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FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING POST TEST

1. Which of the following is true about Florence Nightingale?

A. She established the first school of nursing
B. She is the first nursing theory on human needs
C. She is the Mother of Modern American Nursing
D. She is the Lady with a Lamp

2. Florence Nightingale and her contemporaries learned the basic skills of nursing during what period of nursing?
A. Intuitive C. Educated
B. Apprentice D. Contemporary

3. Which of the following statements is correct about Anastacia Giron-Tupas?

A. She established the Philippine Red Cross.
B. She is the first nursing superintendent of PGH.
C. She is known as the grand lady of Philippine Nursing
D. She is the Florence Nightingale of Iloilo.

4. Which of the following models of health states that there should be a harmonious relationship among the
different variables to maintain health?
A. Health Belief C. High-Level Wellness
B. Wellness-Health Continuum D. Ecological

5. A client with diabetes mellitus adheres to the medical regimen religiously. The client is in what area of Dunn’s
Health Grid?
A. Poor health C. High-level wellness
B. Protected poor health D. Emergent high-level wellness

6. A woman habitually performs breast self-examination. This activity is an example of what level of health
prevention?
A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth

7. Which of the following activities is an example of secondary level of prevention?

A. Daily exercises C. Case finding
B. Speech therapy D. Immunization

8. Three days after taking the prescribed medication, the client with upper respiratory tract infection had a follow-
up check. What stage of illness behaviour does the client exhibit?
A. Symptom experience C. Medical care contact
B. Assumption of sick role D. Dependent client role
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9. Making judgments and conclusions about the meaning of the data you have collected in your assessment of a
client is termed as:
A. analysis of data C. Verifying data
B. organizing data D. Interpretation of data

10. When a nurse observes the responses of the client to the drug she has just administered
intravenously, she is on what step of the nursing process?
A. Assessment C. Implementation
B. Nursing diagnosis D. Evaluation

11. Nurse Ginger decides to do the following to her client: Monitor the BP, provide adequate rest, health teachings
on proper diet. Such activity performed by Nurse Ginger is an example of which step of the nursing process?
A. Assessment C. Planning
B. Implementation D. Evaluation

12. A 3 year old child is admitted in your unit. She has fever, a wound on his left arm. Based on the interview, the
nurse finds out that the child has a history of febrile seizure. Which of the following problems of the child must
you prioritized first?
A. Risk for convulsion related to seizure
B. Hyperthermia related to physiological response to infection
C. Pain related to presence of a wound
D. Impaired skin integrity related to presence of a wound

13. Which of the following objectives of care is more appropriate to a post-operative client complaining of pain?
A. The client’s pain will be relieved.
B. During the client’s hospital stay, the client will not complain of pain.
C. 1 hour after the nursing interventions, the client will verbalized a pain intensity of 0-1.
D. Six hours after the nursing interventions, the client’s pain will be minimized as evidence by absence of
grimace, pain scale of 0-1.

14. You are a nurse assigned in the medical ward. During your rounds, you noticed that one of the clients has nasal
flaring, labored and rapid breathing. Which of the following activities must you do first to relieve the patient’s
problem?
A. Administer oxygen at 4-5L/min C. Check the respiratory rate
B. Position the patient in Fowler’s D. Notify the doctor

15. Nurse Hero conducts a home visit to one of the family’s in Barangay Tahimik. During his visit, he found out that
one member of the family is sick. He took his temperature and give cooling measures to lower down his
temperature. Nurse Hero is said to be doing what nursing role?
A. Caregiver C. Epidemiologist
B. Teacher D. Change agent

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16. Nurse Ana studied and analyzed the possible causes of an increase incidence of measles in Barangay Sakitin.
Nurse An is said to be performing the role of
A. Teacher C. Epidemiologist
B. Statistician D. Leader

17. The head nurse uses the charts to gather the needed data to study the effects of a particular nursing action to a
group of clients. The chart, therefore can be utilized for which of the following purposes?
A. Communication C. Legal
B. Research D. Audit

18. In case you made a mistake in recording a data on the client’s chart, which of the following must be done?
A. Report the incident to the head nurse.
B. Draw a line across the erroneous data, then affix your initial.
C. Use a liquid eraser and write the correct data on top of the erased data.
D. Draw a line across and ask the supervisor to initial the erroneous data.

19. What clinical record contains the summary of the client’s health condition including treatment and diagnostic
exams?
A. Kardex C. Nurses Notes
B. Medication Sheet D. Standing order

20. What type of client’s record is uses the patient’s problem-focus approach for documentation.
A. SOMR B. POMR C. Kardex D. IR

21. Hygienic care requires close contact with the client. The nurse initially uses which of the following to promote a
caring therapeutic relationship?
1. Assessment skill A. 1, 2, 3
2. Therapeutic touch B. 1, 3. 4
3. Fundamental skills C. 2, 3, 4
4. Communication skills D. 1, 2, 3, 4

22. Which of the following statements about hygiene measures is correct?

A. The nurse is responsible for giving the patient hygiene care.
B. Hygiene care is a routine procedure.
C. Hygiene has no influence on client’s health outcomes.
D. Individuals vary in their hygiene practices

23. Depending on the patient’ age and physical condition, the patient’s room temperature should be maintained
between:
A. 65 – 70 C B. 68 -74 C C. 75 – 77 C D. 78 – 80 C

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24. The patient is admiited due to dyspnea because of asthma. Which of the following nursing diagnoses is more
appropriate?
A. Ineffective airway clearance C. Impaired gas exchange
B. Ineffective breathing pattern D. Altered tissue perfusion

25. Which of the following occurs when a patient has a fever?

A. Metabolic demands decreases C. Carbon dioxide in the blood increases
B. Blood glucose stores remains constant D. Oxygen need decreases

26. The nurse is assigned to take care of an unconscious patient. In this type of patient, which of the following is a
simple and cost effective method to reduce stasis of lung secretions and decrease chest expansion?
A. Frequent change of position C. Chest physiotherapy
B. Breathing exercises D. Steam inhalation

27. Which of the following problems will mostly occur if a client has severe dehydration causing extracellular fluid
loss?
A. Electolyte imbalance B. Hypovolemia C. Hypoxia D. Bleeding

28. Which of the following nutrients will help promote tissue repair to a patient who had an abdominal surgery?
1. Protein A. 1, 2, 3
2. Vit A B. 1, 2, 4
3. Vit C C. 1, 3, 4
4.Calcium D. 2, 3, 4

29. . Evaluation of successful management of hypocalcemia is best indicated by

A. Absence of signs of seizure
B. Reduced pain from muscle spasms
C. Absence of tissue necrosis from IV calcium therapy
D. Normal serum calcium level

30. Places where population are affected by iodine deficiency are those where products are goitrogenic. These
foods are the following:
A. mongo sprout, carrot C. cabbage, soya beans
B. papaya, raddish D. lettuce, cauliflower

***END OF EXAM***
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