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BCEN CEN Practice Question

During one evening shift a suburban emergency department receives several unrelated patients within 2 hours who all report abrupt-onset tremors, confusion, and visual disturbances. Initial laboratory and imaging studies are unrevealing, and triage has not identified a common environmental exposure. Because this unusual symptom cluster may represent an emerging public-health threat, which action should the emergency nurse take first?

  • Immediately notify the local health department

  • Activate the hospital's syndromic surveillance protocol

  • Isolate all affected patients as a precautionary measure

  • Order comprehensive toxicology screens for all presenting patients

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