Nursing Fundamentals Questions & Answers
1. What is nursing?
Answer: The care of individuals, families, and communities to maintain health and
recover from illness.
2. What is the first step in the nursing process?
Answer: Assessment.
3. What is the nursing process?
Answer: ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation).
4. What is a normal adult pulse rate?
Answer: 60–100 beats per minute.
5. Normal respiratory rate for adults?
Answer: 12–20 breaths per minute.
6. Normal body temperature?
Answer: About 36.5–37.5°C.
7. Normal blood pressure?
Answer: Around 120/80 mmHg.
8. What is infection control?
Answer: Practices that prevent spread of microorganisms.
9. What is hand hygiene?
Answer: Cleaning hands using soap or sanitizer to prevent infection.
, 10. When should hand hygiene be performed?
Answer: Before/after patient contact and procedures.
11. What is PPE?
Answer: Personal Protective Equipment.
12. Examples of PPE?
Answer: Gloves, masks, gowns, goggles.
13. What is asepsis?
Answer: Absence of harmful microorganisms.
14. Difference between clean and sterile?
Answer: Clean reduces germs; sterile has no germs.
15. What is vital signs?
Answer: Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure.
16. What is pain considered?
Answer: The 5th vital sign.
17. What is documentation in nursing?
Answer: Written record of patient care.
18. Why is documentation important?
Answer: Legal record and continuity of care.
19. What is patient confidentiality?
1. What is nursing?
Answer: The care of individuals, families, and communities to maintain health and
recover from illness.
2. What is the first step in the nursing process?
Answer: Assessment.
3. What is the nursing process?
Answer: ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation).
4. What is a normal adult pulse rate?
Answer: 60–100 beats per minute.
5. Normal respiratory rate for adults?
Answer: 12–20 breaths per minute.
6. Normal body temperature?
Answer: About 36.5–37.5°C.
7. Normal blood pressure?
Answer: Around 120/80 mmHg.
8. What is infection control?
Answer: Practices that prevent spread of microorganisms.
9. What is hand hygiene?
Answer: Cleaning hands using soap or sanitizer to prevent infection.
, 10. When should hand hygiene be performed?
Answer: Before/after patient contact and procedures.
11. What is PPE?
Answer: Personal Protective Equipment.
12. Examples of PPE?
Answer: Gloves, masks, gowns, goggles.
13. What is asepsis?
Answer: Absence of harmful microorganisms.
14. Difference between clean and sterile?
Answer: Clean reduces germs; sterile has no germs.
15. What is vital signs?
Answer: Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure.
16. What is pain considered?
Answer: The 5th vital sign.
17. What is documentation in nursing?
Answer: Written record of patient care.
18. Why is documentation important?
Answer: Legal record and continuity of care.
19. What is patient confidentiality?
