FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING
FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING EXAMS 1 EXAM 1
1. Using the principles of standard precautions, the nurse would wear
gloves in what nursing interventions?
A. Providing a back massage
B. Feeding a client
C. Providing hair care
D. Providing oral hygiene
2. The nurse is preparing to take vital sign in an alert client admitted
to the hospital with dehydration secondary to vomiting and diarrhea.
What is the best method used to assess the client’s temperature?
A. Oral
B. Axillary
C. Radial
D. Heat sensitive tape
3. A nurse obtained a client’s pulse and found the rate to be above
normal. The nurse document this findings as:
A. Tachypnea
B. Hyper pyrexia
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,C. Arrythmia
D. Tachycardia
4. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to use a wide
base support when assisting a client to get up in a chair?
A. Bend at the waist and place arms under the client’s arms and lift
B. Face the client, bend knees and place hands on client’s forearm and lift
C. Spread his or her feet apart
D. Tighten his or her pelvic muscles
5. A client had oral surgery following a motor vehicle accident. The
nurse assessing the client finds the skin flushed and warm. Which of
the following would be the best method to take the client’s body
temperature?
A. Oral
B. Axillary
C. Arterial line
D. Rectal
6. A client who is unconscious needs frequent mouth care. When
performing a mouth care, the best position of a client is:
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,A. Fowler’s position
B. Side lying
C. Supine
D. Trendelenburg
7. A client is hospitalized for the first time, which of the following
actions ensure the safety of the client?
A. Keep unnecessary furniture out of the way
B. Keep the lights on at all time
C. Keep side rails up at all time
D. Keep all equipment out of view
8. A walk-in client enters into the clinic with a chief complaint of
abdominal pain and diarrhea. The nurse takes the client’s vital sign
hereafter. What phrase of nursing process is being implemented here
by the nurse?
A. Assessment
B. Diagnosis
C. Planning
D. Implementation
9. It is best describe as a systematic, rational method of planning and
providing nursing care for individual, families, group and community
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, A. Assessment
B. Nursing Process
C. Diagnosis
D. Implementation
10. Exchange of gases takes place in which of the following organ?
A. Kidney
B. Lungs
C. Liver
D. Heart
11. The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the
lungs is the:
A. Left atrium
B. Right atrium
C. Left ventricle
D. Right ventricle
12. A muscular enlarge pouch or sac that lies slightly to the left which
is used for temporary storage of food…
A. Gallbladder
B. Urinary bladder
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FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING EXAMS 1 EXAM 1
1. Using the principles of standard precautions, the nurse would wear
gloves in what nursing interventions?
A. Providing a back massage
B. Feeding a client
C. Providing hair care
D. Providing oral hygiene
2. The nurse is preparing to take vital sign in an alert client admitted
to the hospital with dehydration secondary to vomiting and diarrhea.
What is the best method used to assess the client’s temperature?
A. Oral
B. Axillary
C. Radial
D. Heat sensitive tape
3. A nurse obtained a client’s pulse and found the rate to be above
normal. The nurse document this findings as:
A. Tachypnea
B. Hyper pyrexia
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,C. Arrythmia
D. Tachycardia
4. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to use a wide
base support when assisting a client to get up in a chair?
A. Bend at the waist and place arms under the client’s arms and lift
B. Face the client, bend knees and place hands on client’s forearm and lift
C. Spread his or her feet apart
D. Tighten his or her pelvic muscles
5. A client had oral surgery following a motor vehicle accident. The
nurse assessing the client finds the skin flushed and warm. Which of
the following would be the best method to take the client’s body
temperature?
A. Oral
B. Axillary
C. Arterial line
D. Rectal
6. A client who is unconscious needs frequent mouth care. When
performing a mouth care, the best position of a client is:
2
,A. Fowler’s position
B. Side lying
C. Supine
D. Trendelenburg
7. A client is hospitalized for the first time, which of the following
actions ensure the safety of the client?
A. Keep unnecessary furniture out of the way
B. Keep the lights on at all time
C. Keep side rails up at all time
D. Keep all equipment out of view
8. A walk-in client enters into the clinic with a chief complaint of
abdominal pain and diarrhea. The nurse takes the client’s vital sign
hereafter. What phrase of nursing process is being implemented here
by the nurse?
A. Assessment
B. Diagnosis
C. Planning
D. Implementation
9. It is best describe as a systematic, rational method of planning and
providing nursing care for individual, families, group and community
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, A. Assessment
B. Nursing Process
C. Diagnosis
D. Implementation
10. Exchange of gases takes place in which of the following organ?
A. Kidney
B. Lungs
C. Liver
D. Heart
11. The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the
lungs is the:
A. Left atrium
B. Right atrium
C. Left ventricle
D. Right ventricle
12. A muscular enlarge pouch or sac that lies slightly to the left which
is used for temporary storage of food…
A. Gallbladder
B. Urinary bladder
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