FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 11
1. A patient's outcome was to have a pain level of 4 out of 10, 30 minutes after receiving
medication. 30 minutes later the patient reported a pain level of 3 out of 10. Has the outcome
been:
a. Met
b. Not met
c. Partially met
d. Not enough information - Correct answer ✔✔✔ A
2. A patient's outcome at the end of the shift is to ambulate down the hall and back twice. By
the end of the shift the patient was able to ambulate once. Since the outcome was not met,
what would be the best recommendation to change the care plan?
a. Go to the doctor and ask for advice
b. Change the care plan to ambulating once per shift
c. Change the care plan to ambulating three times per shift
d. Continue the care plan to ambulate twice per shift - Correct answer ✔✔✔ D
3. Which of the following is an example of an appropriately written assessment intervention for
a post appendectomy patient experiencing pain at 7/10?
a. Help patient ambulate every 2 hours
b. Assess patient for pain at the beginning of every shift, after giving mediation, and when
patient complains of pain
c. Take patient's health history and vital signs
d. Administer pain medications - Correct answer ✔✔✔ B
, 4. Which of the following is an example of an appropriately written assessment intervention?
a. Patient will ambulate down the hall 2x daily
b. The patient was able to ambulate down the hall 2x daily
c. Administer pain medications regularly and assess patient's pain
d. The patient's pain is 7/10 - Correct answer ✔✔✔ C
Expected outcome should be written following which five step guideline?
a. Specific, medications, availability, response, time
b. Selective, measureable, availability, reasonable, treatment
c. Measurable, achievable, reasonable, time, selective
d. Selective, medications, achievable, response, treatment - Correct answer ✔✔✔ C
6. Which of the following is a correct expected outcome of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Patient will have no crackles in lower lobes
b. Patient will feel better
c. Patient will ambulate the hall 3 times and back by the end of my shift
d. Patient will experience a decrease in pain level - Correct answer ✔✔✔ C
7. What are the 3 parts of the nursing diagnosis?
a. Temperature, Pulse, respirations
b. Problem, etiology, symptoms
c. Medical diagnosis, defining characteristics, health perception
d. Medical diagnosis, MAR, potential risks - Correct answer ✔✔✔ B
8. Which of the following is the correctly written first part of the nursing diagnosis?
AND ANSWERS 11
1. A patient's outcome was to have a pain level of 4 out of 10, 30 minutes after receiving
medication. 30 minutes later the patient reported a pain level of 3 out of 10. Has the outcome
been:
a. Met
b. Not met
c. Partially met
d. Not enough information - Correct answer ✔✔✔ A
2. A patient's outcome at the end of the shift is to ambulate down the hall and back twice. By
the end of the shift the patient was able to ambulate once. Since the outcome was not met,
what would be the best recommendation to change the care plan?
a. Go to the doctor and ask for advice
b. Change the care plan to ambulating once per shift
c. Change the care plan to ambulating three times per shift
d. Continue the care plan to ambulate twice per shift - Correct answer ✔✔✔ D
3. Which of the following is an example of an appropriately written assessment intervention for
a post appendectomy patient experiencing pain at 7/10?
a. Help patient ambulate every 2 hours
b. Assess patient for pain at the beginning of every shift, after giving mediation, and when
patient complains of pain
c. Take patient's health history and vital signs
d. Administer pain medications - Correct answer ✔✔✔ B
, 4. Which of the following is an example of an appropriately written assessment intervention?
a. Patient will ambulate down the hall 2x daily
b. The patient was able to ambulate down the hall 2x daily
c. Administer pain medications regularly and assess patient's pain
d. The patient's pain is 7/10 - Correct answer ✔✔✔ C
Expected outcome should be written following which five step guideline?
a. Specific, medications, availability, response, time
b. Selective, measureable, availability, reasonable, treatment
c. Measurable, achievable, reasonable, time, selective
d. Selective, medications, achievable, response, treatment - Correct answer ✔✔✔ C
6. Which of the following is a correct expected outcome of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Patient will have no crackles in lower lobes
b. Patient will feel better
c. Patient will ambulate the hall 3 times and back by the end of my shift
d. Patient will experience a decrease in pain level - Correct answer ✔✔✔ C
7. What are the 3 parts of the nursing diagnosis?
a. Temperature, Pulse, respirations
b. Problem, etiology, symptoms
c. Medical diagnosis, defining characteristics, health perception
d. Medical diagnosis, MAR, potential risks - Correct answer ✔✔✔ B
8. Which of the following is the correctly written first part of the nursing diagnosis?
