This Quiz Will Determine How Good A Nurse Are You?

1. When interviewing Mr.C, a 89 year old man from Greece who doesn't understand English, it is important to

Make sure you speak louder

Make sure to exaggerate your lip movement for better understanding

Find an interpreter or speak slowly

Make sure you do not use hand gestures because this can invade their personal space

pg 62-68 jarvis week 2&3

Explanation

pg 62-68 jarvis week 2&3

2. Bathing, dressing, toileting, eating are examples of

Instrumental activities of daily living

Activities that patient needs full assistance in performing

Activities of daily living

Activities that patient needs no assistance in performing

pg 78 Jarvis week 2&3

Explanation

pg 78 Jarvis week 2&3

3. Client verbally reports pain at a level of 8 or 9 when it becomes sharp is an example of

Subjective data

Objective data

Data clustering

Data analysis and interpreting

Potter perry pg 162 Week 2&3

Explanation

Potter perry pg 162 Week 2&3

4. The pain assesment tool that ask the patient to choose a number that rates the level of pain, with 0 being no pain and the highest anchor 10 indicating the worst pain is

The short-form McGill pain questionnaire

The brief pain inventory

Numeric rating scale

Descriptor scale

Jarvis pg 187 Week 5&6

Explanation

Jarvis pg 187 Week 5&6

5. Critical thinking

Is a step by step linear process

Is a multidimensional thinking process

Is not required when making sound diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgement

Does not grow

(Pg 4 Jarvis) week 1

Explanation

(Pg 4 Jarvis) week 1

6. When documenting

Other health care provider may document for you

Do not generalize or form judgements through written communication

Do not be descriptive. Time is wasted on documentation for writing everything seen, heard, felt or smelled.

It is okay not to record assessment during your next shift

This answer is correct because it emphasizes the importance of avoiding generalizations and judgments when documenting in healthcare. Generalizations and judgments can lead to biased or inaccurate information, which can have negative consequences for patient care. It is important to provide objective and factual information in written communication to ensure accurate and effective documentation.

Explanation

This answer is correct because it emphasizes the importance of avoiding generalizations and judgments when documenting in healthcare. Generalizations and judgments can lead to biased or inaccurate information, which can have negative consequences for patient care. It is important to provide objective and factual information in written communication to ensure accurate and effective documentation.

7. Ms. B is at the clinic today and the nurse is explaining what a heart attack is. The nurse says "A myocardial infarction can be serious and is caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries. This can lead to a rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque. This is an example of which type of interviewing traps

Providing false assurance or reassurance

Giving unwanted advice

Using professional Jargon

Interrupting

Pg 57 jarvis week 2&3

Explanation

Pg 57 jarvis week 2&3

8. Fontanelles

Are found in pregnant women when their thyroid gland enlarges due to hyperplasia

Are soft spots found in infants skull that allows for the growth of the brain and eventually ossify

None of the above

Jarvis pg 276-277 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 276-277 winter week 1

9. Cyanosis or pallor is

The swelling of the feet and legs

Changing colour of the facial skin

Needing to pee during the middle of the night

All of the above

Jarvis pg 493 week 10

Explanation

Jarvis pg 493 week 10

10. Which part of lung assessment is it when the nurse assess normal breath sounds, note any abnormal breath sounds, and note any adventitious sounds?

Inspection

Palpation

Percussion

Auscultation

Jarvis pg 463 week 11

Explanation

Jarvis pg 463 week 11

11. Which of these demonstrate the highest risk for suicide

Ms. E who had prior suicide attempt and is now in a rehabilitation centre

Mr. G who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury from a car crash that has killed his wife

Holly, an 8 year old girl is giving away all her toys to the orphanage

Jarvis pg 100 Week 7

Explanation

Jarvis pg 100 Week 7

12. Knowing clients family history

May be of genetic significance for the data collection

May tell a clients prolonged contact with any communicable disease

May indicate effect of a family members illness on the client

All of the above

Pg 74 jarvis week 2&3

Explanation

Pg 74 jarvis week 2&3

13. A lateral S-shaped curvature of the thoracic and lumbar spine indicates

A Barrel chest

Scoliosis

A Normal chest

Kyphosis

Jarvis pg 465-466 week 11

Explanation

Jarvis pg 465-466 week 11

14. When feeling for client pulse, take into account the

Age, gender, ethnocultural background and weight

Amount of stress, weight, exercise and emotions

Physical appearance, body structure, behaviour and mobility

Rate, rhythm, force and elasticity

Jarvis pg 155-156 Week 5&6

Explanation

Jarvis pg 155-156 Week 5&6

15. Which of these are considered open ended questions?

Have you ever had pain in the eye?

Is it okay if I touch you?

How have you been getting along?

Pg 54 jarvis week 2&3

Explanation

Pg 54 jarvis week 2&3

16. Resonant is a type of sound that can be heard while percussing. What are some of its characteristics.

A dead stop of sound, absolute dullness, very short duration and can be heard over bones

A muffled thud, short in duration, and can be heard over the liver

Clear and hollow sound, moderate in duration and can be heard over normal lung tissue

Musical and drumlike, sustained longest duration, and can be heard over stomach

Jarvis pg 138 Week 4

Explanation

Jarvis pg 138 Week 4

17. Maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction is the

Systolic pressure

Diastolic pressure

Pulse pressure

Mean arterial pressure

Jarvis pg 157 Week5&6

Explanation

Jarvis pg 157 Week5&6

18. The apical pulse can be found

On the radial side of the wrist

At the base of the neck

On the lateral edge of the ankle

On either the forth or fifth intercostal space

Jarvis pg 499 Week 10

Explanation

Jarvis pg 499 Week 10

19. Which of these sutures separate the head lengthwise between the two parietal bones

Coronal

Sagittal

Lambdoid

None of the above

Jarvis pg 272 Winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 272 Winter week 1

20. Some behaviour to look at when assessing the mental health status of the patient is looking at

Level of Consciousness, speech, mood and affect, and facial expression

Grooming hygiene, dress, body movement, and posture

Attention span, recent memory, and remote memory

Orientation, posture, facial expression, attention span

Jarvis pg 97 week 7

Explanation

Jarvis pg 97 week 7

21. The mnemonic PQRSTU stands for

Provocative or palliative, quality or quantity, region or radiation, severity scale, timing, and understanding patient's perception

Past health, quality of health, requirement of health, standard of health, Teaching of health, and understanding of health

Palpating, questioning, reasoning, signaling, teaching, and understanding

None of the above

pg 73 jarvis week 2&3

Explanation

pg 73 jarvis week 2&3

22. Collecting a small database concerning one problem, cue complex, or body system is which type of data collecting?

Complete Database

Episodic Database

Follow-Up Database

Emergency Database

Episodic/Problem centered database (Pg 8 of jarvis) week 1

Explanation

Episodic/Problem centered database (Pg 8 of jarvis) week 1

23. Which layer of the skin contains adipose tissue, provide insulation for temperature control and aids in protection by its soft cushioning effect

Both the dermis and subcutaneous layer

Dermis layer

Epidermis layer

Subcutaneous layer

jarvis pg 223 week 8

Explanation

jarvis pg 223 week 8

24. When a nurse is inspecting a patients skin, he notices a pigmentation under the client's feet. Which of the following is an abnormal finding of the mole?

Diameter of the mole is 4-5mm big

Elevation of the pigmentation

Borders are smooth

Pigmentation is in a shape of an oval where two halves look the same

Jarvis pg 231 Week 8

Explanation

Jarvis pg 231 Week 8

25. When palpating the lymph nodes of the face, the nurse should

Use a gentle circular motion of the finger pads

Use gentle pressure as nodes can get pushed into the muscle

Better to use both hands to compare two sides symmetrically

Do all of the above

Jarvis pg 281-282 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 281-282 winter week 1

26. A bruit

Diminishes pulse feeling

Is a unilateral distension of the external jugular veins

Indicates turbulence due to a local vascular cause

Is the condition in which pressure over the carotid sinus leads to a decreased heart rate

Jarvis pg 496 week 10

Explanation

Jarvis pg 496 week 10

27. Health Inequity

Is the inequalities in heath that are unnecessary and avoidable and differences that are considered unfair and unjust.

Is a generic term used to designate differences, variations, and disparities in the health status of individual and groups.

Health inequality and health inequity are the same

pg 44 jarvis week 1

Explanation

pg 44 jarvis week 1

28. Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle is

Flexion

Extension

Eversion

Inversion

Jarvis pg 597 week 9

Explanation

Jarvis pg 597 week 9

29. A nurse is listening to a clients breathing sound and notes that she heard broncial sounds in the trachea, bronchovesicular sounds over the major bronchi and vesicular sounds over the peripheral lung fields.

Normal breathing sounds of the bronchial should be heard over the bronchi and not the trachea

Normal breathing sound of the lung field should be bronchovesicular

No sounds she be heard over the bronchi

The nurse heard normal breathing sounds

Jarvis pg 453 week 11

Explanation

Jarvis pg 453 week 11

30. When inspecting the tonsil, tonsils are graded as 1+ , 2+, 3+, and 4+. Which of these are normally seen in healthy people?

1+

2+

3+

4+

Jarvis pg 387 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 387 winter week 1

31. Cranial nerve 8 is

The acoustic nerve and its functions are hearing and equilibrium

The hypoglossal nerve and its function is the movement of the tongue

The spinal accessory nerve and its function is movement of trapezius and sternomastoid muscles

The olfactory nerve and its function is smell

Jarvis pg 659 Winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 659 Winter week 1

32. Which of these statement is true regarding the lungs

Both lungs are divide into upper, middle, and lower lobes

Each lobes are separated by fissures

The posterior lung is mostly upper lobe

The right lung is narrower than the left lung because the heart bulges to the right

Jarvis pg 438-440 Week 11

Explanation

Jarvis pg 438-440 Week 11

33. How are veins different from arteries?

Veins are a low pressure system

Veins contain muscle fibers

A and B

None of the above

Jarvis pg 528-529 Week 12

Explanation

Jarvis pg 528-529 Week 12

34. Failure to consider conflicting cues, using an insufficient number of cues, using unreliable or invalid cues are which source of diagnostic error?

Collecting

Interpreting

Clustering

Labelling

Potter perry pg 175 Week 2&3

Explanation

Potter perry pg 175 Week 2&3

35. The deep tendon reflex consist of what components?

An intact sensory nerve and a functional synapse in the cord

An intact sensory nerve, a functional synapse in the cord and an intact motor nerve fibre

An intact sensory nerve, a functional synapse in the cord, an intact motor nerve fibre, and the neuromuscular junction

Jarvis pg 658 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 658 winter week 1

36. When percussing the lung field, what sound can be heard over the lungs of a child?

Resonant

Hyperresonant

Flat

Dull

Jarvis page 138 week 11

Explanation

Jarvis page 138 week 11

37. Mr. D, a client that is on bed rest, reports having pain on the bony prominences of his spine. Further inspection shows that a lesion has formulated on Mr. D's spine. This pain is considered_________ and if unresolved for a longer period a time such as 6 months, the pain can be classified as__________

Nociceptive pain, acute pain

Nociceptive pain, persistent pain

Neuropathic pain, acute pain

Neuropathic, persistent pain

Jarvis pg 184 Week 5&6

Explanation

Jarvis pg 184 Week 5&6

38. Kiesselbach's plexus is a rich vascular network that is the most common site :

Of redder nasal mucosa

Of oral mucosa

Of nose bleed

For bacteria and dust to be filtered out

Jarvis pg 372 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 372 winter week 1

39. The internal juglar pulse

Is palpable, higher and medial to the sternomastoid muscle and unaffected by the position of the person

Is not palpable, pulse drops as person sits, and is lower and more lateral under/behind the sternomastoid muscle

Is palpable, does not vary with respiration and the quality of the pulse is brisk and localized

Is not palpable, is unaffected by position of person and does not vary with respiration

Jarvis pg 497 week 10

Explanation

Jarvis pg 497 week 10

40. A nurse assess a clients oral cavity notes that the larger vallate papillae are in an inverted v shape. Which of these statement is true about the nurses assessment?

This is an abnormal growth and can cause the client to lose sense of taste

These are symptoms of lesions in the mouth

The inverted V shape helps client with pushing down ingested food

Inverted V shape is not abnormal growth

The nurse's assessment of the larger vallate papillae being in an inverted V shape is not indicative of an abnormal growth. This statement suggests that the shape of the papillae is a normal variation and does not pose any health concerns.

Explanation

The nurse's assessment of the larger vallate papillae being in an inverted V shape is not indicative of an abnormal growth. This statement suggests that the shape of the papillae is a normal variation and does not pose any health concerns.

41. Which of these are false regarding common errors in taking blood pressure measurements

Using a large cuff for thin clients

Taking blood pressure when the client wakes up

Asking client to support own arm

If failing to record measurement, take it again right away

jarvis pg 162 Week 5 &6

Explanation

jarvis pg 162 Week 5 &6

42. What is the order of the Nociception phase

Perception, transmission, transduction, modulation

Transmission, perception, modulation, transduction

Transduction, transmission, perception, modulation

Transduction, modulation, perception, transmission

Jarvis pg 183 week 5&6

Explanation

Jarvis pg 183 week 5&6

43. All the lymph nodes drain downward except for the

Supraclavicular node

Deep cervical node

Superficial cervical node

Occipital node

Jarvis pg 275-276 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 275-276 winter week 1

44. Which of the following is not part of the MiniMental State Examination?

Time orientation

Place orientation

Registration of five words

Reading

Jarvis pg 101 week 7

Explanation

Jarvis pg 101 week 7

45. The nurse notices that the thyroid gland of a patient is enlarged. The nurse should

Not proceed any further as pressure could rupture the gland

Listen for presence of bruit which indicates hyperplasia

Notify the physician for further instructions

Administer medication to reduce the size of the thyroid gland

Jarvis pg 285 winter week 1

Explanation

Jarvis pg 285 winter week 1

46. Which of these sinus(es) are absent at birth

Maxillary

Ethmoid

Sphenoid and frontal

Maxillary and frontal

jarvis pg 372 winter week 1

Explanation

jarvis pg 372 winter week 1

47. Which of these statements are true about pain?

Pain should be considered a normal part of aging

Older adults will often deny having pain for fear of dependency

Pain in neonates and infants cannot be assessed

Jarvis pg 190-191 Week 5&6

Explanation

Jarvis pg 190-191 Week 5&6

48. The awareness of the objective world in relation to the self is

Perception

Orientation

Attention

Consciousness

Jarvis pg 95 Week 7

Explanation

Jarvis pg 95 Week 7