Fundamental Nursing Review

1.
Dyspnea is defined as :
a) Pallor b) Absence of breathing
c) Cyanosis d) Difficult respiration
2. Mrs Ahmed age 53, her pulse rate is found to be 52 per minute. Her heart rate
could be described as:
a) Tachypnea b) Tachycardia
c) Bradypnea d) Bradycardia
3. The condition in which a person is aware of his or her own heart contraction
without having to feel the pulse is called:
a) Arrhythmia b) Dysrhythmia
c) Pulse rhythm d) Palpitation
4. When you assess the respiratory rate for the patient, you should do all of the
following EXCEPT:
a)Instruct the patient to breath in and out from his mouth.
b)Count each inspiration followed by expiration as one breath.
c)Make sure that the patient is not aware that you are counting his respiratory rate.
d)Count the respiratory rate for 30 seconds.
5. Cyanosis is blue color of skin, is caused by:

a) Fever b) Hypertension
c) Low tissue oxygenation d) Kidney disease
6. To examine the ear canal of the child, this is done by:

a)Pull the ear down and back
b)Pull the ear up and back
c)Pull the ear only back
d)Do not pull the ear, direct examine the ear by otoscope
7. The advantage of use head to toe approach when you assess the patient:
a)It increase the number of position changes
b)It helps to prevent overlooking some aspect of data collection
c)It takes more time
d)It is difficult to detect the disease or problem
8. Discharge planning for hospitalized patient begins:

a)When the treating Dr. gives discharge order
b)When all of the specific needs of the patient have been identified
c)When the patient begins to ask about his discharge plans
d)From the first day of admission
9. Instrument which is used to examine the eye structure is called:

a) Ophthalmoscope b) Laryngoscope
c) Otoscope d) Bronchoscope
10. Abnormal skin color which indicates yellowish color is called:
a) Erythema b) Ecchymosis
c) Jaundice d) Pallor
11. A pattern in which the nursing personnel divide the patient into groups and
complete their care together is called:
a) Primary method b) Team nursing
c) Nursing managed care case method d) Case method
12. Which of the following is considered as subjective data?

a) Anxiety b) Skin color
c) Height d) Temperature
13. The term used to describe blood in the urine.

a) Glycosuria b) Hematuria
c) Pyuria d) Albuminuria
14. The physician has ordered an indwelling urinary catheter inserted in a

hospitalized patient, the nurse is aware that:
a) The procedure requires surgical asepsis
b) Lubricant not needed for catheter insertion
c) Smaller catheters are used for male catheter
d) Normally a clean technique is required for catheter insertion
15. The normal color of urine is:

a) Dark amber b) Reddish brown
c) Cloudy d) Light yellow
16. Diarrhea is best described by its:

a) Amount b) Consistency
c) Frequency d) Odor
17. When a person bas a fever or diaphoresis, the urine output will be which of the
following:
a) Increased and diluted b) Increased and concentrated
c) Decreased and highly diluted d) Decreased and highly concentrated
18. Medication is instilled between the skin & the muscle and used to administer
Heparin.
a) Intravenous b) Intramuscular
c) Intradermal d) Subcutaneous
19. The angle of the syringe and needle for intramuscular injections is:
a) 90 degrees b) 45 degrees
c) 15 degrees d) 10 degrees
20. Is the term used to administered undiluted medication quickly into a vein:
a) Bolus b) Secondary infusion
c) Intermittent d) Continuous
21. A primary concern when giving heparin subcutaneously to prevent bleeding is:
a)Don’t make massage on the injection site
b)To make massage on the injection site
c)Use the smallest gauge needle that is appropriate
d)Use Z technique
22. When administering medication via nasogastric tubing, clamp the tube for at
least:
a)One half hour prior to medication administration to prevent complication
b)One half hours after instilling medication to allow for absorption
c)One hour prior to medication administration to prevent complication
d)One and one half hours after instilling medication to allow for absorption
23. To ensure that medications are prepared and administered correctly, the nurse
should:
a)Give the medication without question
b)Use the patient's rights
c)Give the medication only when requested
d)Use the FIVE rights
24. The nurse chooses to inject a prescribed intramuscular medication into the
ventrogluteal site. If the nurse selects the site correctly, the injection is
administered into the.
a) Hip b) Arm
c) Thigh d) Buttock
25. 500 mg of a drug is order. It is supplied in tablets of 1 gm per tablet. How many
tablets should be administered?
a) 0.5 tablet b) 1 tablet
c) 1.5 tablet d) 2 tablet
26. The doctor order is 300 cc of normal saline solution, to be finished within 4
hours, how many drop/min you will regulate this IV (drop factor is 20
drop/minute).
a) 10 drop/min b) 15 drop/min
c) 25 drop/min d) 35 drop/min
27. All of the following is used Central Venous Catheter, EXCEPT:

a)Clients require long term IV medication
b)IV medications are irritating to peripheral veins
c)Clients require short term IV medication
d)Difficult to insert peripheral catheter
28. In case of kerosene poisoning the best management is:

a)Induce vomiting for patient
b)Give kerosene antidote
c)Give the patient water or milk to ditute the kerosene
d)Give patient activated charcoal
29. One of your patients complains of difficulty of breathing, all of the following
measurement which help improve breathing EXCEPT:
a)Put your patient in semi- fowler's position
b)Teach patient breathing techniques
c)Put the patient in prone position
d)Give oxygen therapy
30. A pre-operative check list form that should be completed before surgery, it
should be including which of the following?
a)The surgical consent form b)All laboratory test
c)Vital Signs d)All of above
31. The process of removing poisonous substance through gastric intubation is

called:
a)Gastric Lavage b)Gastric Gavage
c)Gastric Decompression d)Gastric Tamponade
32. During the inflammation process, which of the following characteristics occur
first:
a)Swelling b)Pain
c)Redness d)Decreased functioning
33. Of the following, which is the earliest signs of excessive pressure:

a)Pale appearance of the skin
b)Reddened appearance of the skin
c)Ulcer formation on the skin
d)Dark or cyanotic color to the skin
34. To prevent the formation of thrombi in the postoperative patient, the nurse
should
a)Teach foot and leg exercises
b)Have the patient lie still
c)Place pillows under the knee
d)Lie in lateral position
35. Paracentesis is best described as:

a)The removal of fluid from the lung
b)The removal of fluid or air from pleural cavity
c)The removal of body fluid from the abdominal cavity
d)The removal of secretion from the stomach
36. Which of the following is used to determine the activity of the brain:
a) Electrocardiography b) Electromyography
c) Electroencephalography d) Echocardiography
37. An infection that the patient acquires in the hospital is called:

a) A local infection b) An endogenous infection
c) A nosocomial infection d) A secondary infection
38. The nursing activity most likely to prevent the clogging of a nasogastric feeding
tube is:
a)Attaching the tubing to suction after each feeding
b)Clamping the tubing after formula feeding
c)Flushing the tubing with water and clamping it after each feeding
d)Aspirate as much as possible from the tubing using a 50 ml syringe
39. If a nasogastric tube has been misplaced in the trachea during preparation to
obtain a gastric specimen, the nurse should anticipate that the patient will:
a) Have difficult breathing b) Swallow every few seconds
c) Gage without relief d) Complain of feeling nauseated
40. When planning Mr. Asem care (50 years) who demonstrates difficulty in
breathing. Which of the following positions is most appropriate?
a) On either side b) Flat on his back
c) On his abdomen d) Mid-Flower's position
41. When an order reads that a drug be administered t.i.d, how often should this
drug be given?
a) Every three hours b) Three times a day
c) Four times a day d) Every other day
42. The following manifestations are commonly associated with a fever, EXCEPT:
a) Headache b) Pinkish and red skin color
c) Bradycardia d) Convulsions in infants and child
43. Dorsal recumbent position is used when performing the following procedures
EXCEPT:
a) Suppository insertion b) Cystoscopic examination
c) Urinary catheter insertion d) Vaginal examination
44. All of the following would be expected symptoms of CHF EXCEPT:

a) Rapid, shallow, difficult breathing b) Pyuria
c) Peripheral edema d) Pulmonary congestion
45. If a vial of Gentamycin contains 80 mg in 2 ml, the physician order is 16 mg
every 8 hr., the nurse should give every time:
a) 0.1 ml b) 0.2 ml
c) 0.3 ml d) 0.4 ml
46. Blood and urine analysis confirm a diagnosis of salicylate overdose. The client is
treated with gastric lavage. Which of the following positions would be most
appropriate for the client during this procedure?
a) Lateral b) Trednelenburgs
c) Supine d) Lithotomy

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5. Cyanosis is blue color of skin, is caused by:

6. To examine the ear canal of the child, this is done by:

8. Discharge planning for hospitalized patient begins:

9. Instrument which is used to examine the eye structure is called:

12. Which of the following is considered as subjective data?

13. The term used to describe blood in the urine.

14. The physician has ordered an indwelling urinary catheter inserted in a

15. The normal color of urine is:

16. Diarrhea is best described by its:

27. All of the following is used Central Venous Catheter, EXCEPT:

28. In case of kerosene poisoning the best management is:

31. The process of removing poisonous substance through gastric intubation is

33. Of the following, which is the earliest signs of excessive pressure:

35. Paracentesis is best described as:

37. An infection that the patient acquires in the hospital is called:

44. All of the following would be expected symptoms of CHF EXCEPT:

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