NURS 200 Exam 1 Practice Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1: A new nurse in orientation is approached by a surveyor from the department of health and
is asked, "What is the best means to prevent the spread of infection?" What is the best answer for the
nurse to provide?
a. "Let me get my preceptor."
b. "Wash your hands before and after any patient care."
c. "Clean all instruments and work surfaces with an approved disinfectant."
d. "Ensure proper disposal of all items contaminated with blood or body fluids."
Answer: B. "Wash your hands before and after any patient care."
Question 2: Which factor as the greatest influence on diastolic blood pressure?
a. Renal function
b. cardiac output
c. oxygen saturation
d. peripheral vascular resistance
Answer: D. peripheral vascular resistance
Question 3: What factor has the greatest influence on diastolic blood pressure?
a. elasticity
b. cardiac output
c. peripheral vascular resistance
d. blood volume
Answer: B. cardiac output
Question 4: A patient is incontinent and diagnosed with nosocomial infection caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and contact precautions are initiated. The nurse prepares
to give a complete bed bath to the patient and obtains which of the following protective items needed to
perform this procedure?
a. gloves and gown
b. gloves and goggles
c. gloves, gown, and shoe protectors
d. gloves, gown, goggles, and a face shield
Answer: D. gloves, gown, goggles, and a face shield
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, Question 5: A nurse assesses the vital signs of a 50-year-old female patent and documents the results.
Which of the following are considered within normal range for this patient? (Select all that apply.) i.
Oral temperature 98.2F. ii. Apical pulse 88 beats per minute and regular iii. Respiratory rate of 30 per
minute iv. Blood pressure 116/78 mmHg while in a sitting position v. Oxygen saturation of 92%.
Answer: i., ii., iv.
Question 6: The nurse is giving a bed bath to an assigned patient when a nursing assistant enters the
patient's room and tells the nurse that another assigned patient is in pain and needs pain medication.
The appropriate nursing action is which of the following?
a. Finish the bed bath and then administer the pain medication to the other patient.
b. Ask the nursing assistant to find out when the last pain medication was given to the patient
c. Ask the nursing assistant to tell the patient in pain that medication will be administered as soon as the bed
bath is complete.
d. Cover the patient, lower the bed, tell the patient that you will return shortly, and administer the pain
medication to the other patient.
Answer: D. Cover the patient, lower the bed, tell the patient that you will return shortly, and administer the
pain medication to the other patient.
Question 8: A nurse should employ which technique to maintain surgical asepsis?
a. Change the sterile field after sterile water is spilled on it
b. Put on sterile gloves, then open a container of sterile saline
c. Place a sterile dressing no more than ½ inch from the edge of the sterile field
d. Clean the surgical area with a circular motion, moving from the outer edge toward the center
Answer: A. Change the sterile field after sterile water is spilled on it
Question 9: The nurse places a hospitalized patient with active tuberculosis in a private, well-ventilated
isolation room. In addition, which critical action(s) should the nurse take before entering the patient's
room?
a. Wash hands
b. Wash hands and wear gown and gloves
c. Wash hands and place a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator over the nose and mouth
d. The nurse needs no special precautions, but the patient is instructed to cover his or her mouth and nose when
coughing or sneezing.
Answer: C. Wash hands and place a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator over the nose and
mouth
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A+)
Question 1: A new nurse in orientation is approached by a surveyor from the department of health and
is asked, "What is the best means to prevent the spread of infection?" What is the best answer for the
nurse to provide?
a. "Let me get my preceptor."
b. "Wash your hands before and after any patient care."
c. "Clean all instruments and work surfaces with an approved disinfectant."
d. "Ensure proper disposal of all items contaminated with blood or body fluids."
Answer: B. "Wash your hands before and after any patient care."
Question 2: Which factor as the greatest influence on diastolic blood pressure?
a. Renal function
b. cardiac output
c. oxygen saturation
d. peripheral vascular resistance
Answer: D. peripheral vascular resistance
Question 3: What factor has the greatest influence on diastolic blood pressure?
a. elasticity
b. cardiac output
c. peripheral vascular resistance
d. blood volume
Answer: B. cardiac output
Question 4: A patient is incontinent and diagnosed with nosocomial infection caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and contact precautions are initiated. The nurse prepares
to give a complete bed bath to the patient and obtains which of the following protective items needed to
perform this procedure?
a. gloves and gown
b. gloves and goggles
c. gloves, gown, and shoe protectors
d. gloves, gown, goggles, and a face shield
Answer: D. gloves, gown, goggles, and a face shield
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, Question 5: A nurse assesses the vital signs of a 50-year-old female patent and documents the results.
Which of the following are considered within normal range for this patient? (Select all that apply.) i.
Oral temperature 98.2F. ii. Apical pulse 88 beats per minute and regular iii. Respiratory rate of 30 per
minute iv. Blood pressure 116/78 mmHg while in a sitting position v. Oxygen saturation of 92%.
Answer: i., ii., iv.
Question 6: The nurse is giving a bed bath to an assigned patient when a nursing assistant enters the
patient's room and tells the nurse that another assigned patient is in pain and needs pain medication.
The appropriate nursing action is which of the following?
a. Finish the bed bath and then administer the pain medication to the other patient.
b. Ask the nursing assistant to find out when the last pain medication was given to the patient
c. Ask the nursing assistant to tell the patient in pain that medication will be administered as soon as the bed
bath is complete.
d. Cover the patient, lower the bed, tell the patient that you will return shortly, and administer the pain
medication to the other patient.
Answer: D. Cover the patient, lower the bed, tell the patient that you will return shortly, and administer the
pain medication to the other patient.
Question 8: A nurse should employ which technique to maintain surgical asepsis?
a. Change the sterile field after sterile water is spilled on it
b. Put on sterile gloves, then open a container of sterile saline
c. Place a sterile dressing no more than ½ inch from the edge of the sterile field
d. Clean the surgical area with a circular motion, moving from the outer edge toward the center
Answer: A. Change the sterile field after sterile water is spilled on it
Question 9: The nurse places a hospitalized patient with active tuberculosis in a private, well-ventilated
isolation room. In addition, which critical action(s) should the nurse take before entering the patient's
room?
a. Wash hands
b. Wash hands and wear gown and gloves
c. Wash hands and place a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator over the nose and mouth
d. The nurse needs no special precautions, but the patient is instructed to cover his or her mouth and nose when
coughing or sneezing.
Answer: C. Wash hands and place a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator over the nose and
mouth
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