This Is A Quiz About Fundamentals Of Nursing
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life This is a quiz about Fundamentals of Nursing
- 1.The most important nursing intervention to correct skin dryness is:
- A.
Avoid bathing the patient until the condition is remedied, and notify the physician
- B.
Ask the physician to refer the patient to a dermatologist, and suggest that the patient wear home-laundered sleepwear
- C.
Consult the dietitian about increasing the patient’s fat intake, and take necessary measures to prevent infection
- D.
Encourage the patient to increase his fluid intake, use non-irritating soap when bathing the patient, and apply lotion to the involved areas
- 2.When bathing a patient’s extremities, the nurse should use long, firm strokes from the distal to the proximal areas. This technique:
- A.
Provides an opportunity for skin assessment
- B.
Avoids undue strain on the nurse
- C.
Increases venous blood return
- D.
Causes vasoconstriction and increases circulation
- 3.Vivid dreaming occurs in which stage of sleep?
- A.
Stage I non-REM
- B.
Rapid eye movement (REM) stage
- C.
Stage II non-REM
- D.
Delta stage
- 4.The natural sedative in meat and milk products (especially warm milk) that can help induce sleep is:
- A.
Flurazepam
- B.
Temazepam
- C.
Tryptophan
- D.
Methotrimeprazine
- 5.Nursing interventions that can help the patient to relax and sleep restfully include all of the following except:
- A.
Have the patient take a 30- to 60-minute nap in the afternoon
- B.
Turn on the television in the patient’s room
- C.
Provide quiet music and interesting reading material
- D.
Massage the patient’s back with long strokes
- 6.Restraints can be used for all of the following purposes except to:
- A.
Prevent a confused patient from removing tubes, such as feeding tubes, I.V. lines, and urinary catheters
- B.
Prevent a patient from falling out of bed or a chair
- C.
Discourage a patient from attempting to ambulate alone when he requires assistance for his safety
- D.
Prevent a patient from becoming confused or disoriented
- 7.Which of the following is the nurse’s legal responsibility when applying restraints?
- A.
Document the patient’s behavior
- B.
Document the type of restraint used
- C.
Obtain a written order from the physician except in an emergency, when the patient must be protected from injury to himself or others
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Kubler-Ross’s five successive stages of death and dying are:
- A.
Anger, bargaining, denial, depression, acceptance
- B.
Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance
- C.
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression acceptance
- D.
Bargaining, denial, anger, depression, acceptance
- 9.A terminally ill patient usually experiences all of the following feelings during the anger stage except:
- A.
Rage
- B.
Envy
- C.
Numbness
- D.
Resentment
- 10.Nurses and other health care provides often have difficulty helping a terminally ill patient through the necessary stages leading to acceptance of death. Which of the following strategies is most helpful to the nurse in achieving this goal?
- A.
Taking psychology courses related to gerontology
- B.
Reading books and other literature on the subject of thanatology
- C.
Reflecting on the significance of death
- D.
Reviewing varying cultural beliefs and practices related to death
- 11.Which of the following symptoms is the best indicator of imminent death?
- A.
A weak, slow pulse
- B.
Increased muscle tone
- C.
Fixed, dilated pupils
- D.
Slow, shallow respirations
- 12.A nurse caring for a patient with an infectious disease who requires isolation should refers to guidelines published by the:
- A.
National League for Nursing (NLN)
- B.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- C.
American Medical Association (AMA)
- D.
American Nurses Association (ANA)
- 13.To institute appropriate isolation precautions, the nurse must first know the:
- A.
Organism’s mode of transmission
- B.
Organism’s Gram-staining characteristics
- C.
Organism’s susceptibility to antibiotics
- D.
Patient’s susceptibility to the organism
- 14.Which is the correct procedure for collecting a sputum specimen for culture and sensitivity testing?
- A.
Have the patient place the specimen in a container and enclose the container in a plastic bag
- B.
Have the patient expectorate the sputum while the nurse holds the container
- C.
Have the patient expectorate the sputum into a sterile container
- D.
Offer the patient an antiseptic mouthwash just before he expectorate the sputum
- 15.An autoclave is used to sterilize hospital supplies because:
- A.
More articles can be sterilized at a time
- B.
Steam causes less damage to the materials
- C.
A lower temperature can be obtained
- D.
Pressurized steam penetrates the supplies better
- 16.The best way to decrease the risk of transferring pathogens to a patient when removing contaminated gloves is to:
- A.
Wash the gloves before removing them
- B.
Gently pull on the fingers of the gloves when removing them
- C.
Gently pull just below the cuff and invert the gloves when removing them
- D.
Remove the gloves and then turn them inside out
- 17.After having an I.V. line in place for 72 hours, a patient complains of tenderness, burning, and swelling. Assessment of the I.V. site reveals that it is warm and erythematous. This usually indicates:
- A.
Infectiom
- B.
Infiltration
- C.
Phlebitis
- D.
Bleeding
- 18.To ensure homogenization when diluting powdered medication in a vial, the nurse should:
- A.
Shake the vial vigorously
- B.
Roll the vial gently between the palms
- C.
Invert the vial and let it stand for 1 minute
- D.
Do nothing after adding the solution to the vial
- 19.The nurse is teaching a patient to prepare a syringe with 40 units of U-100 NPH insulin for self-injection. The patient’s first priority concerning self-injection in this situation is to:
- A.
Assess the injection site
- B.
Select the appropriate injection site
- C.
Check the syringe to verify that the nurse has removed the prescribed insulin dose
- D.
Clean the injection site in a circular manner with alcohol sponge
- 20.The physician’s order reads “Administer 1 g cefazolin sodium (Ancef) in 150 ml of normal saline solution in 60 minutes.” What is the flow rate if the drop factor is 10 gtt = 1 ml?
- A.
25 gtt/minute
- B.
37 gtt/minute
- C.
50 gtt/minute
- D.
60 gtt/minute
- 21.A patient must receive 50 units of Humulin regular insulin. The label reads 100 units = 1 ml. How many milliliters should the nurse administer?
- A.
0.5 ml
- B.
0.75 ml
- C.
1 ml
- D.
2 ml
- 22.How should the nurse prepare an injection for a patient who takes both regular and NPH insulin?
- A.
Draw up the NPH insulin, then the regular insulin, in the same syringe
- B.
Draw up the regular insulin, then the NPH insulin, in the same syringe
- C.
Use two separate syringe
- D.
Check with the physician
- 23.A patient has just received 30 mg of codeine by mouth for pain. Five minutes later he vomits. What should the nurse do first?
- A.
Call the physician
- B.
Remedicate the patient
- C.
Observe the emesis
- D.
Explain to the patient that she can do nothing to help him
- 24.A patient is characterized with a #16 indwelling urinary (Foley) catheter to determine if:
- A.
Trauma has occurred
- B.
His 24-hour output is adequate
- C.
He has a urinary tract infection
- D.
Residual urine remains in the bladder after voiding
- 25.A staff nurse who is promoted to assistant nurse manager may feel uncomfortable initially when supervising her former peers. She can best decrease this discomfort by:
- A.
Writing down all assignments
- B.
Making changes after evaluating the situation and having discussions with the staff.
- C.
Telling the staff nurses that she is making changes to benefit their performance
- D.
Evaluating the clinical performance of each staff nurse in a private conference
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