Fundamentals Of Nursing NCLEX Quiz 5
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- 1.An employer establishes a physical exercise area in the workplace and encourages all employees to use it. This is an example of which level of health promotion?
- A.
Primary prevention
- B.
Secondary prevention
- C.
Tertiary prevention
- D.
Passive prevention
- 2.What does the nurse in charge do when making a surgical bed?
- A.
Leaves the bed in the high position when finished
- B.
Places the pillow at the head of the bed
- C.
Rolls the patient to the far side of the bed
- D.
Tucks the top sheet and blanket under the bottom of the bed
- 3.The physician prescribes 250 mg of a drug. The drug vial reads 500 mg/ml. how much of the drug should the nurse give?
- A.
2 ml
- B.
1 ml
- C.
½ ml
- D.
¼ ml
- 4.Nurse Mackey is monitoring a patient for adverse reactions during barbiturate therapy. What is the major disadvantage of barbiturate use?
- A.
Prolonged half-life
- B.
Poor absorption
- C.
Potential for drug dependence
- D.
Potential for hepatotoxicity
- 5.Which nursing action is essential when providing continuous enteral feeding?
- A.
Elevating the head of the bed
- B.
Positioning the patient on the left side
- C.
Warming the formula before administering it
- D.
Hanging a full day’s worth of formula at one time
- 6.When teaching a female patient how to take a sublingual tablet. the nurse should instruct the patient to place the table on the:
- A.
Top of the tongue
- B.
Roof of the mouth
- C.
Floor of the mouth
- D.
Inside of the cheek
- 7.Which action by the nurse in charge is essential when cleaning the area around a Jackson-Pratt wound drain?
- A.
Cleaning from the center outward in a circular motion
- B.
Removing the drain before cleaning the skin
- C.
Cleaning briskly around the site with alcohol
- D.
Wearing sterile gloves and a mask
- 8.The doctor orders dextrose 5% in water. 1.000 ml to be infused over 8 hours. The I.V. tubing delivers 15 drops per milliliter. The nurse in charge should run the I.V. infusion at a rate of:
- A.
15 drop per minute
- B.
21 drop per minute
- C.
32 drop per minute
- D.
125 drops per minute
- 9.A female patient undergoes a total abdominal hysterectomy. When assessing the patient 10 hours later. the nurse identifies which finding as an early sign of shock?
- A.
Restlessness
- B.
Pale. warm. dry skin
- C.
Heart rate of 110 beats/minute
- D.
Urine output of 30 ml/hour
- 10.Which pulse should the nurse palpate during rapid assessment of an unconscious male adult?
- A.
Radial
- B.
Brachial
- C.
Femoral
- D.
Carotid
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