Nursing Fundamentals Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
You enter a residents room and the resident has a new onset bedsore. You feel you need to
document this in the medical record but also have a discussion with the nurse. Where would
you opt to have this discussion?
a. In the patients room
b. In the hallway with the family
c. In private
d. At the local bar - CORRECT ANSWER -C
To prevent shampoo from getting into your residents eyes, you should:
a. Use a hand held nozzle
b. Use dry shampoo
c. Rinse the hair throughly
d. Use a washcloth to cover the eyes - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Bath water temperature should be at what temperature:
a. 110- 115 degrees F
b. 110- 120 degrees F
c. 105 degrees F
d. 105- 109 degrees F - CORRECT ANSWER -A
,The word ACUTE when used to define illness means:
a. an illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
b. an ongoing illness for which there is no cure
c. a sudden onset to an illness
d. an illness that is gradual - CORRECT ANSWER -C
In your role as a nursing assistant, you are able to:
a. You can take verbal orders over the phone from doctors
b. Give medications
c. Insert a foley in the patients vagina or penis
d. Report changes in the residents condition to the nurse - CORRECT ANSWER -D
An assisted living facility provides all of the following except:
a. Housing
b. Personal care
c. Social activities
d. 24 hour skilled nursing care - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Those persons who provide basic nursing care under the supervision of a registered nurse or a
licensed practical nurse are:
a. Licensed practical nurse
b. Case managers
,c. Assistive personnel
d. The "health care team" - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A federal insurance plan providing benefits for older persons and some younger persons with
disabilities is called:
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
d. Coventry - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which nursing care pattern focuses on tasks and jobs?
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Primary nursing
d. Care management - CORRECT ANSWER -A
You promote quality of life by:
a. Delegating tasks to your coworkers
b. Making sure you bring your resident chocolate and Starbucks
c. Doing everything for the patient, they don't need to lift a finger
d. Speaking to individuals in a respectful manner - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Your patient has left sided weakness, how do you put on their shirt?
, a. Clients choice
b. Right sleeve
c. Left sleeve
d. Both sleeve together - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Exercises that move each muscle and joint care called?
a. Rotation
b. Adduction
c. Range of Motion
d. Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Your patient's roommate has just died, how can you BEST help the client with the loss?
a. Discourage individual activity
b. Encourage the client talk
c. Convince the client its no big loss. The roommate was a complainer
d. Leave the client alone - CORRECT ANSWER -B
You go to check on Mrs. Jones, she is very agitated. Your task is to give her a bed bath, When
you walk in the room, she tells you "Get out of here. I do not want a bed bath". What should
you do?
a. Speak loudly because maybe Mrs. Jones didn't hear or understand you.
b. Run
c. Tell the client they have no choice, shut up and lets get cleaned up
With Correct Answers
You enter a residents room and the resident has a new onset bedsore. You feel you need to
document this in the medical record but also have a discussion with the nurse. Where would
you opt to have this discussion?
a. In the patients room
b. In the hallway with the family
c. In private
d. At the local bar - CORRECT ANSWER -C
To prevent shampoo from getting into your residents eyes, you should:
a. Use a hand held nozzle
b. Use dry shampoo
c. Rinse the hair throughly
d. Use a washcloth to cover the eyes - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Bath water temperature should be at what temperature:
a. 110- 115 degrees F
b. 110- 120 degrees F
c. 105 degrees F
d. 105- 109 degrees F - CORRECT ANSWER -A
,The word ACUTE when used to define illness means:
a. an illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
b. an ongoing illness for which there is no cure
c. a sudden onset to an illness
d. an illness that is gradual - CORRECT ANSWER -C
In your role as a nursing assistant, you are able to:
a. You can take verbal orders over the phone from doctors
b. Give medications
c. Insert a foley in the patients vagina or penis
d. Report changes in the residents condition to the nurse - CORRECT ANSWER -D
An assisted living facility provides all of the following except:
a. Housing
b. Personal care
c. Social activities
d. 24 hour skilled nursing care - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Those persons who provide basic nursing care under the supervision of a registered nurse or a
licensed practical nurse are:
a. Licensed practical nurse
b. Case managers
,c. Assistive personnel
d. The "health care team" - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A federal insurance plan providing benefits for older persons and some younger persons with
disabilities is called:
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
d. Coventry - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which nursing care pattern focuses on tasks and jobs?
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Primary nursing
d. Care management - CORRECT ANSWER -A
You promote quality of life by:
a. Delegating tasks to your coworkers
b. Making sure you bring your resident chocolate and Starbucks
c. Doing everything for the patient, they don't need to lift a finger
d. Speaking to individuals in a respectful manner - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Your patient has left sided weakness, how do you put on their shirt?
, a. Clients choice
b. Right sleeve
c. Left sleeve
d. Both sleeve together - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Exercises that move each muscle and joint care called?
a. Rotation
b. Adduction
c. Range of Motion
d. Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Your patient's roommate has just died, how can you BEST help the client with the loss?
a. Discourage individual activity
b. Encourage the client talk
c. Convince the client its no big loss. The roommate was a complainer
d. Leave the client alone - CORRECT ANSWER -B
You go to check on Mrs. Jones, she is very agitated. Your task is to give her a bed bath, When
you walk in the room, she tells you "Get out of here. I do not want a bed bath". What should
you do?
a. Speak loudly because maybe Mrs. Jones didn't hear or understand you.
b. Run
c. Tell the client they have no choice, shut up and lets get cleaned up
