Free BCEN Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Practice Question

A 44-year-old patient presents to the emergency department complaining of sharp, localized chest pain that worsens upon taking deep breaths or coughing. On examination, the pain is reproducible with palpation of the costosternal, costochondral, or costovertebral joints. Based on these findings, which condition is the patient most likely experiencing?

  • Costochondritis

  • Pleuritis

  • Osteomyelitis

  • Myocardial infarction

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BCEN Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) / 
Musculoskeletal and Wound Emergencies
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