FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (Post Test)
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1. Which of the following is most likely to yield accurate ?
information about the quality of patient's pain?
A. "Tell me, what your pain feels like."
B. "Would you describe your pain X as radiating? Acute
or sharp?"
C. Tell, how would you rate your pain in a scale to 1 to
5"
D. "What events seemed to increase your pain?"
2. The nurse is caring for a *1/1 group of adult patients C
who require pain management. It is most important
for the nurse to remember:
A. to use medication only as a last resort after trying
to distract the patient
B. that medicating a patient with chronic pain is a
lower priority than medicating a patient with acute
pain.
C. that medication should be given
• based on the patient's perception of pain.
D. to wait for 15 minutes after a patient's request for
pain medication to be sure the pain is real.
3. Which of the following most appropriately describe B
pain sensations that has periods of remission and
exacerbation?
• A. Acute
• B. Chronic
• C. Intractable
• D. Neuropathic
4. C
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You are obtaining a history of Jessie D. who is admitted
with acute chest pain.
Which question will be most helpful for you to ask?
A. Why do you think you had a heart
attack?
B. Do you need anything now?
C. What were you doing when the pain started?
D. Has anyone in your family been sick lately?
5. Which of the following techniques is considered the ?
best way to determine whether a nasogastric tube is
positioned in the stomach?
A. Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric
contents
B. Irrigating with normal saline and observing for the
return of the solution
C. Placing the tube's free end in wate and observing
for air bubbles
D. Instilling air and auscultating over the epigastric
area for the
presence of the tube
6. The health care provider order reads "aspirate naso- B
gastric feeding (NG) tubes every 4 hours and check pH
of aspirate." The pH of the aspirate is 10. Which action
should the nurse take?
A. Apply intermittent suction to the feeding tube
B. Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider
C. Administer the tube feeding as scheduled
D. Irrigate the tube with diet cola soda
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7. What position will the nurse recommend to the pa- C
tient during NGT insertion?
• A. Semi-Fowler's Position
• B. Trendelenberg
• C. High Fowler's position
• D. Left sims lateral
8. An appropriate technique for nasogastric tube inser- C
tion is for the nurse to:
A. Position the client supine
B. Ice the plastic tube
C. Advance the tube while the client swallows
D. Measure the tube length from the nose to the ster-
num
9. The physician orders nasogastric tube insertion to ir- D
rigate a client's stomach.
Which of the following insertion techniques would
most likely make it more difficult for the nurse to
insert the tube?
A. Lubricating the tube with water-soluble lubricant
B. Asking the client to swallow while the tube is ad-
vanced to the stomach
C. Sitting the client upright in a Fowler's position
D. Having the client tilt the head toward the chest
while inserting the tube into the nose.
10. What position will the nurse recommend to the pa- C
tient during TPN administration?
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A. High Fowler's position
B. Trendelenberg
C. Semi-Fowler's Position
D. Left sims lateral
11. client who requires a central vein access for parenteral ?
nutrition is to receive a solution with:
A. Fat emulsion
B. 5% dextrose
C. Amino acids.
D. 10% dextrose
12. A client with congestive heart failure is newly admitted ?
to home health care. The nurse discovers that the
client has not been following the prescribed diet. What
would be the most appropriate nursing action?
A. Discharge the client from home health care related
to noncompliance
B. Notify the health care provider of the client's failure
to follow prescribed diet
C. Discuss diet with the client to learn the reasons for
not following the diet
D. Make a referral to Meals-on-Wheels
13. The nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted D
to the hospital with a diagnosis of malnutrition. The
nurse most effectively monitors the client's status by
which measure?
• A. Intake measurement
• B. Calorie counts
• C. Skinfold measurements
• D. Daily weights
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1. Which of the following is most likely to yield accurate ?
information about the quality of patient's pain?
A. "Tell me, what your pain feels like."
B. "Would you describe your pain X as radiating? Acute
or sharp?"
C. Tell, how would you rate your pain in a scale to 1 to
5"
D. "What events seemed to increase your pain?"
2. The nurse is caring for a *1/1 group of adult patients C
who require pain management. It is most important
for the nurse to remember:
A. to use medication only as a last resort after trying
to distract the patient
B. that medicating a patient with chronic pain is a
lower priority than medicating a patient with acute
pain.
C. that medication should be given
• based on the patient's perception of pain.
D. to wait for 15 minutes after a patient's request for
pain medication to be sure the pain is real.
3. Which of the following most appropriately describe B
pain sensations that has periods of remission and
exacerbation?
• A. Acute
• B. Chronic
• C. Intractable
• D. Neuropathic
4. C
, FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (Post Test)
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You are obtaining a history of Jessie D. who is admitted
with acute chest pain.
Which question will be most helpful for you to ask?
A. Why do you think you had a heart
attack?
B. Do you need anything now?
C. What were you doing when the pain started?
D. Has anyone in your family been sick lately?
5. Which of the following techniques is considered the ?
best way to determine whether a nasogastric tube is
positioned in the stomach?
A. Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric
contents
B. Irrigating with normal saline and observing for the
return of the solution
C. Placing the tube's free end in wate and observing
for air bubbles
D. Instilling air and auscultating over the epigastric
area for the
presence of the tube
6. The health care provider order reads "aspirate naso- B
gastric feeding (NG) tubes every 4 hours and check pH
of aspirate." The pH of the aspirate is 10. Which action
should the nurse take?
A. Apply intermittent suction to the feeding tube
B. Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider
C. Administer the tube feeding as scheduled
D. Irrigate the tube with diet cola soda
, FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (Post Test)
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7. What position will the nurse recommend to the pa- C
tient during NGT insertion?
• A. Semi-Fowler's Position
• B. Trendelenberg
• C. High Fowler's position
• D. Left sims lateral
8. An appropriate technique for nasogastric tube inser- C
tion is for the nurse to:
A. Position the client supine
B. Ice the plastic tube
C. Advance the tube while the client swallows
D. Measure the tube length from the nose to the ster-
num
9. The physician orders nasogastric tube insertion to ir- D
rigate a client's stomach.
Which of the following insertion techniques would
most likely make it more difficult for the nurse to
insert the tube?
A. Lubricating the tube with water-soluble lubricant
B. Asking the client to swallow while the tube is ad-
vanced to the stomach
C. Sitting the client upright in a Fowler's position
D. Having the client tilt the head toward the chest
while inserting the tube into the nose.
10. What position will the nurse recommend to the pa- C
tient during TPN administration?
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A. High Fowler's position
B. Trendelenberg
C. Semi-Fowler's Position
D. Left sims lateral
11. client who requires a central vein access for parenteral ?
nutrition is to receive a solution with:
A. Fat emulsion
B. 5% dextrose
C. Amino acids.
D. 10% dextrose
12. A client with congestive heart failure is newly admitted ?
to home health care. The nurse discovers that the
client has not been following the prescribed diet. What
would be the most appropriate nursing action?
A. Discharge the client from home health care related
to noncompliance
B. Notify the health care provider of the client's failure
to follow prescribed diet
C. Discuss diet with the client to learn the reasons for
not following the diet
D. Make a referral to Meals-on-Wheels
13. The nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted D
to the hospital with a diagnosis of malnutrition. The
nurse most effectively monitors the client's status by
which measure?
• A. Intake measurement
• B. Calorie counts
• C. Skinfold measurements
• D. Daily weights
