and Evidence-Based Medicine - 8 questions
- Resource Utilization - 8 questions
- Vulnerable Populations - 18 questions
- Therapeutics (Drug treatment) - 171 questions
- Biostatics and Calculations - 12 questions
- Drug Information - 134 questions
- Pharmaceutics (Safely dosing medications) - 71 questions
- Pharmacokinetics (Drug movement in body) - 52 questions