NURS FUNDAMENTAL
EXAM QUESTUIONS WITH ANSWERS
The nurse is assisting in developing a plan of care for an older client to prevent a fall.
Which action would be least likely to prevent a fall?
Response: Keeping the bathroom light off at nighttime
Correct answer: Keeping the bathroom light off at nighttime
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
The nurse enters a client’s room and finds that the wastebasket is on fire. The nurse
quickly assists the client out of the room. Which is the next nursing action?
Response: Activate the fire alarm
Feedback: The order of priority in the event of a fire is to rescue the clients who are in
immediate danger. The next step is to activate the fire alarm. The fire is then confined
by closing all doors. Finally, the fire is extinguished.
Correct answer: Activate the fire alarm
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
,The emergency department nurse receives a telephone call and is informed that a
tornado has hit a local residential area and numerous casualties have occurred. The
victims will be brought to the emergency department. Which should be the initial
nursing action?
Response: Activate the agency emergency response plan.
Feedback: During a widespread disaster, many people will be brought to the
emergency department for treatment. Health care institutions are required to have an
emergency response plan in place and perform practice drills. The initial nursing action
should be to activate the emergency response plan. The plan entails the other options,
which
include preparing triage rooms to take casualties, and obtaining sufficient supplies and
medical personnel.
Correct answer: Activate the agency emergency response plan.
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
A mother calls a neighborhood nurse and tells the nurse that her 3-year-old child has
just ingested liquid furniture polish. Which action should the nurse instruct the mother
to take first?
, Response: Call the poison control center
Feedback: If a suspected poisoning occurs, the poison control center should be
contacted immediately. The nurse can assist the mother with contacting the poison
control center. Vomiting should not be induced without instructions from the poison
control center. Inducing vomiting is not done if the client is unconscious or the
substance ingested is a strong corrosive or petroleum product. Bringing the child to the
emergency department or calling an ambulance would delay treatment. The poison
control center may advise the mother to bring the child to the emergency department; if
this is the case, the mother should call an ambulance.
Correct answer: Call the poison control center
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
The community health nurse has instructed a group of parents of preschoolers about
home safety measures for children. Which statement by one of the parents should the
nurse identify as something that requires the need for reinforcement of the
instructions?
Response: Refers to medication as "candy for when you are sick"
Correct answer: Refers to medication as "candy for when you are sick"
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
EXAM QUESTUIONS WITH ANSWERS
The nurse is assisting in developing a plan of care for an older client to prevent a fall.
Which action would be least likely to prevent a fall?
Response: Keeping the bathroom light off at nighttime
Correct answer: Keeping the bathroom light off at nighttime
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
The nurse enters a client’s room and finds that the wastebasket is on fire. The nurse
quickly assists the client out of the room. Which is the next nursing action?
Response: Activate the fire alarm
Feedback: The order of priority in the event of a fire is to rescue the clients who are in
immediate danger. The next step is to activate the fire alarm. The fire is then confined
by closing all doors. Finally, the fire is extinguished.
Correct answer: Activate the fire alarm
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
,The emergency department nurse receives a telephone call and is informed that a
tornado has hit a local residential area and numerous casualties have occurred. The
victims will be brought to the emergency department. Which should be the initial
nursing action?
Response: Activate the agency emergency response plan.
Feedback: During a widespread disaster, many people will be brought to the
emergency department for treatment. Health care institutions are required to have an
emergency response plan in place and perform practice drills. The initial nursing action
should be to activate the emergency response plan. The plan entails the other options,
which
include preparing triage rooms to take casualties, and obtaining sufficient supplies and
medical personnel.
Correct answer: Activate the agency emergency response plan.
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
A mother calls a neighborhood nurse and tells the nurse that her 3-year-old child has
just ingested liquid furniture polish. Which action should the nurse instruct the mother
to take first?
, Response: Call the poison control center
Feedback: If a suspected poisoning occurs, the poison control center should be
contacted immediately. The nurse can assist the mother with contacting the poison
control center. Vomiting should not be induced without instructions from the poison
control center. Inducing vomiting is not done if the client is unconscious or the
substance ingested is a strong corrosive or petroleum product. Bringing the child to the
emergency department or calling an ambulance would delay treatment. The poison
control center may advise the mother to bring the child to the emergency department; if
this is the case, the mother should call an ambulance.
Correct answer: Call the poison control center
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
The community health nurse has instructed a group of parents of preschoolers about
home safety measures for children. Which statement by one of the parents should the
nurse identify as something that requires the need for reinforcement of the
instructions?
Response: Refers to medication as "candy for when you are sick"
Correct answer: Refers to medication as "candy for when you are sick"
Score: 2 out of 2 Yes
