CPNRE Study Guide 2026
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📋 CPNRE Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CPNRE Topics to Study (124)
✍️ Sample CPNRE Questions & Answers
1. A practical nurse is teaching a client about lifestyle modifications to prevent cardiovascular disease. Which instruction is MOST important?
Regular aerobic exercise at the recommended level is one of the most evidence-based strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention, reducing risk factors comprehensively.
2. Which of the following scenarios constitutes a breach of client confidentiality by a practical nurse?
Licensed Practical Nurses have a legal and ethical duty to protect the privacy and confidentiality of a client's personal health information. Disclosing information to anyone outside the immediate circle of care, including a spouse, without the client's explicit consent is a breach of this duty. Sharing information during shift report, with the pharmacist for medication safety, or with other members of the interdisciplinary team for care planning are all appropriate and necessary communications for providing safe care.
3. When performing a mental status assessment, which component does the practical nurse evaluate by asking the client to subtract serial 7s from 100?
Serial 7 subtraction tests concentration and calculation ability, which is a component of cognitive function in a mental status exam.
4. A practical nurse is assigned care that requires competencies they do not possess. What is appropriate?
Practical nurses must practice only within their competence. Identifying a competency gap to the charge nurse is the professional obligation.
5. A client with a nasogastric tube is receiving continuous enteral feeding. Which nursing action is the highest priority?
Elevating the head of the bed to 30-45 degrees is the highest priority to prevent aspiration pneumonia in clients receiving enteral feedings.
6. A practical nurse witnesses a colleague falsifying a client's vital signs documentation. What is the ethical and professional obligation?
Falsifying health records is a serious professional offence requiring mandatory reporting through appropriate channels to protect client safety.
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