Nursing 101 Fundamentals Of Nursing Practice
Exam 1, Part 1; Comprehensive Q&A For
Guaranteed Success 2025
During a physical assessment, the nurse closes and door and provides drape to
promote privacy. The nurse is performing her role as a/an:
A. Advocate
B. Communicator
C. Change agent
D. Caregiver - correct-answer-D. Caregiver
The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote, restore and maintain dignity,
health and wellness by viewing a person holistically. As an advocate the nurse
intercedes or works on behalf of the client. Identifying the need and problems of
the client and communicating it to other members of the health team is doing the
role of a communicator. As a change agent, the nurse assists the client to MODIFY
their BEHAVIOR.
Kussmaul's breathing is:
A. Shallow breaths interrupted by apnea
B. Prolonged gasping inspiration followed by a very short, usually inefficient
expiration
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C. Marked rhythmic waxing and waning of respirations from very deep to very
shallow breathing and temporary apnea
D. Increased rate and depth of respiration - correct-answer-D. Increased rate and
depth of respiration
Kussmaul breathing is also called as hyperventilation. Seen in metabolic acidosis
and renal failure. Option A refers to Biot's breathing. Option B is apneustic
breathing and option C is the Cheyne-stokes breathing.
The nurse is aware that Bell's palsy affects which cranial nerve?
A. 2nd CN (Optic)
B. 3rd CN (Occulomotor)
C. 4th CN (Trochlear)
D. 7th CN (Facial) - correct-answer-D. 7th CN (Facial)
Bells' palsy is the paralysis of the motor component of the 7th cranial nerve,
resulting in facial sag, inability to close the eyelid or the mouth, drooling, flat
naso-labial fold and loss of taste on the affected side of the face.
When performing an admission assessment on a newly admitted patient, the
nurse percusses resonance. The nurse knows that resonance heard on percussion
is most commonly heard over which organ?
A. Thigh
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B. Liver
C. Intestine
D. Lung - correct-answer-D. Lung
Resonance is loud, low-pitched and long duration that's heard most commonly
over an air-filled tissue such as a normal lung.
To assess the adequacy of food intake, which of the following assessment
parameters is best used?
A. Food preferences
B. Regularity of meal times
C. 3-day diet recall
D. Eating style and habits - correct-answer-C. 3-day diet recall
3-day diet recall is an example of dietary history. This is used to indicate the
adequacy of food intake of the client.
Claire is admitted with a diagnosis of chronic shoulder pain. By definition, the
nurse understands that the patient has had pain for more than:
A. 3 months
B. 6 months
C. 9 months