BNS Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Roles of the nurse - Answers Educator,collaborator, advocater,manager, caregiver
Florence Nightingale beliefs - Answers Nutrition, fresh air, sick people, therapy, nurses should
help identify personal needs, health illness, nursing should be taught by nurses, continuing
education
Who's in charge of nursing act - Answers State, protects the public
Stages of stress - Answers alarm, resistance, exhaustion
PPE Donning order - Answers gown, mask, goggles, gloves
PPE removal order - Answers gloves, goggles, gown, mask
Wear n95 when - Answers Exposed to measles, TB, vessels
supine - Answers lying on the back, after spine surgery, cardiac catherization
Folwer - Answers 60-90 degrees
Semi-Fowler's - Answers 30-45 degrees
low fowlers - Answers 15-30 degrees
dorsal recumbent - Answers Feet flat on bed
Dorsal Lithotomy Position - Answers Stirrups
Side lying lateral - Answers Allievates pressure
Sims position - Answers Side lying, rectal exam, enemas
Prones - Answers Face down, immobilized, spinal injury
Knee chest - Answers Face down head turned to side
stage 1 pressure injury - Answers Intact skin, red, pink, does not blanch
Stage 2 - Answers partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis, dermis, or both, blister
Stage 3 - Answers full thickness tissue loss with visible fat, deep crater
Stage 4 - Answers Full skin loss, tissue necrosis, bone damage, some eschar, wet
Unstageable - Answers Full skin loss, base eschar
When using safety belt - Answers Document the reason
, Example of good body mechanics - Answers Feet fixed, spread one i formt other, turns body to
move pt up and down w rocking
How often turn pt - Answers Every two hours
Prevent heel pressure - Answers Suspend heels by placing pillow under calves
Prevent pressure injury - Answers Use cream, trapeze, keep heels off the bed, reposition every
two hours
Main functions of the skin - Answers Protection, excretion, sensation, secretion
Denture care - Answers Remove 6 hours daily, keep in labeled dentures container with water or
saline
Average pulse rate - Answers 72 bpm
If dehydration occurs - Answers Bp will decrease, pulse increases
Hissing sound in lungs - Answers Wheezing
vescular sounds - Answers Longer than inspiration than expiration
Respiration controlled by - Answers Pons and medulla
orthostatic hypotension - Answers Drop in bp from standing up, meds, neuro problems ,
dehydration. Drops 15-20mm
Hiw long is wait to take temp after eating - Answers 30 seconds
Factors that affect body temp - Answers Time of day, age,drugs, stress
Acute pain and anxiety increase pulse why - Answers Sympathetic nerves stimulated
sympathetic nervous system stimulates functions - Answers Needed for fight or flight
Pukse ox measures arterial oxygen by - Answers Measuring oxygenated hemoglobin via cap bed
Measure core body temp by - Answers Tympanic thermometer
Pulse pressure - Answers systolic minus diastolic
Pulse sites - Answers temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, ulnar, femoral, popliteal, posterior
tibial, dorsalis pedis
Neuro check highest score - Answers 15. 7 or less indicate coma
Glucose, oxygen and carbon dioxide redistribute themselves through - Answers Diffusion
Roles of the nurse - Answers Educator,collaborator, advocater,manager, caregiver
Florence Nightingale beliefs - Answers Nutrition, fresh air, sick people, therapy, nurses should
help identify personal needs, health illness, nursing should be taught by nurses, continuing
education
Who's in charge of nursing act - Answers State, protects the public
Stages of stress - Answers alarm, resistance, exhaustion
PPE Donning order - Answers gown, mask, goggles, gloves
PPE removal order - Answers gloves, goggles, gown, mask
Wear n95 when - Answers Exposed to measles, TB, vessels
supine - Answers lying on the back, after spine surgery, cardiac catherization
Folwer - Answers 60-90 degrees
Semi-Fowler's - Answers 30-45 degrees
low fowlers - Answers 15-30 degrees
dorsal recumbent - Answers Feet flat on bed
Dorsal Lithotomy Position - Answers Stirrups
Side lying lateral - Answers Allievates pressure
Sims position - Answers Side lying, rectal exam, enemas
Prones - Answers Face down, immobilized, spinal injury
Knee chest - Answers Face down head turned to side
stage 1 pressure injury - Answers Intact skin, red, pink, does not blanch
Stage 2 - Answers partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis, dermis, or both, blister
Stage 3 - Answers full thickness tissue loss with visible fat, deep crater
Stage 4 - Answers Full skin loss, tissue necrosis, bone damage, some eschar, wet
Unstageable - Answers Full skin loss, base eschar
When using safety belt - Answers Document the reason
, Example of good body mechanics - Answers Feet fixed, spread one i formt other, turns body to
move pt up and down w rocking
How often turn pt - Answers Every two hours
Prevent heel pressure - Answers Suspend heels by placing pillow under calves
Prevent pressure injury - Answers Use cream, trapeze, keep heels off the bed, reposition every
two hours
Main functions of the skin - Answers Protection, excretion, sensation, secretion
Denture care - Answers Remove 6 hours daily, keep in labeled dentures container with water or
saline
Average pulse rate - Answers 72 bpm
If dehydration occurs - Answers Bp will decrease, pulse increases
Hissing sound in lungs - Answers Wheezing
vescular sounds - Answers Longer than inspiration than expiration
Respiration controlled by - Answers Pons and medulla
orthostatic hypotension - Answers Drop in bp from standing up, meds, neuro problems ,
dehydration. Drops 15-20mm
Hiw long is wait to take temp after eating - Answers 30 seconds
Factors that affect body temp - Answers Time of day, age,drugs, stress
Acute pain and anxiety increase pulse why - Answers Sympathetic nerves stimulated
sympathetic nervous system stimulates functions - Answers Needed for fight or flight
Pukse ox measures arterial oxygen by - Answers Measuring oxygenated hemoglobin via cap bed
Measure core body temp by - Answers Tympanic thermometer
Pulse pressure - Answers systolic minus diastolic
Pulse sites - Answers temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, ulnar, femoral, popliteal, posterior
tibial, dorsalis pedis
Neuro check highest score - Answers 15. 7 or less indicate coma
Glucose, oxygen and carbon dioxide redistribute themselves through - Answers Diffusion
