Midterm Exam Questions and All
Correct Answers.
The Rules of charting - Answer Single lined, Line through errors marked + signed, Date Time
and Focus, To end cross out empty line space initial and designation, legible
What format do you follow when charting? - Answer DAR
What is DAR? - Answer Data Action Response
When do you chart? - Answer Preformed immediately following
What colour's of ink are accepted for charting? - Answer Blue or Black
What order is charting written in? - Answer Chronological order
When can a telephone order be accepted? - Answer Only in an emergency
What do you never leave open and or unattended? - Answer Charting both Physical and
electronic
What is Midnight in military time? - Answer 0000
How do we as nurses break the chain of infection? - Answer Proper hand hygiene / hand
washing
What is a common thing to happen in open wounds? - Answer Likely to obtain an infection /
Infection prone
How do you protect yourself from Droplet precautions? - Answer Gloves, Gown, Goggles,
Mask
How do you protect yourself from Contact precautions? - Answer Gloves, Gown
How do you protect yourself from Airborne precautions? - Answer N95
, Can two residents with C.Diff share a room, why? - Answer yes, they have the same
communicable disease and it helps to keep the disease contained
What precaution is C.diff - Answer Contact
What precaution is chicken pox? - Answer Airborne
What results in a decrease of peristalsis? - Answer Lack of activity / movement
What do you do if someone is weak and dizzy when sitting up to get out of bed? - Answer Sit
them on the side of the bed before standing them up
How long does a pressure ulcer take to form? - Answer 2-3 Hours
What is Gait? - Answer How someone walks
What would you do if you see a patient struggling to feed themselves? - Answer Offer
assistive devices
What does a foot cradle do? - Answer Prevents foot drop
HOB - Answer Head of bed
HOH - Answer hard of hearing
AEB - Answer as evidenced by
What do you do when a patient begins to panic and freak out while raised up in a lift? - Answer
lower them back down
What can a nurse do if they notice a patient is struggling to walk with a crutch or cane? -
Answer they can implement use of a sit to stand
What can a nurse not do with assistive devices - Answer if a nurse move a patient from
crutch use to sit to stand they can not move them back up to a crutch only PT can