PN1 Exam 1-Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ latest
Update (2024/2025)
what would the nurse expect to NOT find in a person with osteoarthritis - ✔️✔️symmetrical joint
involvement
What do you give for a person experiencing an acute attack of gout - ✔️✔️Colchicine
Forward curvature of the thoracic spine - ✔️✔️kyphosis
What nursing intervention has the greatest likelihood of minimizing the risk of injury for a client who
frequently gets out of bed at night to go to the bathroom? - ✔️✔️illuminating the pathway to the
bathroom
A person tells the nurse that he has been having increased difficulty walking and has reduced ROM
in both him, what is the nurse suspecting of this person? - ✔️✔️Loss of elasticity of the ligaments
and tendons
What statement said by a newly hired nurse indicates she needs further teaching? - ✔️✔️My line of
gravity should fall outside by base of support
A person is angry, yelling, cursing, and waving his arms when the nurse comes to the treatment
cubicle. What action should the nurse take - ✔️✔️stay between the patient and the door, keep the
door open
A patient is being discharged and the patient is week and the nurse says he is weak because -
✔️✔️of your immobility in the hospital, this is known as deconditioning
The goal of the joint commissions national Speak Up campaign is to - ✔️✔️prevent health care
errors
The best way to prevent skin breakdown on a person who is frail, malnourished, immobile is -
✔️✔️repo every 2 hours
, What information should the nurse give a patient when explaining constipation - ✔️✔️immobility
often causes constipation
What question does the nurse ask to determine the radiation of pain - ✔️✔️does the pain move to
another area from your knees
What should a nurse do when she gives a client the wrong medication - ✔️✔️assess the client
Rank the order correctly 1. Activate the fire alarm 2. More the patients out of the room 3. Close all
windows and doors 4. Put out the fire using the proper extinguisher - ✔️✔️-2-1-3-4
A nurse is caring for a quadriplegic patient, what treatment would the nurse perform to decreased
the risk of joint contracture and promote joint mobility - ✔️✔️passive ROM
Sentinel event is - ✔️✔️signals the need for immediate investigation and response
A person trying to get out of bed and the nurse is unable to reorient him, what should the nurse now
do - ✔️✔️provide comfort measures
a culture of safety in a health care organization include - ✔️✔️communication
What statement indicates that the client understands the instructions for osteoarthritis - ✔️✔️I will
need to lose weight; my doctor says about 20 pounds
What nursing intervention might helps a person reduce her symptoms of fibromyalgia -
✔️✔️establish a regular sleep pattern
nursing intervention is the highest priority for a client at risk for falls in a hospital - ✔️✔️place bed
in lowest position
Most common incident in hospitals - ✔️✔️patient falls
Update (2024/2025)
what would the nurse expect to NOT find in a person with osteoarthritis - ✔️✔️symmetrical joint
involvement
What do you give for a person experiencing an acute attack of gout - ✔️✔️Colchicine
Forward curvature of the thoracic spine - ✔️✔️kyphosis
What nursing intervention has the greatest likelihood of minimizing the risk of injury for a client who
frequently gets out of bed at night to go to the bathroom? - ✔️✔️illuminating the pathway to the
bathroom
A person tells the nurse that he has been having increased difficulty walking and has reduced ROM
in both him, what is the nurse suspecting of this person? - ✔️✔️Loss of elasticity of the ligaments
and tendons
What statement said by a newly hired nurse indicates she needs further teaching? - ✔️✔️My line of
gravity should fall outside by base of support
A person is angry, yelling, cursing, and waving his arms when the nurse comes to the treatment
cubicle. What action should the nurse take - ✔️✔️stay between the patient and the door, keep the
door open
A patient is being discharged and the patient is week and the nurse says he is weak because -
✔️✔️of your immobility in the hospital, this is known as deconditioning
The goal of the joint commissions national Speak Up campaign is to - ✔️✔️prevent health care
errors
The best way to prevent skin breakdown on a person who is frail, malnourished, immobile is -
✔️✔️repo every 2 hours
, What information should the nurse give a patient when explaining constipation - ✔️✔️immobility
often causes constipation
What question does the nurse ask to determine the radiation of pain - ✔️✔️does the pain move to
another area from your knees
What should a nurse do when she gives a client the wrong medication - ✔️✔️assess the client
Rank the order correctly 1. Activate the fire alarm 2. More the patients out of the room 3. Close all
windows and doors 4. Put out the fire using the proper extinguisher - ✔️✔️-2-1-3-4
A nurse is caring for a quadriplegic patient, what treatment would the nurse perform to decreased
the risk of joint contracture and promote joint mobility - ✔️✔️passive ROM
Sentinel event is - ✔️✔️signals the need for immediate investigation and response
A person trying to get out of bed and the nurse is unable to reorient him, what should the nurse now
do - ✔️✔️provide comfort measures
a culture of safety in a health care organization include - ✔️✔️communication
What statement indicates that the client understands the instructions for osteoarthritis - ✔️✔️I will
need to lose weight; my doctor says about 20 pounds
What nursing intervention might helps a person reduce her symptoms of fibromyalgia -
✔️✔️establish a regular sleep pattern
nursing intervention is the highest priority for a client at risk for falls in a hospital - ✔️✔️place bed
in lowest position
Most common incident in hospitals - ✔️✔️patient falls
