Fundamentals of Nursing Test Bank – Complete
Chapter Coverage with Verified Answers
(Latest Edition)
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The cover includes an image of a nurse practicing
bedside care, with a focus on patient interaction
and fundamental nursing practices. The background
features clinical tools, nursing textbooks, and the
hospital environment, while a banner at the bottom
highlights "Complete Chapter Coverage" and
"Verified Answers."
**1. What is the first step of the nursing process?**
- A) Planning
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Assessment ✔
- D) Evaluation
**2. Which of the following is a nursing diagnosis?**
- A) Hypertension
- B) Impaired Physical Mobility ✔
- C) Diabetes Mellitus
- D) Pneumonia
,**3. The phase of the nursing process where goals and expected outcomes are established is:**
- A) Assessment
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Planning ✔
- D) Implementation
**4. A subjective data collected from a patient is:**
- A) Blood pressure reading
- B) Heart rate
- C) “I feel dizzy” ✔
- D) Temperature
**5. Which action reflects the evaluation step?**
- A) Taking vital signs
- B) Comparing patient response to goals ✔
- C) Teaching about medications
- D) Identifying patient’s needs
**6. Critical thinking in nursing involves:**
- A) Memorizing procedures
- B) Following orders without question
- C) Applying knowledge and reasoning to make clinical judgments ✔
- D) Documenting only objective data
**7. A SMART goal is:**
,- A) Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound ✔
- B) Simple, Medical, Accurate, Relevant, Timely
- C) Systematic, Managed, Assessed, Recorded, Tracked
- D) None of the above
**8. The primary purpose of documentation is to:**
- A) Protect the nurse legally
- B) Communicate patient care accurately and continuously ✔
- C) Fulfill hospital policy
- D) Bill for services
**9. Which is an independent nursing intervention?**
- A) Administering prescribed antibiotic
- B) Elevating a swollen limb for comfort ✔
- C) Requesting a physiotherapy referral
- D) Preparing for a surgical procedure as per surgeon’s order
**10. When prioritizing patient care, the nurse uses which framework?**
- A) ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) ✔
- B) Order of the medical diagnosis list
- C) Patient’s personal preferences first
- D) The simplest tasks first
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#### **Section 2: Safety & Infection Control (Questions 21-40)**
, **21. The most effective way to prevent the spread of infection is:**
- A) Wearing gloves
- B) Proper hand hygiene ✔
- C) Using masks
- D) Isolation precautions
**22. Which precaution is used for all patient care to prevent exposure to bloodborne
pathogens?**
- A) Contact Precautions
- B) Droplet Precautions
- C) Standard Precautions ✔
- D) Protective Isolation
**23. A patient with Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) diarrhea requires which type of
precautions?**
- A) Standard Precautions only
- B) Contact Precautions ✔
- C) Airborne Precautions
- D) Droplet Precautions
**24. The correct order for removing PPE after care is:**
- A) Gloves, goggles, gown, mask
- B) Gown, gloves, mask, goggles
- C) Gloves, gown, goggles, mask ✔
- D) Mask, goggles, gown, gloves
Chapter Coverage with Verified Answers
(Latest Edition)
Design Description:
The cover includes an image of a nurse practicing
bedside care, with a focus on patient interaction
and fundamental nursing practices. The background
features clinical tools, nursing textbooks, and the
hospital environment, while a banner at the bottom
highlights "Complete Chapter Coverage" and
"Verified Answers."
**1. What is the first step of the nursing process?**
- A) Planning
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Assessment ✔
- D) Evaluation
**2. Which of the following is a nursing diagnosis?**
- A) Hypertension
- B) Impaired Physical Mobility ✔
- C) Diabetes Mellitus
- D) Pneumonia
,**3. The phase of the nursing process where goals and expected outcomes are established is:**
- A) Assessment
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Planning ✔
- D) Implementation
**4. A subjective data collected from a patient is:**
- A) Blood pressure reading
- B) Heart rate
- C) “I feel dizzy” ✔
- D) Temperature
**5. Which action reflects the evaluation step?**
- A) Taking vital signs
- B) Comparing patient response to goals ✔
- C) Teaching about medications
- D) Identifying patient’s needs
**6. Critical thinking in nursing involves:**
- A) Memorizing procedures
- B) Following orders without question
- C) Applying knowledge and reasoning to make clinical judgments ✔
- D) Documenting only objective data
**7. A SMART goal is:**
,- A) Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound ✔
- B) Simple, Medical, Accurate, Relevant, Timely
- C) Systematic, Managed, Assessed, Recorded, Tracked
- D) None of the above
**8. The primary purpose of documentation is to:**
- A) Protect the nurse legally
- B) Communicate patient care accurately and continuously ✔
- C) Fulfill hospital policy
- D) Bill for services
**9. Which is an independent nursing intervention?**
- A) Administering prescribed antibiotic
- B) Elevating a swollen limb for comfort ✔
- C) Requesting a physiotherapy referral
- D) Preparing for a surgical procedure as per surgeon’s order
**10. When prioritizing patient care, the nurse uses which framework?**
- A) ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) ✔
- B) Order of the medical diagnosis list
- C) Patient’s personal preferences first
- D) The simplest tasks first
---
#### **Section 2: Safety & Infection Control (Questions 21-40)**
, **21. The most effective way to prevent the spread of infection is:**
- A) Wearing gloves
- B) Proper hand hygiene ✔
- C) Using masks
- D) Isolation precautions
**22. Which precaution is used for all patient care to prevent exposure to bloodborne
pathogens?**
- A) Contact Precautions
- B) Droplet Precautions
- C) Standard Precautions ✔
- D) Protective Isolation
**23. A patient with Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) diarrhea requires which type of
precautions?**
- A) Standard Precautions only
- B) Contact Precautions ✔
- C) Airborne Precautions
- D) Droplet Precautions
**24. The correct order for removing PPE after care is:**
- A) Gloves, goggles, gown, mask
- B) Gown, gloves, mask, goggles
- C) Gloves, gown, goggles, mask ✔
- D) Mask, goggles, gown, gloves
