FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 110 ACTUAL
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
1. A nurse working in primary care facility assesses patients who are
experiencing various levels of health and illness. Which statements
define these two concepts? Select all that apply:
a. Health and illness are the same for all people
b. Health and illness are individually defined by each person
c. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy
d. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs
e. Health is more than the absence of illness
f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease - correct answer- b,
e, f
10. A nurse working in a long-term care facility personally follows
accepted guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. How does this nurse promote
health in the residents of this facility?
a. By being a role model for healthy behaviors
b. By not requiring sick days from work
c. By never exposing others to any type of illness
d. By budgeting time and resources efficiently - correct answer- a
,100. A nurse is caring for a patient in a long-term care facility who has
had two urinary tract infections in the past year related to immobility.
Which finding would the nurse expect in this patient?
a. Improved renal blood supply to the kidneys
b. Urinary stasis
c. Decreased urinary calcium
d. Acidic urine formation - correct answer- b
101. A nurse is caring for a patient who is hospitalized with pneumonia
and is experiencing some difficulty breathing. The nurse most
appropriately assists him into which position to promote maximal
breathing in the thoracic cavity?
a. Dorsal recumbent position
b. Lateral position
c.Fowler's position
d. Sims' position - correct answer- c
102. A nurse is assisting a postoperative patient with conditioning
exercises to prepare for ambulation. Which instructions from the nurse
are appropriate for this patient? Select all that apply.
a. Do full-body pushups in bed six to eight times daily.
b. Breathe in and out smoothly during quadriceps drills.
c. Place the bed in the lowest position or use a footstool for dangling.
d. Dangle on the side of the bed for 30 to 60 minutes.
,e. Allow the nurse to bathe the patient completely to prevent fatigue.
f. Perform quadriceps two to three times per hour, four to six times a
day. - correct answer- b, c, f
103. A nurse is caring for a patient who is on bed rest following a spinal
injury. In which position would the nurse place the patient's feet to
prevent footdrop?
a.Supination
b.Dorsiflexion
c. Hyperextension
d. Abduction - correct answer- b
104. A nurse is instructing a patient who is recovering from a stroke how
to use a cane. Which step would the nurse include in the teaching plan
for this patient?
a. Support weight on stronger leg and cane and advance weaker foot
forward.
b. Hold the cane in the same hand of the leg with the most severe
deficit.
c. Stand with as much weight distributed on the cane as possible.
d. Do not use the cane to rise from a sitting position, as this is unsafe -
correct answer- a
, 105. A patient has a fractured left leg, which has been casted. Following
teaching from the physical therapist for using crutches, the nurse
reinforces which teaching point with the patient?
a. Use the axillae to bear body weight.
b. Keep elbows close to the sides of the body.
c. When rising, extend the uninjured leg to prevent weight bearing.
d. To climb stairs, place weight on affected leg fi - correct answer- b
106.A nurse working in a long-term care facility uses proper patient care
ergonomics when handling and transferring patients to avoid back
injury. Which action should be the focus of these preventive measures?
a. Carefully assessing the patient care environment
b. Using two nurses to lift a patient who cannot assist
c. Wearing a back belt to perform routine duties
d. Properly documenting the patient lift - correct answer- a
107. A nurse is assisting a patient who is 2 days postoperative from a
cesarean section to sit in a chair. After assisting the patient to the side of
the bed and to stand up, the patient's knees buckle and she tells the
nurse she feels faint. What is the appropriate nursing action?
a. Wait a few minutes and then continue the move to the chair.
b. Call for assistance and continue the move with the help of another
nurse.
c. Lower the patient back to the side of the bed and pivot her back into
bed.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
1. A nurse working in primary care facility assesses patients who are
experiencing various levels of health and illness. Which statements
define these two concepts? Select all that apply:
a. Health and illness are the same for all people
b. Health and illness are individually defined by each person
c. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy
d. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs
e. Health is more than the absence of illness
f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease - correct answer- b,
e, f
10. A nurse working in a long-term care facility personally follows
accepted guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. How does this nurse promote
health in the residents of this facility?
a. By being a role model for healthy behaviors
b. By not requiring sick days from work
c. By never exposing others to any type of illness
d. By budgeting time and resources efficiently - correct answer- a
,100. A nurse is caring for a patient in a long-term care facility who has
had two urinary tract infections in the past year related to immobility.
Which finding would the nurse expect in this patient?
a. Improved renal blood supply to the kidneys
b. Urinary stasis
c. Decreased urinary calcium
d. Acidic urine formation - correct answer- b
101. A nurse is caring for a patient who is hospitalized with pneumonia
and is experiencing some difficulty breathing. The nurse most
appropriately assists him into which position to promote maximal
breathing in the thoracic cavity?
a. Dorsal recumbent position
b. Lateral position
c.Fowler's position
d. Sims' position - correct answer- c
102. A nurse is assisting a postoperative patient with conditioning
exercises to prepare for ambulation. Which instructions from the nurse
are appropriate for this patient? Select all that apply.
a. Do full-body pushups in bed six to eight times daily.
b. Breathe in and out smoothly during quadriceps drills.
c. Place the bed in the lowest position or use a footstool for dangling.
d. Dangle on the side of the bed for 30 to 60 minutes.
,e. Allow the nurse to bathe the patient completely to prevent fatigue.
f. Perform quadriceps two to three times per hour, four to six times a
day. - correct answer- b, c, f
103. A nurse is caring for a patient who is on bed rest following a spinal
injury. In which position would the nurse place the patient's feet to
prevent footdrop?
a.Supination
b.Dorsiflexion
c. Hyperextension
d. Abduction - correct answer- b
104. A nurse is instructing a patient who is recovering from a stroke how
to use a cane. Which step would the nurse include in the teaching plan
for this patient?
a. Support weight on stronger leg and cane and advance weaker foot
forward.
b. Hold the cane in the same hand of the leg with the most severe
deficit.
c. Stand with as much weight distributed on the cane as possible.
d. Do not use the cane to rise from a sitting position, as this is unsafe -
correct answer- a
, 105. A patient has a fractured left leg, which has been casted. Following
teaching from the physical therapist for using crutches, the nurse
reinforces which teaching point with the patient?
a. Use the axillae to bear body weight.
b. Keep elbows close to the sides of the body.
c. When rising, extend the uninjured leg to prevent weight bearing.
d. To climb stairs, place weight on affected leg fi - correct answer- b
106.A nurse working in a long-term care facility uses proper patient care
ergonomics when handling and transferring patients to avoid back
injury. Which action should be the focus of these preventive measures?
a. Carefully assessing the patient care environment
b. Using two nurses to lift a patient who cannot assist
c. Wearing a back belt to perform routine duties
d. Properly documenting the patient lift - correct answer- a
107. A nurse is assisting a patient who is 2 days postoperative from a
cesarean section to sit in a chair. After assisting the patient to the side of
the bed and to stand up, the patient's knees buckle and she tells the
nurse she feels faint. What is the appropriate nursing action?
a. Wait a few minutes and then continue the move to the chair.
b. Call for assistance and continue the move with the help of another
nurse.
c. Lower the patient back to the side of the bed and pivot her back into
bed.
