HONDROS NUR 150 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What do we want to do with chain of infection? - ANSWER: break it, wash hands
How does HAI spread - ANSWER: not hand washing, equipment
What PPE is worn for what isolation - ANSWER: Contact - gloves, gown
Droplet - mask, gloves, gown
standard precautions - gloves
What infections do we put in Contact isolation - ANSWER: VRE, MRSA, C-Diff (with
hand washing)
What kind of precautions for Airborne - ANSWER: N-95, Hood
What are the rules for restraints - ANSWER: check circulation every 30min
release every 2 hours
must have doctors order first
new Doctors order every 24 hours
What is best way to help with anxiety - ANSWER: sit with patient, listen, use
therapeutic communication
What is HIPPA, how is it broken - ANSWER: -protects patients information
broken - posting on social media, looking up someone not your patient, keeping
computer open
What problems come from being immobile - ANSWER: weight loss, pressure sores,
pneumonia
Who is at risk for HAI - ANSWER: elderly, immune compromised, low economical,
children
What are the important rules for peri-care - ANSWER: privacy, explain procedure,
only expose what you need to
Collaborative between nurses and doctors - ANSWER: decrease risk for injury, to
avoid an event where patient has died or sustained serious injury
What is the nurse practice act - ANSWER: guide lines , its our scope of practice
How do we check a tympanic temp - ANSWER: up, back for an adult
What is ethics - ANSWER: compassion, empathy
, What pulse do we check most often - ANSWER: radial
What is first thing we do after a fall - ANSWER: vital signs, assessment
What do we do if we find a patient unresponsive - ANSWER: check cardioid pulse
Ways to prevent CAUTI"S - ANSWER: out ASAP, empty bag regularly, keep bag lower
than bladder, change every 30 days, peri-care
Prone position - ANSWER: laying face down
Sims position - ANSWER: laying on right side, knee-thigh drawn up to chest
Dorsal recumbent - ANSWER: laying on back with knees bent with feet still flat on
ground
Lithotomy - ANSWER: laying supine with hips knees flexed and thigh externally
rotated
Supine position - ANSWER: laying flat on back face up
Trendelenburg position - ANSWER: head of bed pointed downward, feet in air
Orthopnic - ANSWER: sitting on side of bed with arms rested on over bed table. this
is used for people with breathing problems
Where is apical pulse - ANSWER: mid-clavicular 5th intercostal space
What are examples of portals of entry for infection - ANSWER: mouth, break in skin,
mucous membrane
How do we prevent falls - ANSWER: falls assessment on admission, keep room
clutter free, toilet schedule, keep things in arms reach
What is therapeutic communication - ANSWER: ones that leave it open for patient to
communicate to or discuss something, ask them to give you an example of
something about what they mean
What kind of meds can't be given by G-tube - ANSWER: enteric coded, capsules,
extended release
What are the 6 rights of Medications - ANSWER: medication, patient, dose, route,
time, documentation
What is term when one drug mixes with another drug - ANSWER: drug interaction
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What do we want to do with chain of infection? - ANSWER: break it, wash hands
How does HAI spread - ANSWER: not hand washing, equipment
What PPE is worn for what isolation - ANSWER: Contact - gloves, gown
Droplet - mask, gloves, gown
standard precautions - gloves
What infections do we put in Contact isolation - ANSWER: VRE, MRSA, C-Diff (with
hand washing)
What kind of precautions for Airborne - ANSWER: N-95, Hood
What are the rules for restraints - ANSWER: check circulation every 30min
release every 2 hours
must have doctors order first
new Doctors order every 24 hours
What is best way to help with anxiety - ANSWER: sit with patient, listen, use
therapeutic communication
What is HIPPA, how is it broken - ANSWER: -protects patients information
broken - posting on social media, looking up someone not your patient, keeping
computer open
What problems come from being immobile - ANSWER: weight loss, pressure sores,
pneumonia
Who is at risk for HAI - ANSWER: elderly, immune compromised, low economical,
children
What are the important rules for peri-care - ANSWER: privacy, explain procedure,
only expose what you need to
Collaborative between nurses and doctors - ANSWER: decrease risk for injury, to
avoid an event where patient has died or sustained serious injury
What is the nurse practice act - ANSWER: guide lines , its our scope of practice
How do we check a tympanic temp - ANSWER: up, back for an adult
What is ethics - ANSWER: compassion, empathy
, What pulse do we check most often - ANSWER: radial
What is first thing we do after a fall - ANSWER: vital signs, assessment
What do we do if we find a patient unresponsive - ANSWER: check cardioid pulse
Ways to prevent CAUTI"S - ANSWER: out ASAP, empty bag regularly, keep bag lower
than bladder, change every 30 days, peri-care
Prone position - ANSWER: laying face down
Sims position - ANSWER: laying on right side, knee-thigh drawn up to chest
Dorsal recumbent - ANSWER: laying on back with knees bent with feet still flat on
ground
Lithotomy - ANSWER: laying supine with hips knees flexed and thigh externally
rotated
Supine position - ANSWER: laying flat on back face up
Trendelenburg position - ANSWER: head of bed pointed downward, feet in air
Orthopnic - ANSWER: sitting on side of bed with arms rested on over bed table. this
is used for people with breathing problems
Where is apical pulse - ANSWER: mid-clavicular 5th intercostal space
What are examples of portals of entry for infection - ANSWER: mouth, break in skin,
mucous membrane
How do we prevent falls - ANSWER: falls assessment on admission, keep room
clutter free, toilet schedule, keep things in arms reach
What is therapeutic communication - ANSWER: ones that leave it open for patient to
communicate to or discuss something, ask them to give you an example of
something about what they mean
What kind of meds can't be given by G-tube - ANSWER: enteric coded, capsules,
extended release
What are the 6 rights of Medications - ANSWER: medication, patient, dose, route,
time, documentation
What is term when one drug mixes with another drug - ANSWER: drug interaction
