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Fundamentals Pre-Assessment 2
Nursing Fundamentals | Multiple
Choice, True/False & Calculation
Q&A | Verified Answers
Exam Structure:
Subject: Nursing Fundamentals (Pre-Assessment)
Source: Fundamentals Pre-Assessment 2
Format: Multiple Choice, True/False, & Calculation Q&A
1. A client is prescribed penicillin 50 mg IV. The mixed IV solution
contains 100 mL. The nurse is to administer the medication over ½
hour. The drip factor of the available IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. What is
the drip rate in drops per minute?
Correct Answer: 50 gtt/min
Rationale:
1. Formula: (Volume in mL × Drip factor) ÷ Time in minutes = gtt/min.
2. Volume = 100 mL; Drip factor = 15 gtt/mL; Time = 30 minutes (½ hour).
3. (100 × 15) ÷ 30 = 1500 ÷ 30 = 50 gtt/min.
4. The penicillin dose (50 mg) is already in the solution and does not affect the
drip rate calculation.
2. A nurse is providing education to a client with a fractured femur
who will need to use crutches for the next 6 weeks. Identify if the
following directions provided by the nurse for walking up stairs using
crutches are true or false.
1. Hold to rail with one hand and crutches with the other hand.
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2. Push down on the stair rail and the crutches and step up with the
‘unaffected’ leg.
3. If not allowed to place weight on the ‘affected’ leg, hop up with the
‘unaffected’ leg.
4. Bring the ‘affected’ leg and the crutches up beside the ‘unaffected’ leg.
5. Remember, the ‘unaffected’ leg goes up first and the crutches move
with the ‘affected’ leg.
Correct Answer: All statements are true.
Rationale:
1. “Up with the good, down with the bad” – unaffected leg goes up first on
stairs.
2. Holding rail with one hand and crutches with the other provides stability.
3. Pushing down on rail and crutches transfers weight off the affected leg.
4. Hopping with unaffected leg is correct for non-weight-bearing status.
5. Crutches move with the affected leg to maintain three-point support.
3. Which age group has the following development task: Develop sense
of industry through advances in learning. Strive to develop healthy
self-respect by finding out in what areas they excel. Peer groups play
important role in social development.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: B. School-age children 6-12 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for school-age children is Industry vs. Inferiority.
2. Children learn to be productive and gain competence through school and
activities.
3. Peer comparison becomes important; success builds self-respect.
4. Failure to achieve industry leads to feelings of inferiority.
4. Which age group has the following development task: Personalize
values and beliefs and base reasoning on ethical fairness principles.
Establish close relationships. Have influences that help with formation
of healthy self-concept, such as family and friends.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
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B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: D. Young adults 20-35 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for young adults is Intimacy vs. Isolation.
2. Young adults develop close, committed relationships.
3. Personal values and ethical reasoning mature (post-conventional
morality).
4. Family and friends remain important support systems.
5. Which age group has the following development task: Develop sense
of personal identity that family expectations influence. Peer
relationships develop as support system. Concerned with body images
that media portray.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: C. Adolescents 12-20 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for adolescents is Identity vs. Role Confusion.
2. Adolescents explore roles, values, and beliefs to form a personal identity.
3. Peer relationships become primary support system.
4. Body image concerns are heightened due to media and physical changes.
6. Which age group has the following development task: Take on new
experiences and when unable to accomplish task may feel guilty or
misbehave. Generally do not exhibit stranger anxiety. Understand
behavior in terms of what is socially acceptable.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for preschoolers is Initiative vs. Guilt.
Fundamentals Pre-Assessment 2
Nursing Fundamentals | Multiple
Choice, True/False & Calculation
Q&A | Verified Answers
Exam Structure:
Subject: Nursing Fundamentals (Pre-Assessment)
Source: Fundamentals Pre-Assessment 2
Format: Multiple Choice, True/False, & Calculation Q&A
1. A client is prescribed penicillin 50 mg IV. The mixed IV solution
contains 100 mL. The nurse is to administer the medication over ½
hour. The drip factor of the available IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. What is
the drip rate in drops per minute?
Correct Answer: 50 gtt/min
Rationale:
1. Formula: (Volume in mL × Drip factor) ÷ Time in minutes = gtt/min.
2. Volume = 100 mL; Drip factor = 15 gtt/mL; Time = 30 minutes (½ hour).
3. (100 × 15) ÷ 30 = 1500 ÷ 30 = 50 gtt/min.
4. The penicillin dose (50 mg) is already in the solution and does not affect the
drip rate calculation.
2. A nurse is providing education to a client with a fractured femur
who will need to use crutches for the next 6 weeks. Identify if the
following directions provided by the nurse for walking up stairs using
crutches are true or false.
1. Hold to rail with one hand and crutches with the other hand.
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2. Push down on the stair rail and the crutches and step up with the
‘unaffected’ leg.
3. If not allowed to place weight on the ‘affected’ leg, hop up with the
‘unaffected’ leg.
4. Bring the ‘affected’ leg and the crutches up beside the ‘unaffected’ leg.
5. Remember, the ‘unaffected’ leg goes up first and the crutches move
with the ‘affected’ leg.
Correct Answer: All statements are true.
Rationale:
1. “Up with the good, down with the bad” – unaffected leg goes up first on
stairs.
2. Holding rail with one hand and crutches with the other provides stability.
3. Pushing down on rail and crutches transfers weight off the affected leg.
4. Hopping with unaffected leg is correct for non-weight-bearing status.
5. Crutches move with the affected leg to maintain three-point support.
3. Which age group has the following development task: Develop sense
of industry through advances in learning. Strive to develop healthy
self-respect by finding out in what areas they excel. Peer groups play
important role in social development.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: B. School-age children 6-12 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for school-age children is Industry vs. Inferiority.
2. Children learn to be productive and gain competence through school and
activities.
3. Peer comparison becomes important; success builds self-respect.
4. Failure to achieve industry leads to feelings of inferiority.
4. Which age group has the following development task: Personalize
values and beliefs and base reasoning on ethical fairness principles.
Establish close relationships. Have influences that help with formation
of healthy self-concept, such as family and friends.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
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B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: D. Young adults 20-35 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for young adults is Intimacy vs. Isolation.
2. Young adults develop close, committed relationships.
3. Personal values and ethical reasoning mature (post-conventional
morality).
4. Family and friends remain important support systems.
5. Which age group has the following development task: Develop sense
of personal identity that family expectations influence. Peer
relationships develop as support system. Concerned with body images
that media portray.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: C. Adolescents 12-20 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for adolescents is Identity vs. Role Confusion.
2. Adolescents explore roles, values, and beliefs to form a personal identity.
3. Peer relationships become primary support system.
4. Body image concerns are heightened due to media and physical changes.
6. Which age group has the following development task: Take on new
experiences and when unable to accomplish task may feel guilty or
misbehave. Generally do not exhibit stranger anxiety. Understand
behavior in terms of what is socially acceptable.
A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
B. School-age children 6-12 years
C. Adolescents 12-20 years
D. Young adults 20-35 years
Correct Answer: A. Preschoolers 3-6 years
Rationale:
1. Erikson’s stage for preschoolers is Initiative vs. Guilt.
