Nursing State Final Practice Questions With Complete
Solutions
A newborns birth weight is 3400grms. The maximum expected
weight loss for this newborn would be? Correct Answer 340g
(10%)
A patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia says to the nurse "im
like a fallen star. But i wont go to the bar... it would be mar on
my family, on the tar". This is an example of? Correct Answer
Clang association
A patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia says to the nurse,
"The voices have told me i'm in danger". He stays in his rom,
wears the same clothes and avoids cracks on the floor. The nurse
best initial response is... Correct Answer I know that these
voices are real to you, but I cant hear them
A pregnant woman at 30 weeks gestation exhibits a rise in her
baseline systolic BP of 32mm/Hg, a weight gain of 4kgs since
last week and difficulty removing rings she normally wears.
This is suggestive of... Correct Answer Pre Eclampsia
A primiparous women, one day post-partum, explains that while
breastfeeding, she experienced uterine cramps and a heavy gush
that soaked through her pad to the bed. The nurse should....
Correct Answer Palpate the fundus
A woman diagnosed with marginal placenta praevia gave birth
vaginally 15 minutes ago. She is at greatest risk for? Correct
Answer Haemorrhage
,A woman with severe pre eclampsia is being monitored for
assessment findings indicative of cerebral oedema and
venospasm. Which would you not expect to find? Correct
Answer Insomnia (Riley)
Aminophylline comes in ampoules of 250mg in 10mls. How
much, in mls, would you draw up to obtain 300mgs Correct
Answer 8.3 (Riley)
APGAR Correct Answer appearance, pulse, grimace, activity,
respiration
Asthma is a disorder primarily characterised by Correct
Answer Spastic constriction of the respiratory airways (Riley)
At 34 weeks gestation, mary is hospitalised with severe HOP
(hypertension, oedema and proteinuria) syndrome. Which of the
following represents unusual findings for this condition?
Correct Answer Convulsions (Riley)
At birth the major cause of heat loss is by Correct Answer
Evaporation
Blake a 65 year old kaumatua (elder) is admitted with urinary
retention. He is quiet and appears withdrawn. Blakes whanau
arrives. A female doctor tells them he needs a urinary catheter
inserted. Blakes son refuses to have a young woman doctor
catheterise his father. What is your most apprpriate response
Correct Answer I will inform the doctor of your decision
(Riley)
, Candice meeker is expecting her first baby. Candice is interested
in having an independent midwife deliver her baby. The
certified midwife is to Correct Answer Manage the care of
women throughout the childbearing cycle (Riley)
Characteristically, respirations of the client in diabetic acidosis
are Correct Answer Deep, rapid with acetone breath
(kussmaul)
Children are more likely to develop acute otitis media from an
upper resp infection than adults because of their... Correct
Answer These disorders can make the Eustachian tube so
swollen that air can no longer flow into the middle ear (Riley)
Cohesiveness is important to all teams. This means Correct
Answer A strong organisational support system of the group
(Riley)
Cor pulmonalae Correct Answer Right sided heart failure
secondary to to severe lung disease
David tells the nurse that he does not want his wife and children
to know he is dying. What would be the most helpful response?
Correct Answer They would not want you to upset yourself by
worrying about them
During an asthma attack the reaction to excessive histamine
release would be? Correct Answer Bronchospasm, Excessive
mucous production, production of I.G.E antibodies
Solutions
A newborns birth weight is 3400grms. The maximum expected
weight loss for this newborn would be? Correct Answer 340g
(10%)
A patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia says to the nurse "im
like a fallen star. But i wont go to the bar... it would be mar on
my family, on the tar". This is an example of? Correct Answer
Clang association
A patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia says to the nurse,
"The voices have told me i'm in danger". He stays in his rom,
wears the same clothes and avoids cracks on the floor. The nurse
best initial response is... Correct Answer I know that these
voices are real to you, but I cant hear them
A pregnant woman at 30 weeks gestation exhibits a rise in her
baseline systolic BP of 32mm/Hg, a weight gain of 4kgs since
last week and difficulty removing rings she normally wears.
This is suggestive of... Correct Answer Pre Eclampsia
A primiparous women, one day post-partum, explains that while
breastfeeding, she experienced uterine cramps and a heavy gush
that soaked through her pad to the bed. The nurse should....
Correct Answer Palpate the fundus
A woman diagnosed with marginal placenta praevia gave birth
vaginally 15 minutes ago. She is at greatest risk for? Correct
Answer Haemorrhage
,A woman with severe pre eclampsia is being monitored for
assessment findings indicative of cerebral oedema and
venospasm. Which would you not expect to find? Correct
Answer Insomnia (Riley)
Aminophylline comes in ampoules of 250mg in 10mls. How
much, in mls, would you draw up to obtain 300mgs Correct
Answer 8.3 (Riley)
APGAR Correct Answer appearance, pulse, grimace, activity,
respiration
Asthma is a disorder primarily characterised by Correct
Answer Spastic constriction of the respiratory airways (Riley)
At 34 weeks gestation, mary is hospitalised with severe HOP
(hypertension, oedema and proteinuria) syndrome. Which of the
following represents unusual findings for this condition?
Correct Answer Convulsions (Riley)
At birth the major cause of heat loss is by Correct Answer
Evaporation
Blake a 65 year old kaumatua (elder) is admitted with urinary
retention. He is quiet and appears withdrawn. Blakes whanau
arrives. A female doctor tells them he needs a urinary catheter
inserted. Blakes son refuses to have a young woman doctor
catheterise his father. What is your most apprpriate response
Correct Answer I will inform the doctor of your decision
(Riley)
, Candice meeker is expecting her first baby. Candice is interested
in having an independent midwife deliver her baby. The
certified midwife is to Correct Answer Manage the care of
women throughout the childbearing cycle (Riley)
Characteristically, respirations of the client in diabetic acidosis
are Correct Answer Deep, rapid with acetone breath
(kussmaul)
Children are more likely to develop acute otitis media from an
upper resp infection than adults because of their... Correct
Answer These disorders can make the Eustachian tube so
swollen that air can no longer flow into the middle ear (Riley)
Cohesiveness is important to all teams. This means Correct
Answer A strong organisational support system of the group
(Riley)
Cor pulmonalae Correct Answer Right sided heart failure
secondary to to severe lung disease
David tells the nurse that he does not want his wife and children
to know he is dying. What would be the most helpful response?
Correct Answer They would not want you to upset yourself by
worrying about them
During an asthma attack the reaction to excessive histamine
release would be? Correct Answer Bronchospasm, Excessive
mucous production, production of I.G.E antibodies
