SURGICAL NURSING EXAM PRACTICE
WITH ACTUAL SOLUTIONS
A nurse is a new employee in a facility learning about The Joint Commission's Patient Safety
Goals. What is in included within these goals? ✔️✔️Infection prevention
A nurse is caring for a client who is at high risk for falling. The client is weak and confused.
What are actions
the nurse can take when caring for this client? ✔️✔️1. Repeat fall risk assessment every 8
hours.
2. Place call light within reach
3. Identify medications that increase falling risk
A nursing unit is receiving report for five clients being newly admitted. Which client is at the
highest risk for injury and best to place close to the nurse's station? ✔️✔️An 87-year-old
patient who is confused
Which statements by a nurse are correct when preventing needlesticks and blood exposure?
✔️✔️1. "I always place my used needles into a puncture-proof, labeled container."
2. "I confirm that the sharps container is not overfilled before placing the syringe inside."
3. "I only recap with a needle guard when available."
, The nurse knows that falls most often occur in hospitals and long-term care facilities during
which time frames? ✔️✔️Weekends, nights, holidays
The nurse is about to move a client who is large and unsteady from the bed to a chair. Which
actions should the nurse take? ✔️✔️1. Apply a lift belt
2. Get additional help
3. Clear area of obstacles
A patient develops a respiratory rate of 6 breaths/minute after receiving the opioid
hydromorphone. Which medication should the nurse anticipate administering to this patient after
notifying the prescriber of this side effect? ✔️✔️Naloxone (Narcan)
The client with severe pain is nauseated and vomiting. Which routes could be considered for
administration of an opioid medication? ✔️✔️Nasal, transdermal, rectal, subcutaneous,
intravenous
Which statements about pain are correct? ✔️✔️1. Patients in pain rarely become addicted.
2. Patients can have severe pain and not exhibit any signs.
Linda is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery. Which nonpharmacological pain relief
measures could be effective in treating her pain? ✔️✔️1. Massage
2. Heat and cold
3. Distraction