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Question:
1. When assessing an unresponsive pt, what is an appro-priate way to get a pain response?
-sternal rub -nail bed pressure -pinching the ear -a trapezium squeeze
Answer:
a trapezium squeeze (aka squeeze the shoulders)

Question:
2. What is the most common health problem affecting the nurses healthcare users & the relatives in
hospital settings?
-neurological disorders -cancer -needle prick injury -split & falls
Answer:
split & falls

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3. Which is NOT considered medicine?
-whole blood -albumin -blood clotting factors -antibodies
Answer:
whole blood

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4. What sector receives the largest share of UK health budget?
-surgical operations -blood diseases / HIV / hepatitis -elderly problems
Answer:
elderly problems

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5. What does a nurse observe when assessing the respi-ration of a pt with breathing difficulties?
-rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis -presence of symmetrical movement of both sides of chest &
equal breath sounds -ability to speak in full sentences, ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of
cyanosis -ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
Answer:
ability to speak in full sen-tences, ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis

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6. How long is the undergraduate/pre-registration BSC nursing programme for those on a standard
entry pathway?
-2 years -4 years -3 years -5 years
Answer:
3 years

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7. Pt is having breathlessness. Pt is in the end of life care phase. What should the nurse do?

, -put the face of the pt in the electric fan -give high flow oxygen -put paper bag -give more sedative
Answer:
put paper bag

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8. A nurse working in a children ward wants to take vital signs for the pts & notices a distressed child.
What is the best nursing action?
-ignore the child & continue the vital signs for others -attend to the distressed child & take them
together to do their vital signs -ask the attendant / assistant to do vitals while you attend to the
distressed child -inform the head nurse about the distressed child & continue your vitals
Answer:
ask the attendant / assis-tant to do vitals while you attend to the distressed child

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9. How will you asses hemodynamic stability & perfu-sion?
-skin turgor -GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) -capillary refill
Answer:
capillary refill

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10. How is chemotherapy & hormone treatment waste dis-posed?
-red -yellow -pink -black
Answer:
red

Question:
11. A pt is returning home from hospital. They will spend several weeks in a residential facility,
followed by com-munity support. In order to ensure a positive process, what action does a nurse take?
-allow the pt to arrange any community service to al-low them to be independent -give discharge
information to the care facility who will liaise with others -copy all agencies into the discharge plan
correspon-dence -ask the pt to contact their GP to follow up on services needed
Answer:
give discharge informa-tion to the care facility who will liaise with others

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12. What action would you take if a specimen had a bio-hazard sticker on it?
-double bag it, in a self-sealing bag, & wear gloves if handling the specimen -wear gloves if handling
the specimen, ring ahead & tell the laboratory the sample is on its way -wear goggles & underfill the
sample bottle -wear appropriate PPE & overfill the bottle
Answer:
double bag it, in a self-sealing bag, & wear gloves if handling the specimen

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13. Which of the following techniques is advisable when obtaining a urine specimen in order to
minimize the contamination of a specimen?
-clean around the meatus prior to sample collection & get a midstream / clean catch urine specimen
-clean around the meatus prior to sample collection & collect the first portion of urine as this is where
the most bacteria will be -do not clean the urethral meatus as we want these bacteria to analyse as