GALEN’S QUESTION BANK – Unit 1
1. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with mycoplasma
pneumonia the nurse should implement which precaution method?
a. Contact
b. Airborne
c. Droplet
d. Standard
2. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, the nurse
should implement which precaution method?
a. Standard
b. Contact
c. Droplet
d. Airborne
3. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with scarlet fever the nurse
should implement which precaution method?
a. Airborne
b. Contact
c. Droplet
4. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with rubella, the nurse
should implement which precaution method?
a. Airborne
b. Droplet
c. Contact
5. A nurse is providing nail care for a non-diabetic client. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Push the cuticles back with a metal nail file.
b. Clean under the nail with an orange stick
c. Trim the nails at the lateral corners.
d. File the nails in a rounded shape.
Rationale: The nurse should use an orange stick to push back the cuticle and clean under the nail.
6. A client is scheduled for a nuclear imaging test. What should the nurse instruct the client about
this test?
, a. It produces a three-dimensional image of an organ.
b. A radioisotope will be injected to determine organ functioning as being either hot or cold.
c. It is the use of a magnetic field to produce an image of a body part or organ.
d. It is more sensitive than an x-ray image.
7. The nurse in a long-term care facility is observing an unlicensed assistant personnel (UAP)
changing the linen for a client who has fecal incontinence. Which of the following actions
indicates that the UAP understands the principles of infection control?
a. Shakes the soiled linen to remove any toilet paper remnants
b. Places clean linen that touched the floor in the soiled linen bag
c. Places the soiled linen on the floor before bagging it
d. Holds the soiled linen against her body while carrying it to the linen bag
Rationale: Linen that touches the floor or the UAP drops requires laundering.
8. A charge nurse is making room assignments. Which of the following clients should be moved
closer to the nursing station to prevent falls?
a. A young adult who is in a cast for a broken tibia.
b. A middle-aged adult who is postoperative following a laparoscopic appendectomy.
c. A teenager who is on telemetry for dysrhythmias.
d. An older adult who is postoperative following a left below the knee amputation.
Rationale: This client has most risk factors present for falls. Elderly and impaired mobility.
9. A client needs to go up the stairs while using crutches. What finding by the nurse demonstrates
the client understands how to ambulate upstairs with crutches?
a. The client moves the injured leg forward onto the steps, then moves the crutches, and then
moves the non-injured leg.
1. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with mycoplasma
pneumonia the nurse should implement which precaution method?
a. Contact
b. Airborne
c. Droplet
d. Standard
2. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, the nurse
should implement which precaution method?
a. Standard
b. Contact
c. Droplet
d. Airborne
3. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with scarlet fever the nurse
should implement which precaution method?
a. Airborne
b. Contact
c. Droplet
4. When a nurse is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with rubella, the nurse
should implement which precaution method?
a. Airborne
b. Droplet
c. Contact
5. A nurse is providing nail care for a non-diabetic client. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Push the cuticles back with a metal nail file.
b. Clean under the nail with an orange stick
c. Trim the nails at the lateral corners.
d. File the nails in a rounded shape.
Rationale: The nurse should use an orange stick to push back the cuticle and clean under the nail.
6. A client is scheduled for a nuclear imaging test. What should the nurse instruct the client about
this test?
, a. It produces a three-dimensional image of an organ.
b. A radioisotope will be injected to determine organ functioning as being either hot or cold.
c. It is the use of a magnetic field to produce an image of a body part or organ.
d. It is more sensitive than an x-ray image.
7. The nurse in a long-term care facility is observing an unlicensed assistant personnel (UAP)
changing the linen for a client who has fecal incontinence. Which of the following actions
indicates that the UAP understands the principles of infection control?
a. Shakes the soiled linen to remove any toilet paper remnants
b. Places clean linen that touched the floor in the soiled linen bag
c. Places the soiled linen on the floor before bagging it
d. Holds the soiled linen against her body while carrying it to the linen bag
Rationale: Linen that touches the floor or the UAP drops requires laundering.
8. A charge nurse is making room assignments. Which of the following clients should be moved
closer to the nursing station to prevent falls?
a. A young adult who is in a cast for a broken tibia.
b. A middle-aged adult who is postoperative following a laparoscopic appendectomy.
c. A teenager who is on telemetry for dysrhythmias.
d. An older adult who is postoperative following a left below the knee amputation.
Rationale: This client has most risk factors present for falls. Elderly and impaired mobility.
9. A client needs to go up the stairs while using crutches. What finding by the nurse demonstrates
the client understands how to ambulate upstairs with crutches?
a. The client moves the injured leg forward onto the steps, then moves the crutches, and then
moves the non-injured leg.
