NUR 401 Midterm Exam
1. The nurse manager is providing an in-service regarding a "safe hospital
environment." What will this education mainly focus on preventing?
-Exposure to contaminants
-Falls
-Electric hazard
-Injury: Injury
2. A nurse instructs a unlicensed assistive personnel about the proper use
of a gait belt and is observing a return demonstration. What action by the
unlicensed assistive personnel should cause the nurse to intervene?
-Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking to the side of the patient.
,-Unlicensed assistive personnel is grasping the handles of the gait belt while
the patient ambulates.
-Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking on the patient's strong side.
-Unlicensed assistive personnel is securing the gait belt securely around the
patient's waist: Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking on the patient's strong side.
3. When assessing the adult victim for pulselessness, the CPR rescuer should
palpate the most reliable and accessible pulse. Which pulse will be palpated?
-Carotid
-Femoral
-Brachial
-Radial: Carotid
, 4. CPR has been initiated on an adult patient. How will the nurse confirm the
effectiveness of CPR?
-Observing pupils that change from pinpoint to dilated
-Assessing a palpable carotid pulse during each compression
-Assuring a compression depth of mc004-1.jpg to 2 in
-Assessing an EKG pattern with each compression: Assessing a palpable carotid pulse during
each compression
5. The worried mother of an accident victim asks the nurse how much circulating
blood an average adult male is supposed to have. What will the nurse reply?
10 pines
12 pints
1. The nurse manager is providing an in-service regarding a "safe hospital
environment." What will this education mainly focus on preventing?
-Exposure to contaminants
-Falls
-Electric hazard
-Injury: Injury
2. A nurse instructs a unlicensed assistive personnel about the proper use
of a gait belt and is observing a return demonstration. What action by the
unlicensed assistive personnel should cause the nurse to intervene?
-Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking to the side of the patient.
,-Unlicensed assistive personnel is grasping the handles of the gait belt while
the patient ambulates.
-Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking on the patient's strong side.
-Unlicensed assistive personnel is securing the gait belt securely around the
patient's waist: Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking on the patient's strong side.
3. When assessing the adult victim for pulselessness, the CPR rescuer should
palpate the most reliable and accessible pulse. Which pulse will be palpated?
-Carotid
-Femoral
-Brachial
-Radial: Carotid
, 4. CPR has been initiated on an adult patient. How will the nurse confirm the
effectiveness of CPR?
-Observing pupils that change from pinpoint to dilated
-Assessing a palpable carotid pulse during each compression
-Assuring a compression depth of mc004-1.jpg to 2 in
-Assessing an EKG pattern with each compression: Assessing a palpable carotid pulse during
each compression
5. The worried mother of an accident victim asks the nurse how much circulating
blood an average adult male is supposed to have. What will the nurse reply?
10 pines
12 pints
